2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz. The newest campaign is 26V316000. NHTSA received the report on 18 May 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Forward Collision Avoidance / Automatic Emergency Braking. NHTSA has 19 complaints on file for this model year.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on these campaigns.
This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.
Remedy of the newest campaign, 26V316000, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will update the front camera software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 17, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 302. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 20, 2026.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
3 campaigns, newest first. 465,785 units in total.
26V316000Received . 423,062 units.
Forward Collision Avoidance / Automatic Emergency Braking
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Tucson, Tucson Hybrid, and Tucson Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV) vehicles. Software in the front cameras may cause the forward collision avoidance system to activate prematurely and unexpectedly apply the brakes.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Unexpected braking increases the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will update the front camera software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 17, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 302. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 20, 2026.
Report filed by Hyundai Motor America. Manufacturer campaign number 302. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
25V809000Received . 258 units.
Air Bags / Side/Window / Curtain
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, and 2026 Genesis GV70 vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
Side curtain air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Dealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning December 29, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 289 and 029G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.
Report filed by Hyundai Motor America. Manufacturer campaign number 289 (H); 029G (G). Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
24V877000Received . 42,465 units.
Electrical System / Wiring
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson and Santa Cruz vehicles. The console extension wiring assembly may be routed improperly, allowing the transmission to be shifted out of Park without applying the brake pedal.
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
A transmission that can shift out of Park without applying the brake pedal can result in a vehicle roll away, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
Owners are advised to use the parking brake when parking the vehicle. Dealers will reroute the console extension wiring assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 17, 2024. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 273.
Report filed by Hyundai Motor America. Manufacturer campaign number 273. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
The campaign number opens the NHTSA record. Each quotation is the text of the NHTSA recall file.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Complaints by component
19 complaints, 28 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. This model year has fewer than 50 component mentions, so the table shows the number of mentions only.
| Component | Mentions |
|---|---|
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 14 |
| Electrical System | 3 |
| Exterior Lighting | 3 |
| Service Brakes | 2 |
| Lane Departure | 2 |
| Unknown or Other | 2 |
| Engine | 1 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 1 |
- Complaints that report a crash
- 1
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 15 Sep 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2025 Hyundai Santa CruzThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/hyundai/santa-cruz/2025/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 30 Sep 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Hyundai Motor America
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz?
- 465,785 units in 3 campaigns. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Hyundai Santa Cruz have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 9 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Santa Cruz, model years 2022 to 2026. 3 of them name the 2025 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz name most often?
- Forward Collision Avoidance: 14 of 28 component mentions.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.