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2023 Hyundai Santa FE forward collision avoidance problems

44 complaints about forward collision avoidance have been filed for the 2023 Hyundai Santa FE, which is 13% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the 2nd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
44 14% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
6 and 1
Injuries and deaths
5 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

These complaints mention 6 crashes, 1 fire, 5 injuries.

What owners wrote

The accelerator stuck and the vehicle crashed. The vehicle is totaled. It happened [XXX]. No one has yet inspected the vehicle. I notified Hyundai about 5 days ago. The following link is a YouTube video of the accident: [XXX]

February 2025 CrashFireInjury

The contact owns a 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the Forward Collision Avoidance system erroneously activated, causing the braking system to activate and the vehicle to veer to the left. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer on several occasions due to the failure however, a cause for the failure was not determined. The vehicle was not repaired.

Reported at 1,000 miles, July 2023

Other problems reported for the 2023 Hyundai Santa FE

Forward collision avoidance problems in other years

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Forward collision avoidance problems across all Hyundai models