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Service bulletins for the 2020 Hyundai Santa Fe

A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.

112 on file from NHTSA, as of 2026-10-19.

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23-01-014H-42023-05-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:SENSOR. Certain Hyundai vehicles may not be equipped with an immobilizer. This bulletin provides the service procedure to update the IBU/BCM (Integrated Body Control Unit/Body Control Module), to revise the OEM Hyundai burglar alarm system operation and ignition start logic, and installation of two anti-theft decals for the front windows.
23-01-014H-42023-05-04. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:ANTI-THEFT:IMMOBILIZER/PROXIMITY:SENSOR. Hyundai has launched an anti-theft software upgrade and window decal campaign (Campaign 993) in response to an increase in thefts of certain Hyundai vehicles not equipped with engine immobilizers targeted through social media. In November 2021, engine immobilizers became standard on all Hyundai vehicles produced.
23-AT-003H2023-05-02. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. If you are servicing an 8-speed vehicle with a “Check Engine” light on and one or more of the DTC listed, follow the service procedure and replace the related solenoid and harness.
23-EE-003H2023-03-02. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides information related to the ECU software update for improvement of: - ISG operation in relation to the battery SOH (State Of Health) condition will be removed - ISG engagement with satisfied battery SOC (State Of Charge) will remain
23-BE-001H2023-02-02. Service bulletin. WHEELS; TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS. This bulletin describes the procedure to diagnose and repair tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) DTC(s) on some 19MY and newer Santa Fe (TMA), 2021MY and newer Santa Fe Hybrid (TM HEV), 2022MY and newer Santa Fe Plug-In Hybrid (TM PHEV), and 2019MY and newer Palisade (LX2) vehicles equipped with surround view monitoring (SVM) system.
23-BD-002H2023-02-02. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY. This bulletin provides information regarding condensation related to the accumulated moisture in the headlamp, rear combination lamp, daytime running lamp (DRL), or fog lamp. This TSB illustrates the various causes of condensation inside the lamp assembly. Lamp assembly replacement is NOT necessary in most cases. This condition can be eliminated by turning on the lamps with the engine running for several minutes or during normal driving operation.
22-SS-003H-12022-08-24. Service bulletin. SUSPENSION. This bulletin describes the procedure to refinish 19” wheels equipped on some 19-20MY Santa Fe (TMA) 2.0T vehicles with peeling clear coat.
22-GI-006H2022-08-05. Service bulletin. TIRES. Effective June 2, 2008, Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 110 (FMVSS 110) established a threshold for correcting load carrying capacity information indicated on tire placards when vehicle weight has been increased before retail sale. This limit is the lesser of 1.5% of GVWR or 100 pounds. If the total added weight exceeds the lesser of the limit, a label must be added to the driver-side B-pillar within 25mm (1 inch) of the original tire placard.
22-EM-010H2022-08-05. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. Follow the guidelines outlined in this bulletin to inspect and clean or replace certain components of the engine intake system accordingly during engine short block or sub-assembly replacement.
22-SS-003H-12022-07-09. Service bulletin. WHEELS. This bulletin describes the procedure to refinish 19” wheels equipped on some 19-20MY Santa Fe (TMA) 2.0T vehicles with peeling clear coat.
22-AT-006H2022-06-10. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:ENGINE CONTROL MODULE (ECU/ECM); POWER TRAIN. If you are servicing an applicable vehicle with a “Check Engine” light on and one or more of the DTC listed below, follow the repair procedure and replace the related input/output speed sensor and harness.
22-AT-005H2022-05-10. Service bulletin. POWER TRAIN. If you are servicing an applicable vehicle with a “Check Engine” light on and one or more of the DTC listed below, follow the repair procedure and replace the related solenoid and valve body harness.
22-EM-004H2022-02-08. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING; EQUIPMENT:OTHER:OWNERS/SERVICE/OTHER MANUAL. This bulletin provides additional service diagnostic information and repair procedures related to Electric Waste Gate Actuator (EWGA) equipped vehicles listed below. Refer to the applicable Engine Control / Fuel System sections in the Shop Manual, and then follow the procedures outlined in this bulletin whenever a vehicle with the following symptom(s) are being diagnosed: ➢ Check Engine Light illumination with EWGA related DTC. ➢ Intermittently high/low turbocharger boost pressures. ➢ Abnormal noise from the turbocharger.
