2025 Hyundai Santa FE Seats Problems
- Complaints
- 6about this part
- Share
- 4%of 137 total for the year
- Median mileage
- 17,500miles
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 6 complaints about the seats of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE, 4% of the 137 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 17,500 miles.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“NHTSA Vehicle Safety Complaint My 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe has a recurring problem when starting the vehicle. When I start the vehicle, the engine jumps abnormally. I have taken the vehicle to a Hyundai dealership multiple times specifically because of this problem. The condition continues to occur, but I have repeatedly been told that the dealership cannot find anything wrong and that they have to wait for a diagnostic code to appear before they can determine the cause. The vehicle has now developed an additional symptom. …”
NHTSA complaint #11765440, filed 2026-09“Second row power seats will operate even when a carseat is present & installed using LATCH system, crushing occupant. Power seat button at base of second row seats are easy to inadvertently press while entering/exiting the seat (i.e when seat belt is not on), causing the seat to move forward crushing occupant. This has happened multiple times since taking ownership.”
NHTSA complaint #11725839, filed 2026-03“The contact owns a 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe. The contact stated that on several occasions, while the vehicle was parked and either running or turned off, the second-row seats closed on the safety seats when the button in the rear of the vehicle was depressed. The contact stated that once the button was pressed, the seat could not be stopped from closing until the button was pressed a second time. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 15,000.”
NHTSA complaint #11724611, filed 2026-03, 15,000 milesRelated service bulletins
- 11036617Aug 18, 2026Some Santa Fe (MX5A) and Santa Fe Hybrid (MX5A HEV) vehicles equipped with natural leather or Nappa leather seating surfaces may exhibit wrinkling on the first or second row seat…
- 11033837Jun 2, 2026Some Santa Fe (MX5A) and Santa Fe Hybrid (MX5A HEV) vehicles equipped with power seats with or without Integrated Memory System (IMS) may produce buzz, squeak, rattle noises when…
- 11030084Mar 13, 2026Some Santa Fe (MX5A) and Santa Fe Hybrid (MX5A HEV) vehicles equipped with 2nd row captain’s chairs have an armrest cap that may detach. This bulletin provides the procedure to…
- 11025589Nov 13, 2025Certain Santa Fe (MX5A) and Santa Fe Hybrid (MX5A HEV) vehicles may experience battery drain and inoperative heated seat capacitive touch buttons due to incorrect ECU logic for…
- 11025590Nov 12, 2025Certain Santa Fe (MX5A) vehicles may experience battery drain and inoperative heated seat capacitive touch buttons due to incorrect ECU logic for the Seat Heater Unit – Front…
- 11016110Mar 22, 2025Certain Santa Fe (MX5A) vehicles may experience battery drain due to incorrect ECU logic for the Seat Heater Unit – Front (SHU_FRT). This bulletin provides instructions to…
Seats: other model years
| Year | Complaints | Share of year |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5 | 14% |
| 2025 | 6 | 4% |
| 2024 | 9 | 6% |
| 2022 | 2 | 1% |
| 2021 | 2 | 1% |
| 2019 | 2 | 1% |
| 2018 | 3 | 3% |
| 2017 | 6 | 1% |
| 2016 | 3 | 1% |
| 2015 | 1 | 0% |
| 2014 | 5 | 1% |
| 2013 | 9 | 1% |
| 2012 | 1 | 0% |
| 2010 | 1 | 0% |
| 2009 | 3 | 1% |
| 2008 | 4 | 1% |
| 2007 | 4 | 1% |
| 2006 | 1 | 1% |
| 2005 | 2 | 1% |
| 2004 | 2 | 1% |
| 2003 | 1 | 0% |
| 2001 | 1 | 0% |
Other parts of the 2025 Hyundai Santa FE
31 complaintsElectrical system
30 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
22 complaintsForward collision avoidance
20 complaintsTires
17 complaintsEngine
14 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
13 complaintsSeat belts
8 complaintsVehicle speed control
8 complaintsLane departure
6 complaintsFuel system
5 complaintsSteering
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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