2014 Hyundai Santa FE Body and structure Problems
- Complaints
- 20about this part
- Share
- 4%of 493 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 59,000miles
- Trend
- FallingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% lower than in the 3 years before.
NHTSA recorded 20 complaints about the body and structure of the 2014 Hyundai Santa FE, 4% of the 493 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 59,000 miles. 2 of these say a crash was involved and 2 a fire, according to the filers.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“While driving home, my vehicle began to make clunking noises, while in the process of exiting the highway, for safety reasons, the car cut off on the exit ramp. Before attempting to restart the vehicle; a passerby shouted that the vehicle was on fire. Upon exiting the vehicle the police were on the scene and extinguished the fire. The vehicle was then towed to a local body shop to await a tow to my place of residence.”
NHTSA complaint #10949004, filed 2017-02, 52,613 miles“Vehicle has panoramic sunroof. On 5/22/17 my wife was traveling on the interstate at approximately 6:30 am and the sunroof glass shattered and blew out. There were no foreign objects involved. This is already a known problem on Hyundai veloster. And also to my knowledge there is a pending class action lawsuit regarding this type of failure. Fortunately my wife was able to pull off of the freeway quickly and no one was injured.”
NHTSA complaint #10991080, filed 2017-05, 88,000 miles“Driving in the far left lane on the interstate at roughly 55 MPH I attempted to avoid a drifting car as I corrected the steering wheel and accelerator failed to respond. As a result I struck a vehicle stopped on the shoulder of the interstate. The airbags in the other vehicle deployed. The airbags in my vehicle did not deploy. The front end collision was bad enough that the SUV was declared a total loss. The adjuster also found that the firewall had split and appeared to be faulty. …”
NHTSA complaint #10971940, filed 2017-04, 78,000 miles“Starting approximately two months after purchasing my vehicle, june 2017, my paint has been steadily chipping off of my car, mostly in the front area (hood, roof, sides of hood). As you will see in the video, touching the paint makes it chip off. It started out as just a couple of chips and has steadily turned into large pieces of missing paint especially after taking road trips of more than two hours, I notice a big difference. I tried to load a video so that you can see, all I have to do is touch the large spot on the right side of my hood and the paint literally falls off.”
NHTSA complaint #11330123, filed 2020-06, 60,160 miles“I was driving down a two lane road about noon on dec. 22. The temperature was about 70. I was going approximately 60 MPH. I was not turning, just going straight down the road. It sounded like there was an explosion. I pulled off the road as the glass sunroof shattered and fell in on my daughter and me. There was no other car near me. Nothing hit my car. I called Hyundai was told that it wasn't covered by them and would be my responsibility to have fixed. I was stuck on the side of the road with the glass literally falling in on us. …”
NHTSA complaint #10820253, filed 2016-01, 33,000 milesRelated service bulletins
- 10235566Apr 24, 2023Hyundai applies a Paint Protection Film (PPF) on new vehicles before delivery to dealerships. It provides a barrier between the paint and contaminants, such as rail dust, acid…
- 10167213Oct 2, 2019The warranty coverage for the panoramic sunroof moving glass has been extended to 10 years or 120,000 miles from the date of original retail delivery or date of first use…
Body and structure: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | 2% |
| 2024 | 5 | 3% |
| 2023 | 6 | 3% |
| 2022 | 6 | 3% |
| 2021 | 3 | 2% |
| 2020 | 9 | 4% |
| 2019 | 14 | 7% |
| 2018 | 1 | 1% |
| 2017 | 7 | 1% |
| 2016 | 6 | 3% |
| 2015 | 9 | 4% |
| 2014 | 20 | 4% |
| 2013 | 23 | 4% |
| 2012 | 8 | 2% |
| 2011 | 10 | 6% |
| 2010 | 12 | 5% |
| 2009 | 14 | 4% |
| 2008 | 20 | 4% |
| 2007 | 18 | 3% |
| 2006 | 3 | 3% |
| 2005 | 6 | 3% |
| 2004 | 12 | 4% |
| 2003 | 30 | 10% |
| 2002 | 17 | 10% |
| 2001 | 19 | 9% |
Other parts of the 2014 Hyundai Santa FE
274 complaintsBrakes
58 complaintsSteering
52 complaintsElectrical system
49 complaintsOther or unknown
41 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
36 complaintsFuel system
32 complaintsVehicle speed control
27 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
15 complaintsAir bags
13 complaintsElectronic stability control
11 complaintsExterior lighting
11 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2014 Hyundai Santa FE
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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