The Lemon Index$1,000 middle bill · most between $750 and $1,200
About the same as the $915 middle bill owners of all 132 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 95,000 miles (5 reports).
Hyundai Santa Fe owners reported paying a median of $1,000 for a fuel pump replacement, with the middle half of bills between $750 and $1,200. That's from 9 owner reports (9 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $50011%
- $500–$1,00033%
- $1,000–$2,50056%
- $2,500–$5,0000%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 9 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2004 Hyundai Santa Fe1too few for a middle
- 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe1too few for a middle
- 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe4$975 middle bill
- 2018 Hyundai Santa Fe2too 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
- 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe14 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2009 Hyundai Santa Fe12 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2025 Hyundai Santa Fe8 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a fuel pump. 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.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0087 P0191. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Hyundai Santa Fe reliability by year
- Fuel pump replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Hyundai Santa Fe owners reported
Engine replacement (52) · Brake repair (18) · 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): 11707127, 11679045, 11466436, 10954081, 10807296, 10785212, 10778691, 10588945, 10553022.
Quick answers
How much does fuel pump replacement cost on a Hyundai Santa Fe?
Hyundai Santa Fe owners reported a median of $1,000, and the middle half paid $750 to $1,200, from 9 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Hyundai Santa Fe fuel pump replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Hyundai Santa Fe middle bill of $1,000 is about the same as the $915 owners of all 132 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Hyundai Santa Fe repair costs come from?
From 9 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 2008 (14), 2009 (12), 2025 (8) 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.