22V056000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2018 HYUNDAI SANTA FE
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations (1 open), 143 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations21 open
Owner complaints143
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire7
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
18V118000
STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR
A steering wheel separation while driving can cause a loss of vehicle control and increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 53ENGINE
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 12SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 10POWER TRAIN
- 9ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 8STEERING
- 7SERVICE BRAKES
- 5FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 HYUNDAI SANTA FEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.