2002 Hyundai Santa FE service brakes problems
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2002 Hyundai Santa FE — 6% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“While dragging the trash can back to the house, I was approaching fence in front of the house, at a slow speed, as I applied the brakes the car started to accelerate. Pressing down harder on the brakes ,it felt like stepping on a brick, with no braking taking place the car accelerated at a high…”
filed Oct 15, 2021
“When applying brakes, the abs activates on dry ground and feels like you might not stop. Car has been test driven with a computer attached to main computer and all wheel sensors are working. At this time no one can find out why this is happening. I think one day the brakes will fail.”
filed Oct 12, 2018
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Service Brakes problems in other Santa FE years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Santa FE | 1 | 3% |
| 2025 Santa FE | 4 | 3% |
| 2024 Santa FE | 10 | 7% |
| 2023 Santa FE | 21 | 10% |
| 2022 Santa FE | 11 | 6% |
| 2021 Santa FE | 6 | 4% |
| 2020 Santa FE | 8 | 4% |
| 2019 Santa FE | 11 | 6% |
| 2018 Santa FE | 7 | 6% |
| 2017 Santa FE | 34 | 4% |
| 2016 Santa FE | 8 | 3% |
| 2015 Santa FE | 21 | 8% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2002 Hyundai Santa FE
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.