The Lemon Index$8,800 middle bill · most between $7,400 and $10,200
Higher than the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 106,000 miles (14 reports).
Hyundai Santa Fe owners reported paying a median of $8,800 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $7,400 and $10,200. That's from 52 owner reports (52 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5004%
- $2,500–$5,0004%
- $5,000 and up92%
Share of the 52 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe1too few for a middle
- 2012 Hyundai Santa Fe9$7,200 middle bill
- 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe1too few for a middle
- 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe10$9,500 middle bill
- 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe4$8,800 middle bill
- 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe2too few for a middle
- 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe20$10,100 middle bill
- 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe3$7,500 middle bill
- 2019 Hyundai Santa Fe1too few for a middle
- 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2017 Hyundai Santa Fe277 complaints name it21% of that year's complaints
- 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe125 complaints name it19% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe106 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Hyundai Santa Fe80 complaints name it26% of that year's complaints
- 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe79 complaints name it23% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe70 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
2.4 Theta II · 3.3 V6 (Lambda II) · Theta II 2.0 turbo (G4KH)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Hyundai Santa Fe reliability by year
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Hyundai Santa Fe owners reported
Brake repair (18) · Fuel pump replacement (9) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (7)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11770621, 11763597, 11743206, 11733373, 11731527, 11716493, 11704253, 11695055, 11684341, 11673928, 11671456, 11659640 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Hyundai Santa Fe?
Hyundai Santa Fe owners reported a median of $8,800, and the middle half paid $7,400 to $10,200, from 52 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Hyundai Santa Fe engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Hyundai Santa Fe middle bill of $8,800 is higher than the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Hyundai Santa Fe repair costs come from?
From 52 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Hyundai Santa Fe years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2017 (277), 2014 (125), 2013 (106) Hyundai Santa Fe named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.