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2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid Transmission and drivetrain Problems

Complaints
25about this part
Share
24%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 25 complaints about the transmission and drivetrain of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid, 24% 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.

“Vehicle was turned on and in park. I placed my child in the back seat, opened the driver door and was able to enter the vehicle. The car began to roll down the driveway, while in park, and ran me over. It continued to roll backwards into a tree and was stopped by rolling into my neighbors home.”

NHTSA complaint #11770541, filed 2026-10

“Started car, reading paperwork and suddenly my car went into Neutral bycitself and rolled backwards in a parking lot. Thank goodness no one was walking behind my car. This is the 2nd time it has happened. Additionally, twice previously, my car screen blacked off. 1 other time while sitting at a traffic light, the car shut off. I have been patient but now I'm afraid ti drive this car with only 2,650 miles on it.”

NHTSA complaint #11707089, filed 2025-12

“Check emergency, stopping function alert. Check hybrid system stop safely. Both alerts came on the dash the steering wheel vibrated 11 other alerts popped up in the car steered me to the side of the road. It would not start again and This has happened four times in the 7 months I’ve had the car Hyundai cannot figure out what the issue is. In fact they tell me there is no issue because it’s not happening to them while it’s been there for almost a month.”

NHTSA complaint #11679969, filed 2025-08

“Sudden loss of power (multiple incidences in the first 3000 miles, multiple service visits). While driving normally there was a sudden loss of power. Once at an interstate on ramp while attempting to merge, and three times while driving on city streets. The first dealer visit resulted in no action due to no codes and the problem not replicating. When I pulled into the dealer and shut off the car; I received an alert that the vehicle was officially transferred to me. When I restarted the vehicle, it operated normally. …”

NHTSA complaint #11730277, filed 2026-04

“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

Transmission and drivetrain: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026210%
20252524%
2024925%
20231526%
20221335%
2021735%

Other parts of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid

Engine
34 complaints
Electrical system
31 complaints
Fuel system
31 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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