Hyundai / Santa FE Hybrid / 2025
2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid problems
Owners have filed 201 complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 16.9% of them, narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 15.4%.
Complaints201
Crashes9
Fires0
Injuries10
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 16.9% · 34
Electrical system 15.4% · 31
Fuel/propulsion system 13.9% · 28
Power train 11.9% · 24
Forward collision avoidance 10.9% · 22
Vehicle speed control 10.9% · 22
Unknown or other 6.5% · 13
Lane departure 3.0% · 6
Severity
Of those complaints, 9 describe a crash and 10 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 7,000 miles.
In owners' own words
Sudden loss of power while driving on the interstate (65 MPH) , car would no longer accelerate and slowed down to ~10 MPH. Had to merge onto emergency lane, car struggled to power over 30 MPH. Warning light came up to "Park with engine On to charge battery". Parked car and restarted car and still did not resolve issue. Had to switch the car into "Sport" mode to drive home. Engine
Driving vehicle on surface street, engine would not accelerate past 3000 RPM. No immediate codes or warnings, backed off gas pedal and went to accelerate again. This time many warnings illuminated. Second report from myself for same issue. Wife has had the vehicle in for same problem 4 times, last time was last week. Engine
The car went from 70 miles an hour to 25 miles an hour all of a sudden on the highway and then would not allow to accelerate afterwards. Battery stopped charging and we had to stop it multiple times to get it to continue to drive no faults or issue on the dashboard. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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