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2015 Hyundai Santa FE Sport brakes problems

23 complaints about brakes have been filed for the 2015 Hyundai Santa FE Sport, which is 20% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
23 20% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire.

What owners wrote

Driving on freeway and noticed smoke. Realized I needed to pull over and brakes weren’t working. Off ramp was at an incline so car came to a stop just in time to get toddler and myself out of vehicle. Car was on fire.

July 2025 Fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2015 hyundai santa fe sport. The contact received notification of NHTSA campaign number: 20v520000 (service brakes, hydraulic). The vehicle was taken to ken garff hyundai downtown (717 sw. The contact was informed that he would receive a callback once the equipment was back up and running. The contact had not yet received a callback. Several attempts were made to reach the dealer but was unsuccessful.

Reported at 67,000 miles, January 2021

Other problems reported for the 2015 Hyundai Santa FE Sport

Brakes problems in other years

Brakes problems across all Hyundai models