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What 493 owners told NHTSA about the 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Hev

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (493)Crash / fire / injury (48)Engine (275)Brakes (54)Steering (52)Electrical system (49)Transmission & drivetrain (36)Fuel system (32)Speed control (27)Body & structure (20)Visibility & wipers (15)Airbags (12)

1 of 493 complaints match · Steering · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Mar 1, 2025SteeringElectrical systemEngineFire

My steering would work while I was driving with my kids in the car, my breaks were barely working, the hood started smoking and something under the hood in the engine caught on fire, there was a horrible smell when I was breaking and the breaks would jolt. The engine and cooling was not turning off even with my key taken out, the fan engine was running nonstop no matter what, smoking etc

NHTSA ODI 11645773

Working with the data? Download all 493 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Hybrid Hev verdict →