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Hyundai Santa Cruz 2025service campaign

Bulletin 9C3 OL · NHTSA communication 11024690 · issued Oct 30, 2025

Service campaign
communication type
Engine
component
2025
model years
2
vehicle entries

Official summary

Hyundai has become aware that some vehicles equipped with the 2.5 Turbo-GDI Theta III engine may exhibit coolant seepage on the back side (exhaust side) of the engine caused by a crack in the cylinder block.

What a TSB means. Technical service bulletins are repair guidance manufacturers send to dealers — they are not recalls, and repairs are not automatically free (warranty extensions are an exception worth checking). The full document is available via NHTSA’s vehicle lookup.