Federal complaint record · Hyundai Santa Fe · model year 2002

2002 Hyundai Santa Fe

Owners submitted 165 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 20th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2000 to 2004 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is suspension. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Suspension · 28% · group n = 62Engine · 11% · group n = 24Brakes · 10% · group n = 21Structure · 8% · group n = 18Steering · 7% · group n = 16
165
Complaint records on file
104,500
Median mileage at the reported problem · 126 complaints reported mileage
28%
Of classified component reports name suspension · group n = 62
20th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 27 model years

Suspension · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Suspension28%

Suspension reports

Hyundai Santa Fe · model year 2002

Reports in this group62
Share of classified reports28%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 29 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32002 Hyundai Santa Fe
Stalling or shutdown · 19 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32002 Hyundai Santa Fe
Steering effort · 18 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 3 of 32002 Hyundai Santa Fe

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

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