2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz Vehicle speed control Problems
- Complaints
- 5about this part
- Share
- 14%of 36 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 15,000miles
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 5 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz, 14% of the 36 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 15,000 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“Contact owns 2024 Honda Santa Cruz. The contact stated while driving 45 mph on the highway vehicle wasn't responding while accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated there was no warning lights on vehicle before incident happen and that contact had to turn off and on the vehicle to make it function. correctly. The contact was able to contact dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The contact stated this has been a recurring event on vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000.”
NHTSA complaint #11741927, filed 2026-06, 15,000 miles“while driving my car lost power and slowed on its own from 65 mph down to 45 mph. i had to power/acceleration and all the dashboard codes lit up and the infotainment system had an error messsage. i was force to pull over on the freeway and restart the car to get power to it. this is the 2nd time this happened within 2500 miles of the new vehicle.”
NHTSA complaint #11555969, filed 2023-11“While driving on I-81 up a steep grade, truck suffered a sudden power loss, with speed dropping to 35 MPH from 65 MPH. Attempts to regain speed failed and it felt like truck downshifted to a lower gear. 35 MPH continued until I decided to use truck cruise control to attempt to gain speed. I was worried about tractor trailers hitting me due to low speed. Finally got vehicle to 65 MPH but would not go above 65 MPH. Rode that way for 100 miles ( trip home was ~ 200 miles) finally in lighter traffic when I had to brake, I tried to use gas pedal to maintain speed.and it worked. …”
NHTSA complaint #11733735, filed 2026-04Related service bulletins
- 11018870May 28, 2025This letter communication is to educate owners around the use of the Manual Speed Limit Assist (MSLA) feature.
Vehicle speed control: other model years
Other parts of the 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz
11 complaintsEngine
6 complaintsFuel system
4 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsBrakes
3 complaintsLane departure
3 complaintsAir bags
2 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
2 complaintsElectrical system
2 complaintsForward collision avoidance
2 complaintsSeat belts
2 complaintsSteering
2 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2024 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.
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