Engine complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe has 48 NHTSA engine complaints and 0 engine-related recalls.
48
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 2025 | ENGINE | CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE. With no prior indications, the engine seized while driving on side stre... |
| Dec 31, 2024 | ENGINE | The contact owned a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated while the contact's daughter was driv... |
| Mar 20, 2024 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed sp... |
| Sep 12, 2023 | ENGINE | I was driving the car on a 4 lane road when suddenly the engine shut off and the car was no longer f... |
| Sep 17, 2022 | ENGINE | My 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe had 75,000 miles on it in September 2022. It was bought and serviced by th... |
| Jul 19, 2022 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that on six occasions over 12 months, t... |
| Jul 16, 2022 | ENGINE | UNKNOWN warning I’m the owner of a 2011 Hyundai Santa Fe and a week ago at 185k mikes all of a sudde... |
| Feb 8, 2022 | ENGINE | ENGINE STALLS |
| Sep 21, 2021 | ENGINE | We have (had) a 2011 Hyundai Sante Fe. On 9/21/21, driving to Bozeman, just west of Livingston MT, ... |
| Apr 27, 2020 | ENGINE | ENGINE BLOWN SHORTLY AFTER 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT CAME ON |
| Jun 30, 2019 | ENGINE | THE VEHICLE DEVELOPED A LOW END ENGINE RATTLE DURING IDLE. THE NOISE WOULD GO AWAY ON ACCELERATION. ... |
| Jun 27, 2019 | ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | MY CAR STARTED RUNNING HOT PERIODICALLY, THE THERMOSTAT GAUGE KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN. THERE WAS A BU... |
| Apr 27, 2019 | ENGINE | MY 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE WAS BEING DRIVEN ON THE CITY STREETS AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 30MPH WHEN THE E... |
| Feb 8, 2019 | ENGINE | WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE THE ENGINE STOPPED RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING OR SYMPTOMS. IT WOULD NOT RESTA... |
| Jan 8, 2019 | ENGINE | MY 2011 HYUNDAI SANTA FE BEGAN TO DRIVE ROUGH ON THE FREEWAY, SLIGHT TUGGING, RATTLING SOUND UNDER T... |
| Dec 12, 2018 | ENGINE | WHILE DRIVING HOME ON WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 12 2018 MY HYUNDAI SANTA FE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE AND BURNE... |
| Mar 13, 2018 | ENGINE | ENGINE SHUTDOWN AND I CANNOT STEER THE WHEEL. |
| Feb 2, 2018 | ENGINE | ENGINE NOISE AT COLD START. WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE AFTER THE CAR HAS SAT FOR OVER AN HOUR, A LOUD... |
| Dec 5, 2017 | ENGINE | CAR STARTED SMOKING BLUE SMOKE OUT OF THE EXHAUST AT 45,000 MILES WAS NEVER TREATED FOR AN OIL CONSU... |
| Jul 1, 2017 | ENGINE | CAR SMOKING FROM EXAHUST SINCE AROUND 42000 MILES OIL SMOKE STARTED IN 2017 . I HAVE TAKEN TO DEALER... |