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Forward collision avoidancePart report

2025 Hyundai Santa FE Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
20about this part
Share
15%of 137 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 20 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE, 15% of the 137 complaints for this model year.

Example complaints

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

“The sensor always goes off stating my eyes aren't on the road to the point it trys to stop the vehicle in traffic. This prevents me from being able to use cruise control because the sensor is causing issues by not detecting my eyes”

NHTSA complaint #11646900, filed 2025-03

“This car was in a BBB binding Arbitration and Hyundai was told to fix: speed control malfunction, speed linit not posting to hub arbitrary fan engagement. The Dealership ALM West had the car 2 weeks and the car sat on their lot. They said we are unable to duplicate the problem. Now in addition I showed them the cracked windshield and they were not responsible. I had an insurance complaint I took it to Safelite and replaced the windshield yesterday and I got it back with a new windshield and it also had a Crack in the replacement windshield. …”

NHTSA complaint #11711053, filed 2026-01

“Since I bought the car the forward attention warning goes off constantly. I’ve taken it to the dealership multiple times. They took off my eztag, stated it was blocking my camera. This is not the issue. Now there are 56 cars ahead of mine. This will be the 3rd time for the exact same complaint. It affects everything in the car. My cruise control doesn’t work because of this issue. If you turn the toggle back on it has more warning. Just the beeping constantly is going to cause an accident. I’ve asked Hyundai to buy it back they refuse. This is a known issue.”

NHTSA complaint #11732200, filed 2026-04

“There have been several times that I have been driving and either turning onto a 4-lane road (2 lanes going each way) or driving on the parkway, where my car has slammed on the brakes by itself. Not only was I not prepared for this to happen, but neither were the cars behind me. I tend to drive with at least 1.5 car-length space between myself and the car in front of me. Last week, I was making a right hand turn (going north) into the right lane from a residential street. The only other car near me was the one driving in the left lane (also going north). …”

NHTSA complaint #11705955, filed 2025-12

“Dear NHTSA Team, My car was in a minor accident Last. After that, the repair shop replaced my bumper and front camera. Don Franklin Somerset Hyundai performed a calibration on my new radar. They calibrated it six times, but there are still many issues with the HDA driving system. 1. False Dual-Side Warning When a vehicle is present only on the right side, the vehicle camera system incorrectly detects vehicles on both the left and right sides. In reality, there is no vehicle on the left side. In this scenario, both the radar warning and the camera detection are incorrect. 2. …”

NHTSA complaint #11725223, filed 2026-03

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026514%
20252015%
20241610%
20233717%
2022168%
20211811%
2020146%
2019136%
201822%
201771%
201531%
201441%
201351%
201210%
201010%
200910%

Other parts of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE

Other or unknown
31 complaints
Electrical system
30 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
22 complaints
Tires
17 complaints
Engine
14 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
13 complaints
Seat belts
8 complaints
Vehicle speed control
8 complaints
Lane departure
6 complaints
Seats
6 complaints
Fuel system
5 complaints
Steering
5 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE

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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