2017 Hyundai Santa Fe
Complaints about this year name oil consumption far more often than the other years of this generation — 11% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 3.7%.
Generation 2 of the Hyundai Santa Fe, which began in 2013 and ran to 2018. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 951 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 216 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Involving a fire | 23 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 20 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- accelerate — 10% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
Excessive oil consumption from metal shaving left in engine during production. causes accelerated engine wear and failure. Rod bearing failure. piston ring failure, high chance of fire in engine compartment.
I have had my vehicle in for the same sputtering/lack of acceleration problem 5times. The check engine light is flashing, yet, the tech says there is nothing wrong. It is frightening to drive when I cannot accelerate and it jerks horribly between 0-20. When I…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V142000 TIRES Fixed free of charge.
- 17V358000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 17V578000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 16V842000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 16V145000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V056000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Santa Fe 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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