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2012 Hyundai Santa Fe brakes problems

The 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe has 28 brakes complaints filed with NHTSA — 6% of the year's total, and roughly flat versus the prior model year.

28

Brakes complaints

6%

Share of year

7

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Brakes complaints by year

Santa Fe brakes complaints by model year87 complaints2001: 10 complaints2002: 21 complaints2003: 44 complaints2004: 45 complaints2005: 33 complaints2006: 17 complaints2007: 87 complaints2008: 30 complaints2009: 49 complaints2010: 12 complaints2011: 23 complaints2012: 28 complaints2013: 64 complaints2014: 59 complaints2015: 30 complaints2016: 17 complaints2017: 59 complaints2018: 19 complaints2019: 11 complaints2020: 10 complaints2021: 6 complaints2022: 11 complaints2023: 23 complaints2024: 12 complaints2025: 4 complaints
Santa Fe brakes complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“I WAS TURNING RIGHT INTO A PARKING SPACE, APPLIED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE SURGED/ACCELERATED. IT WENT OVER A CURB AND HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE. WHEN IT STOPPED I LOOKED DOWN AND MY FOOT WAS INDEED ON THE BRAKES, TO THE FLOOR. A SIMILAR THING HAPPENED TWICE BEFORE. I WAS TURNING ONTO ANOTHER STREET…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Brakes · June 1, 2014 · crash

Common questions

How many brakes complaints does the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe have?

NHTSA has 28 complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe brakes — 6% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.