Federal complaint record · Hyundai Santa Fe · model year 2004

2004 Hyundai Santa Fe

Owners submitted 303 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 47th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2002 to 2006 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is suspension. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Suspension · 18% · group n = 71Brakes · 12% · group n = 45Airbags · 11% · group n = 43Fuel system · 10% · group n = 40Speed control · 10% · group n = 39
303
Complaint records on file
72,500
Median mileage at the reported problem · 248 complaints reported mileage
18%
Of classified component reports name suspension · group n = 71
47th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 33 model years

Suspension · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Suspension18%

Suspension reports

Hyundai Santa Fe · model year 2004

Reports in this group71
Share of classified reports18%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

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2003
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
308 matched incidents
This car
2004
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
303 matched incidents
2005
0.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
216 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 61 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32004 Hyundai Santa Fe
Airbag concerns · 32 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 2 of 32004 Hyundai Santa Fe
Stalling or shutdown · 25 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32004 Hyundai Santa Fe

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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