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Hyundai Santa Fe Sport · 2018

4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V810000·2022-10-27

    Hyundai Recalls 2018 Santa Fe Sport Vehicles Due to Fire Risk

    Hyundai is recalling 44,396 2018 Santa Fe Sport vehicles because a faulty ABS module could cause an electrical short and engine compartment fire.

    Product
    HYUNDAI — HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V056000·2022-02-03

    Hyundai Recalls Vehicles Due to ABS Module Fire Risk

    Hyundai is recalling specific 2014-2019 models because a faulty ABS module could cause an electrical short and engine compartment fire.

    Product
    HYUNDAI — HYUNDAI TUCSON, SANTA FE, SANTA FE SPORT, SANTA FE XL
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V801000·2017-12-13

    Hyundai Recalls 2018 Santa Fe Sport Vehicles Due to Air Bag Defect

    Hyundai is recalling 2018 Santa Fe Sport vehicles because a side curtain air bag component may detach during deployment, increasing injury risk.

    Product
    HYUNDAI — HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·17V577000·2017-09-20

    Hyundai Recalls 2018 Santa Fe Sport Vehicles for Front Coil Spring Defect

    Hyundai is recalling 2018 Santa Fe Sport vehicles because improperly manufactured front coil springs may fracture, potentially puncturing tires and causing loss of control.

    Product
    HYUNDAI — HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20185/5

    2 trims tested for 2018; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • PE19003 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17004 Recall Query · engine
  • PE13033 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module
  • PE13007 Preliminary Evaluation · suspension:rear
  • PE09003 Preliminary Evaluation · electronic stability control

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2018 · engine 162 complaints, median 94,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2017 · engine 156 complaints, median 85,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2017 · powertrain 37 complaints, median 10,000 mi
  • 2015 · engine 34 complaints, median 93,751 mi
    Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2016 · engine 33 complaints, median 105,225 mi
    Includes 5 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

347 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2018: 3.2/5 · 319 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2017: 3.3/5 · 346 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2016: 3.9/5 · 67 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2015: 3.6/5 · 82 complaints · most complained-of: engine
  • 2014: 3.3/5 · 160 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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