2017 Hyundai Santa FE at 17,319 miles
You did not give a mileage, so this uses 17,319 — the median reported failure mileage for this model year, which is a rough stand-in for “a typical example of this car”. Put your real reading in the box below for an answer about your car.
At 17,319 miles on this car
At 17,319 miles on a 2017 Hyundai Santa FE, 24 of the failure modes other owners have reported already have their median report at or below your reading, and 4 more fall inside the window where they are usually reported. The heaviest of the ones already due is other powertrain problem.
Already past the median 24
Half of all reports of these failures came in at or below where your car is now.
- Other powertrain problem 4k
- Other speed control problem 7k
- Other fuel system problem 11k
- Other steering problem 15k
- No-start or intermittent start failure 3k
- Seat belt or retractor failure 7k
- Cruise control failure 17k
- Other driver assistance problem 8k
- Other body or interior problem 8k
- Software fault or failed update 1k
- Fuel tank, filler or EVAP failure 12k
- Infotainment screen failure 13k
12 more.
You are in the window 4
Your reading falls inside the middle half of reports for these.
Typically later 23
Reported further down the road than where you are.
- Other suspension problem 20k
- Premature brake pad or rotor wear 20k
- Other wheel or tire problem 29k
- Other visibility problem 30k
- Sunroof failure or glass breakage 31k
- Parking brake failure 32k
- Tire blowout or tread separation 37k
- Complete engine failure or seizure 45k
- Exhaust leak or fumes in the cabin 47k
- Control module (ECM/PCM/BCM) failure 47k
- Misfire or rough idle 49k
- ABS module or sensor failure 58k
11 more.
Timing unknown 29
Reported, but too few owners gave an odometer reading to place them.
- Timing chain, belt or tensioner failure 21×
- Lane keep or steering assist fault 10×
- Fuel pump failure 5×
- Backup camera failure 4×
- Engine sensor failure 3×
- Ignition switch, key fob or immobilizer failure 3×
- Airbag failed to deploy in a crash 3×
- Rust or structural corrosion 3×
- Head gasket failure 2×
- Radiator or coolant leak 2×
- Harsh or jerky shifting 2×
- Shifter, linkage or stuck-in-park failure 2×
17 more.
Why the list is generic until you type a number
Every figure below is a comparison against your odometer, so with no reading given the page has to pick one: 17,319 miles, roughly what a 2017 car covers at 12,000 miles a year. A reading 30,000 miles either side of that moves failures between the columns, which is the difference between a useful list and a generic one.
Already inside the reported range
24 failure modes on the 2017 Hyundai Santa FE have a median reported mileage at or below 17,319: other powertrain problem (median 2,500 miles, 111 reports), other speed control problem (median 7,500 miles, 38 reports), other fuel system problem (median 10,000 miles, 33 reports), other steering problem (median 15,000 miles, 27 reports), no-start or intermittent start failure (median 5,000 miles, 19 reports) and seat belt or retractor failure (median 5,000 miles, 14 reports).
Half the owners who reported each of these had done so by that mileage, which means half had not. A failure being "due" here is a statement about other people's cars, and the useful response is an inspection rather than a pre-emptive repair.
The window you are in now
4 further modes are reported in a band that includes 17,319 miles: other electrical problem (9k to 60,000 miles), other brake problem (4k to 55,000 miles), other engine problem (10k to 92,500 miles) and stalling while driving (8k to 80,000 miles). These are the ones to watch on this car over the next few thousand miles.
A window here is the 25th to 75th percentile of reported mileages, so it holds the middle half of the reports and excludes the tails on both sides.
Still ahead of you
23 further modes sit above your reading, the nearest being other suspension problem at a median of 20,000 miles. On a car you intend to keep, these are the ones that decide whether it is worth keeping.
What this list is not
It is a reading of what owners of other 2017 Hyundai Santa FEs reported, and at what odometer reading they reported it. It is not a maintenance schedule, not a diagnosis, and not a prediction about this car: two identical cars with different service histories are not the same car.
Complaints are filed voluntarily, mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers, and a failure mode with few reports has a wide window even when the median looks precise. Modes with fewer than 8 dated reports are shown without percentiles for that reason.
Where 17,319 miles falls on the curve
The three columns above sort the failure modes one by one. This is the same evidence in aggregate: every dated report on this model year, stacked up in the order the odometer readings arrived. The dashed line marked you is where your car sits. How much of the line is to the left of that mark is how much of this model year's reported trouble is, on the evidence, already behind you.
About 39% of the dated reports on this model year had already been filed by 17,319 miles. That is the share of the problems that show up in this record, not of the problems this car will have. A further 2 reports came in above the top of the scale, which is why the line stops short of the top.
- Line share of reports filed by that mileage
- Dashed the mileages called out above
A steep early climb means a car whose reports cluster young, which is the pattern of a defect rather than of wear. A line that only gets going past six figures is the opposite. Neither shape says anything about the specific car in your driveway, and a curve built from a few dozen readings can be moved by one owner with a talkative afternoon.
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Questions this page answers
What should I expect at 17,319 miles on a 2017 Hyundai Santa FE?
24 of the failure modes owners have reported on the 2017 Hyundai Santa FE have a median report at or below 17,319 miles, and 4 more fall inside the mileage window where they are usually reported. That is a watch list drawn from other owners, not a prediction about this car.
How to use the three columns. The left column is the list to hand a mechanic before you buy, and to check the service history for if you already own the car. The middle column is what to budget for this year. The right column is not a reprieve — it is a reminder that a used car has a bill schedule, and this is roughly where it falls. All of it is drawn from 1,272 owner complaints about this exact model year, not from a maintenance manual. How the percentiles are computed.
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed