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2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 3 recall campaigns for the 2026 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 5 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.
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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. 464,971 units in total.

  1. 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: .

  2. 26V047000Received . 41,651 units.

    Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Tucson Hybrid, Tucson Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 IONIQ 5, Santa Cruz, Kona, Palisade, Palisade Hybrid, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, Sonata, Sonata Hybrid, and Tucson vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 101, "Controls and Displays."
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai's customer service at 855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 293. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on January 28, 2026.

    Report filed by Hyundai Motor America. Manufacturer campaign number 293. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

  3. 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: .

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

5 complaints, 7 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.

2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz: component mentions in complaints
ComponentMentions
Power Train2
Lane Departure2
Vehicle Speed Control1
Visibility/Wiper1
Steering1
Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
0
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
2 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.

Complaints about the 2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2026, with 5 complaints.

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.

  1. 20224
  2. 20232
  3. 20241
  4. 20253
  5. 20263

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/hyundai/santa-cruz/2026/. 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 2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz?
464,971 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 2026 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz name most often?
Power Train: 2 of 7 component mentions.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2026 Hyundai Santa Cruz open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.