2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe. 1 carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 214 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Hyundai dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe. Check your Santa Fe by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 214 complaints with NHTSA about the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe, reporting 14 crashes, 9 fires, 15 injuries. Hyundai has issued at least 110 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Hyundai Santa Fe owner complaints and bulletins, every year
Owners have filed 214 complaints with NHTSA about the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I do not know what caused this. Here is what happened. While parking the car suddenly accelerated, over the curb, on the sidewalk narrowly missing the building because I turned hard right to avoid the building and I was able to brake to a stop glancing off a concrete pillar.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11768895
“I drove my car from for about an hour to my destination. I get to my destination and park and the car starts smoking lightly from under the hood and then increases. I was still sitting in the car when I was told my car was on fire.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11763784
“I went to the store, came home , parked and turned off the car. Went to go outside about 10 minutes ,maybe. Black smoke coming from right front. By the time i grabbed the keys and fire extinguisher there were flames coming from the engine compartment”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11756416
“We were driving on interstate 49 going south near Chester Arkansas when traffic came to a stop. I was rear ended by a vehicle driving 75 mph. My car hit the car in front of me where there was damage to both the passenger and driver side front area of the car.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11740682
“Air bags didn't deploy on a front crash. Safety of my entire family in car was put at risk without airbags deploying. The problem has not been confirmed. The vehicle has not been inspected, a first responder on scene of crash said we should check into why our air bags didn't deploy.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11739408
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Hyundai dealer.