Model years Hyundai Santa Cruz
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz
Complaints about this year name accelerate far more often than the model's other years — 16% of them, about 41× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 179 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 17 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 23 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- started — 14% of complaints, 35× usual
- being — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
- first — 13% of complaints, 32× usual
What owners wrote
Merging onto interstate and experienced loss of power. Slowly accelerated to 50 mph with gas pedal to the floor could not exceed 50mph. No warning lights just sudden loss of power. I had to drive onto side of the road to avoid being hit from cars behind me on…
Engine stuttering at random like it is going to die out. And a major safety issue four times, so far, with less than 1800 miles on the vehicle, the engine has died mid drive and flashes error on dash that engine is off and to put in neutral and restart. The la…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V197000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 22V746000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 23V038000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
- 23V181000 TRAILER HITCHES Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Santa Cruz was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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