MODELYEARINDEX

Hyundai Santa FE Sport

357 complaints across 6 scored model years and 11 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Hyundai Santa FE Sport Full report
F
Grade 2013–2018
2017 vs model median 3.4×
Model median3× median
Engine 39
Drivetrain 24
Speed Control 14
Avoid

2017 · 2018

Best

2013 · 2016

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2013
0.44× 15 B
2014
1.26× 39 D
2015
0.74× 35 C
2016
0.18× 11 A
2017
3.37× 137 F
2018
2.84× 120 F

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG22.5
City / Highway20 / 26.5
Engine2.2L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,725

Recalls

11 campaigns on record, 5 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
23V651000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2013 1,649,478
17V226000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE 2013, 2014 572,000
17V358000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH 2013–2017 437,400
22V056000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2017, 2018 357,348
21V303000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2013–2015 151,205
20V520000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2013–2015 151,205
18V934000 ENGINE 2013, 2014 150,730
22V810000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2018 44,396

+ 3 further campaigns

Others in Compact SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Santa FE Sport
Complaints in window
137
Severity-weighted
208
Model median (weighted)
62
vs model median
3.37×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
1
Score 9.2 F