2023 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid Brakes Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 5%of 58 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the brakes of the 2023 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid, 5% of the 58 complaints for this model year.
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.
“Since I have had the car, five months, there have been THREE INCIDENTS of the car braking to a stop suddenly and unexpectedly while I am driving. At no time were there other cars near me; I was not in danger of hitting anything or anyone as the road was clear. The stops were jarring and upsetting as I could not discern a reason for these sudden stops. I feel it is very dangerous to stop in the middle of the street without warning.”
NHTSA complaint #11540328, filed 2023-08“Driving down interstate at 70 mph and car started to brake while foot on gas pedal. Would not go…red brake alert came on. Luckily no other car in left lane and pulled off to side of road. Car would not drive. Called tow truck.”
NHTSA complaint #11615382, filed 2024-09Related service bulletins
- 10245577Nov 6, 2023Certain Tucson (NX4A), Santa Cruz (NXT), Santa Fe (TMA), and Santa Fe Hybrid (TMA HEV) vehicles may exhibit a brake judder condition. This bulletin describes the procedure to…
Brakes: other model years
Other parts of the 2023 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid
24 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
15 complaintsElectrical system
14 complaintsFuel system
13 complaintsOther or unknown
12 complaintsForward collision avoidance
10 complaintsVehicle speed control
7 complaintsLane departure
4 complaintsBack-over prevention (rear camera)
2 complaintsBody and structure
2 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
2 complaintsEngine cooling
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2023 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid
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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