21-EM-009H2021-08-07. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides additional service diagnostic information and repair procedures related to Electric Waste Gate Actuator (EWGA) equipped vehicles listed below. Refer to the applicable Engine Control / Fuel System sections in the Shop Manual, and then follow the procedures outlined in this bulletin whenever a vehicle with the following symptom(s) are being diagnosed: ➢ Check Engine Light illumination with EWGA related DTC. ➢ Intermittently high/low turbocharger boost pressures. ➢ Abnormal noise from the turbocharger. ➢ Reduced engine power.
21-BE-009H2021-08-07. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. The front center speaker may produce a scratchy or distorted sound during operation. This bulletin describes the procedure to replace the crash pad center speaker for certain 20 and 21MY TMa Santa Fe.
21-EM-008H2021-07-09. Service bulletin. ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides additional service diagnostic information and repair procedures related to Variable Charge Motion Controllers (VCM) equipped in the applicable vehicles listed below. This bulletin also provides information on the use of the Service Kit for 2.4L equipped engines, which enables replacing the VCM Lever Arm without replacing the complete Intake Manifold Assembly. Refer to the applicable Engine Control / Fuel System sections in the Shop Manual, and then follow the procedures outlined in this bulletin whenever a vehicle with the following symptom(s) are being diagnosed: • Check Engine Light illumination with VCM related DTC. • Unstable engine RPM and reduced engine power. • Abnormal noise from the intake manifold whenever engine RPM is raised from idle speed.
21-HA-001H2021-06-10. Service bulletin. VISIBILITY; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Certain 2020MY Santa Fe vehicles (TMA) may experience air conditioning not blowing cold air from the vents after some period of normal operation. This condition may be caused by an out of specification Evaporator Temperature Sensor. Follow the procedure in this bulletin to inspect and, if necessary, replace the Evaporator Temperature Sensor to correct the condition.
21-EM-004H2021-04-07. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides the service procedure for engine connecting rod bearing clearance testing. Perform the procedure outlined in this bulletin to fulfill the Bearing Clearance Test inspection requirements to determine next required steps.
21-BR-002H2021-04-07. Service bulletin. SERVICE BRAKES; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY. This bulletin provides best practice recommendations when performing brake service procedures.
21-BE-004H2021-04-06. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM; EQUIPMENT. When using Wireless CarPlay, the system may intermittently auto disconnect. When Wireless CarPlay is disconnected, a pop up message “Phone Not Responding. Please reconnect it and try again” will appear on the radio screen.
21-EM-003H2021-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. This bulletin provides the inspection procedure and repair guidelines for certain vehicles listed below.
21-BE-006H2021-04-06. Service bulletin. FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE. Certain 2019-2020MY Santa Fe and 2018-2020MY Elantra equipped with the front multifunction camera may exhibit one or more of the following warnings on the instrument cluster; Lane Keep Assist System (LKAS), Front Collision Avoidance Assist (FCA), High Beam Assist (HBA), Smart Cruise Control (SCC), and Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB). This bulletin describes the procedure to replace the front camera/ multi-function camera.
21-BE-005H2021-04-06. Service bulletin. EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. Some 2020-2021 Santa Fe (TMa) and Palisade (LX2) may intermittently experience abnormal camera image display conditions on the instrument cluster when the turn signal is turned ON or the radio screen when transmission is in Reverse. The following conditions may occur; blurry image, line on the screen, fuzziness, or blue screen. This bulletin provides information to assist with troubleshooting the condition(s) above.
21-01-011H2021-03-05. Service bulletin. ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE; POWER TRAIN. This bulletin provides the procedure to update the TCU to optimize the Distance To Empty (DTE) display. This update includes the software for optimizing CLR_DIST (Distance traveled since DTCs cleared) display.
21-BE-001H2021-02-06. Service bulletin. WHEELS; TIRES:PRESSURE MONITORING AND REGULATING SYSTEMS; EQUIPMENT. This bulletin describes the procedure to diagnose and repair tire pressure monitoring system (TPMS) DTC(s) on some 2020-2021MY Palisade (LX2) and Santa Fe (TMa) vehicles equipped with surround view monitoring (SVM) system.

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