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2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid Vehicle speed control Problems

Complaints
22about this part
Share
21%of 105 total for the year
Median mileage
133,000miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 22 complaints about the vehicle speed control of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid, 21% of the 105 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 133,000 miles. 2 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.

“The cruise control system cuts of with message on screen stating that , system camera can’t see my face and the system de-activates. This is especially dangerous at highway speeds. The vehicle behind me doesn’t see a brake light as my vehicle suddenly looses speed. This is from Hyundais Driver Attention Warning (DAW) function. This function cannot be de-activated by myself or my dealership which is Webb Hyundai of Merrillville Indiana.”

NHTSA complaint #11668783, filed 2025-06

“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

“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

“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

“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

Vehicle speed control: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202615%
20252221%
2024514%
2023712%
202238%
202115%

Other parts of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE Hybrid

Engine
34 complaints
Electrical system
31 complaints
Fuel system
31 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
25 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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