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2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid Engine Problems

Complaints
34about this part
Share
32%of 105 total for the year
Median mileage
3,300miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 34 complaints about the engine of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid, 32% of the 105 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 3,300 miles. 1 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Example complaints

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

“I was on a semi residential-commercial street that turns on to a freeway entrance. I was turning right and unavoidably entered the freeway when the sudden loss of power occurred. The car slowed down to about 20 mph and pressing on the gas medal didn't yield any more power. I immediately pulled over to the emergency lane upon entering freeway to let fast moving vehicles pass me on the left side. I turned off the vehicle and turned it back on. …”

NHTSA complaint #11664480, filed 2025-06

“When traveling home from work 8/27/26, my cruise control shut off and my car immediately went into “limp” mode. This almost caused me to get into an accident with a tractor trailer, in which, I may not have survived. Immediately pulled over and tried to find out what had caused this and how to get it fixed. Nothing worked to get it out of “limp” mode. There were no warning lights or messages, except LV3. Which was a completely different issue. This issue I was able to correct. …”

NHTSA complaint #11760351, filed 2026-08

“While driving on the freeway at approx 65mph, the car suddenly starting de-celerating and forced me to pull over to emergency shoulder/lane and try to determine the cause. The car is a Hybrid and the dashboard stated to put car in Park and Idle the Engine over 2000rpm to charge up the Battery. ( i still don't know which Battery they were speaking of...Engine Battery or Hybrid Battery) I sat there Idling the Engine for 15 minutes and slowly proceeded to get off the freeway and limped the car back to my home. …”

NHTSA complaint #11741374, filed 2026-06

“I was stopped at a red light. When the light turned green, I proceeded to apply the gas and accelerate. I quickly noticed that the vehicle began accelerating at a faster rate than I was intending. The vehicle continued to accelerate without me applying my foot to the gas pedal. Nothing would stop the continued acceleration (application of brake). I crashed into the rear of a vehicle in my lane going approximately 50-60mph (estimate). I am unsure what the issue was that resulted in this crash. …”

NHTSA complaint #11707043, filed 2025-12

“Driving home from church this morning, the vehicle experiences a sudden loss of power and the car went into “limp mode”. Even the pedal floored and the engine rpms high, the car would barely go about 25 or 30 mph. A message from the dash board told me to pull over and leave the engine running to charge the EV batteries. The batteries would charge enough for what I thought would get me home but quickly drained leaving repeat the action until I could limp the six miles home with flashers on and cars passing me to get around. …”

NHTSA complaint #11736908, filed 2026-05

Related service bulletins

Engine: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026524%
20253432%
2024822%
20232441%
20221335%
2021840%

Other parts of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid

Electrical system
31 complaints
Fuel system
31 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
25 complaints
Vehicle speed control
22 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
15 complaints
Other or unknown
14 complaints
Lane departure
5 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
4 complaints
Air bags
3 complaints
Brakes
2 complaints
Body and structure
2 complaints
Tires
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 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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