Owner complaint 11762257: HYUNDAI SANTA FE 2016

Owner complaint, unverified, from NHTSA Owner Complaints

Published by NHTSA: Sep 4, 2026
Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
NHTSA ID: 11762257
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: HYUNDAI SANTA FE 2016
Component, as stated by NHTSA: ENGINE; POWER TRAIN

Text of the owner complaint

1. Component/System Failure & Availability: The failed component is the engine's internal Camshaft Variable Valve Timing (CVVT) phaser backing bolt within the 3.3L V6 engine assembly. An internal factory bolt unthreaded, backed out, and physically pierced directly through the upper valve cover. The vehicle and intact failed engine are currently located at an authorized Hyundai dealership service ...

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Date of incident: 2026-08-17

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For the 2022 Kia Telluride

Ignored

Relevance of 2% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 2%
Attention: 30%
Interrupt probability: 31%

Importance to this owner: 0.4 of 4, none
Vehicle area the notice is about: Engine

This owner complaint does not appear to warrant attention for this vehicle. Owner complaints are unverified reports.

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 130 ms from 1,877 input tokens. Jev returns these figures and nothing else. It gives no reasons, and none are written for it here. The figures describe how relevant the notice is, not the condition of any vehicle.

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The same notice, every vehicle

Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
2%	30%	31%	Ignored
1%	8%	19%	Ignored
1%	11%	22%	Ignored
1%	12%	25%	Ignored
1%	20%	20%	Ignored
1%	11%	21%	Ignored
1%	11%	21%	Ignored
1%	19%	30%	Ignored
1%	12%	20%	Ignored
1%	15%	18%	Ignored
1%	11%	21%	Ignored
1%	10%	17%	Ignored
1%	12%	19%	Ignored
1%	10%	17%	Ignored
1%	10%	22%	Ignored
1%	13%	20%	Ignored

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