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7 recalls covering model years 2021, 2022, 2025. To check whether your vehicle is affected, look up your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — a recall may apply only to some vehicles of a given year.
The seat belt anchors for the driver and front passenger may come loose from the vehicle. If an anchor detaches, the seat belt will not properly hold the occupant in place during a crash, which raises the risk of injury. Dealers will inspect the anchors and reinforce or replace them as needed, free of charge.
Hyundai is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, and 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, and Santa Fe Hybrid vehicles because the side curtain air bags may not have been installed correctly. This can cause the air bags not to deploy the way they are supposed to in a crash. Dealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags correctly, at no cost to owners.
Hyundai is recalling certain Santa Fe and Santa Fe Hybrid vehicles. The rearview camera may not have been installed correctly. A camera fitted the wrong way can damage the wiring that connects it, and the camera image may then fail to appear on the screen. Because of this, these vehicles do not meet the federal safety standard for rear visibility. Dealers will replace the camera wiring harness.
Certain Hyundai vehicles have a damaged printed circuit board in the rearview camera. Because of this, the rearview camera image may fail to display. This means the vehicle does not meet a federal safety standard for rear visibility.
Certain Hyundai Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, Santa Fe Plug-in Hybrid, and Santa Cruz vehicles equipped with a tow hitch wiring harness, either installed at the factory or added later through a Hyundai dealership, may allow water to build up on a circuit board inside the harness module. This buildup can cause an electrical short, which can result in a fire.
⚠ NHTSA advises: park outside and away from structures (fire risk).
On certain Santa Fe Hybrid and Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid vehicles, the front seat belt pretensioner, on the driver's side, the passenger's side, or both, can explode when it deploys during a crash. An exploding pretensioner can send small metal fragments flying inside the vehicle. These fragments can strike the driver or passengers and cause injury. This applies to the front seat belts only.
Hyundai is recalling certain Santa Fe Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid vehicles because the instrument cluster display may show an inverted, upside-down image when the vehicle is started. This can make the display illegible, so the driver may not be able to read important information such as the vehicle's speed or safety system warning messages, since the screen may be difficult to view correctly.
Recalls and NHTSA owner complaints for each model year, side by side. Complaints are unverified owner reports, and better-selling or older years naturally collect more — read this as a record, not a ranking.
| Model year | Recalls | High / critical | Do-not-drive / park-outside | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 37 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 112 | 6 | 0 | 8 |
NHTSA lists 7 safety recalls covering the 2021–2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid. 5 of them are rated high or critical on this site. The most recent is "Genesis and Hyundai Seat Belt Anchors May Detach" (NHTSA campaign 26V218000), reported Apr 6, 2026.
The 2022 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid has the most, with 4 recalls. The 2021 model year has the fewest of the years we cover, with 3. Newer model years have had less time to collect recalls, so a low count on a recent year is not a guarantee.
Yes. 1 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid recall carries a do-not-drive or park-outside advisory from NHTSA: Hyundai Santa Fe and Santa Cruz Tow Hitch Fire Risk (23V181000). These apply only to the affected vehicles, so check your VIN.
Enter your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. A recall often applies to only some vehicles of a model year, and the VIN lookup shows the ones still unrepaired on your car. Recall repairs are free at any franchised Hyundai dealer, including for second owners.
Recalls and complaint record for one model year at a time: