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2005 Hyundai Santa FE fuel system problems

24 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2005 Hyundai Santa FE, which is 8% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
24 8% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2005 Hyundai Santa FE Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 5 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 0 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 2 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 33% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles5
20k to 40k miles0
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles2
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 21 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 33% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 hyundai santa fe. While driving 35 MPH, the contact noticed a fuel odor inside the vehicle. The failure recurred on numerous occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the evac canister needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 55,000.

Reported at 55,000 miles, April 2016 Injury

I was driving coming up to a turn, took the left turn, and accelerated like a normally do, the car's rpms went up to about 5 thousand rpms. I heard a pop like noise and the rpms just started dropping and there was no restriction on the gas pedal (felt like I was pushing air). The vehicle then just rolled once it was at about 10 MPH rpms went under 1 thousand and the vehicle died. When I tried to restart it it was just crank and crank, doesn't even sound like it wants to turn over. Please help.

Reported at 171,000 miles, July 2017

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