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2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Electrical system Problems

Complaints
4about this part
Share
18%of 22 total for the year
Median mileage
5,045miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 4 complaints about the electrical system of the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz, 18% of the 22 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 5,045 miles. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

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.

“One or two times a week, while driving at night, my headlights and head unit display both power off briefly, typically about 1/2 a second. Then they resume as if nothing had happened. No warning lights or errors, no boot up screen... just back to normal instantly. The only thing that changes is my seat belt indicator illuminates for a few seconds, then goes back off. After some online digging, it seems plenty of other people have this issue, but no one has found an official cause or solution.”

NHTSA complaint #11774411, filed 2026-10

“While driving at highway speeds with Smart Cruise Control set during the day I put on sunglasses and the driver attention system turned off the system 6 seconds later. I repeated this event set several times at various speeds and driving conditions with the same 6 second failure result. I made the dealership aware of this and verified it with them in the vehicle. Apparently, system uses an IR camera to determine driver attention level via eye contact and does not work with most sunglasses. …”

NHTSA complaint #11625321, filed 2024-11

“The contact owned a 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz. The contact stated that while fueling the vehicle, the fuel gauge became inoperable. The contact stated that the fuel gauge displayed a full tank while driving, regardless of the actual fuel level. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the fuel gauge sensor had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred after the repair. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 5,045.”

NHTSA complaint #11694604, filed 2025-10, 5,045 miles

“I was driving on a highway at 55mph at night today 3/1/2026 and all of a sudden the headlights, instrumentation lights, and computer display went out, very scary, the all turned back on about 1.5 seconds later.”

NHTSA complaint #11721312, filed 2026-03

Related recalls

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Electrical system: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2025418%
202426%
20231418%
20222212%

Other parts of the 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Forward collision avoidance
10 complaintsExterior lighting
4 complaintsOther or unknown
3 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsEngine
2 complaintsFuel system
1 complaintsLane departure
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 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