2012 Hyundai Santa FE defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2012 Hyundai Santa FE. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Loss of Motive Power
  Defect Petition DP22003 · opened Sep 12, 2022 · closed Dec 12, 2023

  The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a letter dated July 13, 2022, petitioning the Agency to initiate a safety defect investigation into loss of motive power allegations attributed to oil drain pan assembly failures on certain Hyundai Motor America, Inc. and Kia America, Inc. vehicles spa…

• Engine Fires
  Engineering Analysis EA21003 · opened Dec 22, 2021 · closed Feb 5, 2024 · led to recall 23V877

  On March 29, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened two Preliminary Evaluations (PE19-003 on Hyundai and PE19-004 on Kia) to broadly investigate incidents of non-crash fires (regardless of origin or operational status of the vehicle) on various model year Hyundai and Kia vehicles. During the PE investig…

• Throttle control system vulnerabilities
  Defect Petition DP21003 · opened Nov 12, 2021 · closed Jun 20, 2023

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a petition letter dated October 10, 2021, requesting an investigation of possible defects in the electronic throttle control (ETC) system on certain Kia vehicles resulting in the opening of DP21-003. Accordi…

• Non-crash Vehicle Fires
  Preliminary Evaluation PE19003 · opened Mar 29, 2019 · closed Dec 22, 2021 · led to recall 21V727000

  During this Preliminary Evaluation (PE), the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) assessed the scope, frequency and potential safety-related consequences of non-crash vehicle fires caused by both engine failures and failures of other vehicle systems/components in model year (MY) 2011-2014 Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe v…

• Non-crash Vehicle Fires
  Defect Petition DP18003 · opened Aug 21, 2018 · closed May 10, 2019 · led to recall 19V204000

  In a letter dated June 11, 2018, the Center for Auto Safety (CAS) petitioned the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to initiate a safety defect investigation into non-collision related fires on model year (MY) 2011-2014 Kia Optima and Sorento, and Hyundai Sonata and Santa Fe vehicles. In a letter da…

• Scope and Timeliness
  Recall Query RQ17004 · opened May 18, 2017 · closed Dec 22, 2021 · led to recall 19V063000

  NHTSA opened Recall Query (RQ) 17-004 to investigate the timeliness and scope of Hyundai?s Theta II GDI engine recalls (Recall Nos. 15V-568 and 17V-226), and Hyundai?s compliance with reporting requirements. On November 23, 2020, the Agency entered into a Consent Order with Hyundai to administratively resolve NHTSA?s a…