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title: "HYUNDAI SANTA FE (2025) - Recall 25V659000 — NHTSA record 292664 | Is It on Recall"
description: "Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Santa Fe vehicles. The B+ positive terminal cover on the starter motor assembly may be improperly"
url: https://isitonrecall.com/recall/nhtsa-292664-hyundai-santa-fe-2025-recall-25v659000/
updated: 2026-10-01
site: "Is It on Recall"
language: en
---

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# HYUNDAI SANTA FE (2025) - Recall 25V659000 — NHTSA record 292664

Published notice; closure not supplied

A campaign record does not say whether this individual vehicle has received the remedy. Check the VIN with NHTSA or the manufacturer.

Source date Oct 2, 2025. Retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Last updated Oct 1, 2026.

Archive changed Oct 1, 2026. USDA FSIS records are unavailable; [check FSIS directly](https://www.fsis.usda.gov/recalls). [Source coverage and dates](https://isitonrecall.com/sources/).

## What the record says

- **Product**: HYUNDAI SANTA FE (2025) - Recall 25V659000
- **Reason**: Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Santa Fe vehicles. The B+ positive terminal cover on the starter motor assembly may be improperly installed, which can cause an electrical short during a crash. An electrical short increases the risk of a fire.
- **Classification**: Not supplied
- **Recalling firm**: Hyundai Motor America
- **Quantity**: 135386
- **Agency-reported status**: Published safety recall
- **Source record identifier**: 292664

[Open the official record](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V659000)

## Lot and product identifiers

| Label field | Details supplied by the agency |
| --- | --- |
| Lot, code or applicability | Product applicability: HYUNDAI SANTA FE; model year 2025. Check the model identifiers and, for a vehicle, the VIN on the official recall site. |

Match all identifying details in the current notice. A brand name alone is not enough.

## Distribution

Not supplied

No US distribution state could be established from this record. Check the official notice.

## Dates in the source

- **Report received**: Oct 2, 2025
- **Manufacturer end**: Jul 7, 2025
- **Owner notification**: Oct 22, 2025
- **Record created**: Oct 3, 2025

FDA company pages use the listing date; enforcement records use initiation dates; CPSC uses recall date; NHTSA uses report-received date. These dates are not interchangeable.

## What to do next

Dealers will inspect and reinstall the starter motor terminal cover, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed beginning October 22, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 285. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on October 4, 2025.

[Read the current instructions](https://api.nhtsa.gov/recalls/campaignNumber?campaignNumber=25V659000)

Use [NHTSA's VIN check](https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls) to check an individual vehicle and its remedy status.

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