The 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 795 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 51 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the power train. Last updated July 5, 2026.
Recall campaigns
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Defect
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024 Tucson and Santa Cruz vehicles. The circuit board in the motor-driven power steering assembly may short circuit, resulting in a loss of power steering assist.
Consequence
A loss of power steering assist can increase the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will replace the motor-driven power steering electric power pack, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 11, 2024. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 261.
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“On [xxx], while I was travelling south on [xxx] in washington, while towing. My emergency brake/forward collision avoidance system activated. Very briefly but enough to give me a shock. There was no reason for this to be activated, traffic was moving along, no one was closely in front of me,…”
“On [xxx], while I was travelling south on [xxx] in washington, while towing. My emergency brake/forward collision avoidance system activated. Very briefly but enough to give me a shock. There was no reason for this to be activated, traffic was moving along, no one was closely in front of me,…”
“On [xxx], while I was travelling south on [xxx] in washington, while towing. My emergency brake/forward collision avoidance system activated. Very briefly but enough to give me a shock. There was no reason for this to be activated, traffic was moving along, no one was closely in front of me,…”
“My issue is that the lane keeping system was much too sensitive. I would be riding at highway speeds and the car would pull suddenly to the right or left. This was an intermittent problem but when I took it in wanting an adjustment to the system to make it less sensitive, I was told that they were…”
“While driving on I-81 up a steep grade, truck suffered a sudden power loss, with speed dropping to 35 mph from 65 mph. Attempts to regain speed failed and it felt like truck downshifted to a lower gear. 35 mph continued until I decided to use truck cruise control to attempt to gain speed. I was…”
“While driving on I-81 up a steep grade, truck suffered a sudden power loss, with speed dropping to 35 mph from 65 mph. Attempts to regain speed failed and it felt like truck downshifted to a lower gear. 35 mph continued until I decided to use truck cruise control to attempt to gain speed. I was…”
“While driving on I-81 up a steep grade, truck suffered a sudden power loss, with speed dropping to 35 mph from 65 mph. Attempts to regain speed failed and it felt like truck downshifted to a lower gear. 35 mph continued until I decided to use truck cruise control to attempt to gain speed. I was…”
“I was at a stop sign leave a store and I started going again and when I got to 15 mph it like it went into neutral and I thought maybe I hit shifter in neutral but didn't and I went to go again did same thing but then jump into next gear got cat home I bought this car brand new I only got 33000…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2024 Hyundai Santa Cruz as of
July 5, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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