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2013 Hyundai Santa FE engine problems

Owners reported engine problems in 279 complaints for the 2013 Hyundai Santa FE, 35% of the complaints on file. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
279 35% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
90,000 miles 148 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 27
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2013 Hyundai Santa FE Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 90,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 20 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 11 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 24 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 25 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 18 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 23 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 9 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 6 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 90,000 miles
Based on 148 complaints that include mileage. 28% 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 miles20
20k to 40k miles11
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles24
80k to 100k miles25
100k to 120k miles18
120k to 140k miles23
140k to 160k miles9
160k to 180k miles6
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 148 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 90,000 miles, and 28% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 27 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

The contact owned a 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while her husband was driving at an undisclosed speed, a gasoline and smoke odor was ventilating into the interior of the vehicle through the vents, after which the driver observed flames emanating from the engine compartment on the passenger side of the vehicle, prompting him to pull to the shoulder of the roadway. Upon exiting the vehicle, the vehicle became fully engulfed in flames.

Reported at 138,000 miles, March 2024 FireInjury

We were on the interstate when traffic had stopped we were stopped about 5 minutes and when we went to go the engine quit right after we gave the vehicle the gas, none of the engine lights came on. We restarted the car and gave it the gas and it quit again still no engine lights came on.we waited a few minutes and restarted the car and got off the interstate and drove on a side road to see if the computer would reset itself.we had no problem after that.we then took it into the dealer and they went through the…

Reported at 12,100 miles, April 2014

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