Hyundai Santa FE vs Jeep Cherokee

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Hyundai Santa FE	Jeep Cherokee
Complaints on file	10,463	21,059
Model years covered	2001–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2013	2015
Best model year	2026	2006
Crashes reported	543	997
Fires reported	317	443
Injuries reported	352	560
Deaths reported	10	23
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	11.7%	9.6%

Hyundai Santa FE by year

293 219 390 386 300 143 983 718 507 333 268 475 807 680 332 290 1,281 143 283 297 242 310 321 214 195 53

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,633 25.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 963 9.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 924 8.8%

Electrical System 856 8.2%

Brakes 730 7.0%

Other & Unspecified 721 6.9%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 587 5.6%

Airbags 512 4.9%

Jeep Cherokee by year

1 1 1 1 8 24 26 72 118 287 368 297 175 571 618 732 584 496 553 516 508 329 18 3,969 2,663 2,051 1,935 995 2,443 394 219 74 4 8

73 78 80 81 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 06 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 5,644 26.8%

Engine & Cooling 2,913 13.8%

Electrical System 2,413 11.5%

Brakes 2,199 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 1,781 8.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 968 4.6%

Body & Structure 893 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 782 3.7%