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2008 Hyundai Santa FE electrical system problems

75 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2008 Hyundai Santa FE, which is 10% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
75 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
83,000 miles 65 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 4
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2008 Hyundai Santa FE Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 83,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 8 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 16 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 12 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 7 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 4 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 4 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 83,000 miles
Based on 65 complaints that include mileage. 22% 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 miles3
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles8
60k to 80k miles16
80k to 100k miles12
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles7
140k to 160k miles4
160k to 180k miles4
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 65 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 83,000 miles, and 22% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 4 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 hyundai santa fe. While driving 45 MPH, the passenger side seat became excessively hot. The passenger observed that the seat was on fire. A fire report was not filed. The contact extinguished the fire. The passenger sustained burn injuries to her hands and buttocks but did not receive medical attention. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,002.

Reported at 120,002 miles, February 2016 FireInjury

I lost power steering and power brakes while stopped at a stop sign going up a very steep grade. I was unable to shift into park so that I could turn my car off. I had to lay on the brake with all my weight to keep from rolling backwards into cars behind me. There were no warning lights. After a minute, which felt like much longer, I was able to shift to park and turn my car off and back on. The second time I lost all power, was a couple months later. I was going about 40 MPH on a curvy hilly road.

Reported at 101,356 miles, July 2015

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