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2013 Hyundai Santa FE electrical system problems

53 complaints about electrical system have been filed for the 2013 Hyundai Santa FE, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
53 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 31 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 7
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2013 Hyundai Santa FE Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 10 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 4 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 31 complaints that include mileage. 52% 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 miles10
20k to 40k miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles4
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 31 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 52% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 7 fires, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Passed out while driving. Struck the rear passenger side of another car with the front drivers side of santa fe. Airbags did not deploy. Santa fe was totaled. I suffered a broken neck in two places and dislodged two cervical disc. Now having to go for surgery to repair disc damage. Hopefully I will regain use of left hand do to nerve damage.

Reported at 25,437 miles, March 2014 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 hyundai santa fe. The contact stated that the air conditioner was activated and failed unexpectedly. The vehicle was taken to a dealer on numerous occasions, who was unable to duplicate the problem. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

Reported at 2,000 miles, May 2013

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