Hyundai Motor Company: Suspension › Front › Springs › Coil Springs
Hyundai Motor Company reported this defect to federal regulators on Jul 18, 2014 and put the number of vehicles at risk at 271,773. The repair is free for as long as the recall stands.
The defect
Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai) is recalling certain model Year 2001-2006 Santa Fe vehicles manufactured from March 31, 2000, through February 15, 2006, that are registered and operated, or which were originally sold and registered, in the following 20 salt belt" states and the District of Columbia: Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia, and Wisconsin. The affected vehicles may experience front coil spring corrosion from road salt, causing the coil spring to fracture and make contact with the tire.
The risk
If the front coil spring fractures due to corrosion it could cause the coil spring to make contact with the tire, possibly puncturing the tire and increasing the risk of a vehicle crash.
The remedy
Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will inspect and if necessary replace the coil spring, free of charge. The recall began on October 24, 2014. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-800-633-5151. Hyundai's number for this recall is 124.
6 model years covered
Newest first| Vehicle | Complaints | Recalls | Fires | Crashes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 Hyundai Santa FE | 106 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 2005 Hyundai Santa FE | 216 | 3 | 0 | 18 |
| 2004 Hyundai Santa FE | 303 | 3 | 7 | 32 |
| 2003 Hyundai Santa FE | 308 | 4 | 5 | 26 |
| 2002 Hyundai Santa FE | 165 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 2001 Hyundai Santa FE | 209 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
What this page is, and what to do next
A recall is not an opinion. It is a Part 573 report a manufacturer is required by federal law to file once it decides a defect poses an unreasonable risk to safety, and it commits them to repairing the vehicle at no cost to the owner. The three passages above are the manufacturer’s own wording as published by NHTSA.
This page describes the campaign. It cannot tell you whether one particular car has already been through the shop — that is tracked by VIN, and only the manufacturer knows it. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls or with a franchised dealer, quoting campaign number 14V435000.
Full record for the 2006 Hyundai Santa FE → · Recalls carrying a do-not-drive advisory → · Where this data comes from →