2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT — Complaint #1873637
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NHTSA Complaint about SERVICE BRAKES, AIR:ANTILOCK:WHEEL SPEED SENSOR filed February 15, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1873637 (ODI reference 11507437) concerns a 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT and was filed on February 15, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 15, 2021. The vehicle had 21,703 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to New Jersey based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as service brakes, air:antilock:wheel speed sensor, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT cohort independently describe similar service brakes, air:antilock:wheel speed sensor failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2014 HYUNDAI SANTA FE SPORT shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport. The contact stated that she noticed a trail of fluid leak on the driveway. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that no issues were found. However, the failure persisted. Additionally, the contact stated while driving 65-70 MPH, the traction control, the hill start assists, and the ABS warning lights illuminated. Additionally, the contact smelled an abnormal burning odor. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, where it was diagnosed that the rear wheel speed sensor had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to Hyundai Technical Service Bulletin Number: 17-01-009-2. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 21,703.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1873637 |
| ODI Number | 11507437 |
| Date Filed | February 15, 2023 |
| Failure Date | February 15, 2021 |
| VIN | 5XYZU3LB5EG |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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