2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

These recalls apply to the make, model, and year of your car – and should be fixed as soon as possible.

2 Recalls for 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Recall Date Component Summary
1970-01-01 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson, 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, and 2026 Genesis GV70 vehicles. The side curtain air bags may not have been installed properly, which can cause the air bags not to deploy as intended.

Remedy:

Dealers will reinstall the side curtain air bags, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed January 19, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai’s numbers for this recall are 289 and 029G. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on November 22, 2025.

1970-01-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Tucson and Santa Cruz vehicles. The console extension wiring assembly may be routed improperly, allowing the transmission to be shifted out of Park without applying the brake pedal.

Remedy:

Owners are advised to use the parking brake when parking the vehicle. Dealers will reroute the console extension wiring assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 17, 2024. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai’s number for this recall is 273.

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0 Complaints sent to the Center for Auto Safety for 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

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12 Complaints submitted to NHTSA for 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

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Date Component  
2025-11-16 UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ODI Number: 11699642
2025-11-11 SERVICE BRAKES,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
ODI Number: 11698749
2025-10-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ODI Number: 11694604
2025-10-01 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
ODI Number: 11690758
2025-09-07 UNKNOWN OR OTHER
ODI Number: 11685527
2025-08-15 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,LANE DEPARTURE
ODI Number: 11680808
2024-11-14 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ODI Number: 11625321
2024-12-26 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
ODI Number: 11632452
2025-01-19 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
ODI Number: 11636902
2025-01-23 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
ODI Number: 11638148
2025-03-26 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
ODI Number: 11650862
2025-04-08 SERVICE BRAKES
ODI Number: 11653345
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18 Service Alerts for 2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Date Description
2025-11-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Certain Santa Cruz (NXT) vehicles may exhibit a Data Communication Unit (DCU) software error due to the internal timer initialization logic not being implemented. The DCU module may shut down telematics services after one year. Technical Se

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2025-11-11 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Certain Santa Cruz (NXT) vehicles may exhibit a Data Communication Unit (DCU) software error due to the internal timer initialization logic not being implemented. The DCU module may shut down telematics services after one year. This bulleti

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2025-11-06 EXTERIOR LIGHTING

This bulletin provides information regarding condensation related to the accumulated moisture in the headlamp, rear combination lamp, daytime running lamp (DRL), or fog lamp. This TSB illustrates the various causes of condensation inside th

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2025-10-30 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Certain Santa Cruz (NXT) vehicles may exhibit a Data Communication Unit (DCU) software error due to the internal timer initialization logic not being implemented. The DCU module may shut down telematics services after one year. This bulleti

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2025-10-30 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Certain Santa Cruz (NXT) vehicles may exhibit a Data Communication Unit (DCU) software error due to the internal timer initialization logic not being implemented. The DCU module may shut down telematics services after one year. Technical Se

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2025-10-30 ENGINE

Hyundai has become aware that some vehicles equipped with the 2.5 Turbo-GDI Theta III engine may exhibit coolant seepage on the back side (exhaust side) of the engine caused by a crack in the cylinder block.

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2025-10-21 ENGINE

Certain 2025MY Santa Cruz (NXT) and Santa Fe (MX5A) vehicles equipped with the 2.5T-GDI Theta III engine may exhibit coolant residue on the back side (exhaust side) of the engine caused by a crack in the cylinder block. Follow the procedure

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2025-10-21 ENGINE

Certain 2025MY Santa Cruz (NXT) and Santa Fe (MX5A) vehicles equipped with the 2.5T-GDI Theta III engine may exhibit coolant residue on the back side (exhaust side) of the engine caused by a crack in the cylinder block. Follow the procedure

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2025-10-21 ENGINE

Certain 2025MY Santa Cruz (NXT) and Santa Fe (MX5A) vehicles equipped with the 2.5T-GDI Theta III engine may exhibit coolant residue on the back side (exhaust side) of the engine caused by a crack in the cylinder block. The California Air R

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2025-10-08 POWER TRAIN

Certain Santa Fe (MX5A) and Santa Cruz (NXT) vehicles equipped with 8-speed dual clutch transmissions (8DCT) may set one of the high pressure electric oil pump (HP EOP) DTCs listed below. Technical Service Bulletins (TSB) 25-01-071H (for Sa

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2025-10-07 POWER TRAIN

Certain Santa Cruz (NXT) vehicles equipped with 8-speed dual clutch transmissions (8DCT) may set one of the high pressure electric oil pump (HP EOP) DTCs listed below. This bulletin provides the service procedure to update the Transmission

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2025-09-30 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

This bulletin provides information related to the changes introduced in the 2025 1st Navigation Map and Software Update. The changes may vary depending on vehicle type, model, and navigation system as described in this TSB.

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2025-05-16 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

This bulletin provides information related to the changes introduced in the 2024 2nd Navigation Map and Software Update. The changes may vary depending on vehicle type, model, and navigation system. Refer to the 2024 2nd Navigation Map and

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2025-05-08 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Some vehicles may exhibit a loss of connectivity or interruptions in the middle of using Bluelink functions. This may be due to an occasional disconnection on Verizon’s communication network. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to verify

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2025-04-04 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Certain vehicles (See Applicable Vehicles List below) equipped with the 12-inch instrument cluster display and separate Instrument Cluster Module require software verification PRIOR to odometer mileage writing. If the Cluster Module does no

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2025-02-28 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Some vehicles may exhibit a loss of connectivity or interruptions in the middle of using Bluelink functions. This may be due to an occasional disconnection on Verizon’s communication network. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to verify

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2025-02-22 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Hyundai Motor America has noted that several vehicles were impacted by a telecommunications outage that occurred on Sunday, February 9th , resulting in the potential loss of connectivity or interruptions when attempting to use Bluelink func

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2025-02-15 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Some vehicles may exhibit a loss of connectivity or interruptions in the middle of using Bluelink functions. This may be due to an occasional disconnection on Verizon’s communication network. Follow the procedures in this bulletin to reset

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