Worst years for a Hyundai Santa Cruz
Owners have filed 469 complaints about the Hyundai Santa Cruz with NHTSA across model years 2022 to 2026. More of them are about the transmission & drivetrain than anything else.
Avoid
2022 Hyundai Santa Cruz273 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly transmission & drivetrain.
Cleanest on record
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz26 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.
Every Hyundai Santa Cruz year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a Hyundai Santa Cruz
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2022
Worst in 2023
Worst in 2022
Worst in 2022
Worst in 2023
Worst in 2022
Worst in 2024
Exactly what failed on a Hyundai Santa Cruz
The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.
Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every Hyundai Santa Cruz, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Hyundai Santa Cruz problems by state
Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.
Compare the Hyundai Santa Cruz
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.