Hyundai / Santa Cruz / 2022
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz problems
Owners have filed 273 complaints about the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz with NHTSA. Power train accounts for 33% of them — the clear leader, ahead of engine at 17.9%.
Complaints273
Crashes5
Fires1
Injuries5
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Power train 33.0% · 90
Engine 17.9% · 49
Unknown or other 12.5% · 34
Electrical system 7.7% · 21
Fuel/propulsion system 7.3% · 20
Vehicle speed control 6.2% · 17
Exterior lighting 3.3% · 9
Forward collision avoidance 2.9% · 8
Severity
Of those complaints, 5 describe a crash, 1 describe a fire and 5 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Filings have fallen off, 75 in the last three years against 198 in the three before. The issues here may already have been addressed.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 20,000 miles.
In owners' own words
While driving the car today, we had no power above 2200 RPM. When we went to pull out from an intersection, the car just puttered into the intersection, forcing me to try to get the car off the road as much as possible to avoid being hit by oncoming traffic. Once I was able to get the car moving, we immediately took the car back home in hopes of getting this issue repaired prior to it being in an accident. Power train
Vehicle suffered a loss of power while accelerating from a stop. Would not go faster than 30 MPH. Since I was entering a freeway I was lucky that the traffic was light. I was able to pull to the shoulder and after turning off the vehicle and restarting, it performed normally again. There were no warnings on the dash and I will be contacting the dealer ASAP. Power train
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 interstate. Pulled over and restarted vehicle and drove normally back home. Power train
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
Checking NHTSA for open recalls…