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2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz Transmission and drivetrain Problems

Complaints
90about this part
Share
48%of 186 total for the year
Median mileage
10,200miles
Trend
StableComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are within 25% of the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 90 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz, 48% of the 186 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 10,200 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“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.”

NHTSA complaint #11510102, filed 2023-03

“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.”

NHTSA complaint #11469628, filed 2022-06

“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.”

NHTSA complaint #11480061, filed 2022-08

“Twice, as I accelerated the transmission slipped out of gear as if it was shifted into Neutral. In both cases it finally shifted into gear and started to accelerate. In one case I was accelerating on to the Interstate. The Santa Cruz was taken to the dealer on Sept. 7th 2023 but they could not reproduce the problem and indicated there were no error codes. When the problem occurred I did not see a warning light on the dash.”

NHTSA complaint #11543882, filed 2023-09

“Power train/transmission Driving on an interstate at speed , heavy traffic , vehicle suddenly decelerated no matter how much I pushed gas pedal. This lasted for 5-8 seconds before vehicle re-engaged. Lot of vehicles behind me nearly rear ended myself and each other Returning vehicle to dealership on Thursday , March 30th even though told dealership had no appointments available for weeks. No warning before during or afterwards”

NHTSA complaint #11513907, filed 2023-03

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Transmission and drivetrain: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026240%
20241131%
20232532%
20229048%

Other parts of the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Engine
51 complaintsOther or unknown
38 complaintsElectrical system
22 complaintsFuel system
22 complaintsVehicle speed control
18 complaintsExterior lighting
9 complaintsForward collision avoidance
8 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
5 complaintsAir bags
4 complaintsLane departure
4 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
2 complaintsBrakes
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology