2019 Hyundai Santa FE problems
NHTSA has received 292 complaints about the 2019 Hyundai Santa FE, and 26% of them involve engine. Next are drivetrain & axles (13%) and electrical system (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 292 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 26% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 16
- Injuries and deaths
- 11 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 10,000 miles 94 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 66 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 10 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 5 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 4 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 9 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 94 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 10,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 21,000 miles (19 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 16 complaints mention a fire; 11 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2019 ranks 12th most-complained-about out of 26 model years of the Hyundai Santa FE with enough data (211 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
On June 28th at approximately 1130pm, my son was involved in a single vehicle accident. Upon impact with the tree the car immediately burst into flames
The contact owned a 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that as his daughter was driving at 20 MPH on the highway, she depressed the brake pedal, the brakes failed to respond, and the vehicle started to smoke from the engine and into the cabin. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact's daughter then tried to depress the brake pedal again, and the contact's daughter then jumped out of the vehicle on the ramp.
Stopped vehicle on side of neighborhood road on moderate downward incline. Placed vehicle in park and at idle. A few minutes later, shifted car into drive and proceeded to pull out into roadway. Vehicle seemed to lose power steering as well as power braking. As the vehicle turned a corner, it lost acceleration (car slowed to a stop as accelerator was pressed) , and tachometer decreased to zero. Pulled to side of road as car slowed to a stop. Total distance car travelled at this point was about 75 feet).
While driving, the panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded, leaving shattered glass within the interior of the car. There was no evidence of foreign objects which may have struck the car causing the roof to crack as it did.