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Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2023. Best years: 2021.
The 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid draws the most owner complaints for its age: 57, or 14 for each year on the road, against a median of 9 a year across the 4 model years old enough to judge.
- 13complaints
- 3recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Sep 19, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2023
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Best years
2021
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid. Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2026 has the most complaints of any Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid year here: 13 of 13 (100%).
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 15% of Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- When owners filed
- Every complaint so far came in during 2026.
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Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2021 (20), 2022 (37), 2023 (57), 2024 (34), 2025 (92).
Year by year
2026 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid
13 owner complaints so far; too new to call. 3 recalls, including 26V-218 on the seat belts and 26V-047 on the electrical system.
Questions
What Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid years should you avoid?
The 2023 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid draws the most owner complaints for its age: 57, or 14 for each year on the road, against a median of 9 a year across the 4 model years old enough to judge.
What are the best years for the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid?
The 2021 draws the fewest complaints for its age: 20, or 3 for each year on the road.
How many recalls does the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid have?
3 recall campaigns cover the Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid model years 2026 on this site.
How many Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
15% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.