Model years to avoid

Hyundai Santa Cruz

What it says about you

Opinion

A small pickup that Hyundai insists is not a pickup, bought by people who wanted a Maverick and better styling.

Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.

6 model years on record, 312 complaints filed. That is too few to measure against. Every finding on this site compares a year with the same model's other years, and that needs about 40 complaints in a year and 4 years to compare it with. This nameplate has 2. So nothing is claimed either way — the recalls and ratings below are the record, and they are the whole record.

The years to look at closely: 2023 (accelerate), 2022 (accelerate). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.

Every year

  1. 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
  2. 2026 3 recalls 4 complaints
  3. 2025 3 recalls 17 complaints
  4. 2024 1 recall 35 complaints
  5. 2023 accelerate 77 complaints
  6. 2022 accelerate 179 complaints

What does a Hyundai Santa Cruz say about you?

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Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.