2015 Hyundai Santa Fe service

F4FOREWORD
Hyundai Motor Company wish to take this opportunity to thank you for purchasing a Hyundai product and to welcome you to the
ever increasing number of discriminating motorists who drive Hyundai vehicles. The advanced engineering and construction meth-
ods employed during both design and production of the Hyundai marque are something of which we are proud, and this commit-
ment to providing a high quality product is supported by a comprehensive after sales and warranty service of which we are equal-
ly proud.
This owner's manual will introduce the operating and maintenance requirements for the vehicle and it is recommended that it is
carefully read to ensure that the maximum performance and durability along with safe and satisfactory operation are obtained.
We recommend that service and maintenance on your by a Hyundai authorised repairer.
HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
Note: This owners manual should be considered as part of the vehicle and should be kept in the vehicle at all times for ease of
reference.
In the event of the vehicle being sold please ensure that this manual is left in the vehicle for the reference of the new owner.
Copyright 2015 Hyundai Motor Company. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in any retrieval
system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Hyundai Motor Company.
CAUTION
Severe engine and transaxle damage may result from the use of poor quality fuels and lubricants that do not meet Hyundai
specifications. You must always use high quality fuels and lubricants that meet the specifications listed on Page 8-7 in the
Vehicle Specifications section of the Owner's Manual.

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Safety features of your vehicle
CAUTION
If the pre-tensioner seat belt is
not working properly, the SRS
air bag warning light will illumi-
nate even if there is no malfunc-
tion of the SRS air bag. If the
SRS air bag warning light does
not illuminate when the ignition
key is turned to ON, or if it
remains illuminated after illumi-
nating for approximately 6 sec-
onds, or if it illuminates whilst
the vehicle is being driven, we
recommend that the system be
inspected by a HYUNDAI autho-
rised repairer.
WARNING
• Pre-tensioners seat belts sys-
tems are designed to operate
only one time. After activa-
tion, pre-tensioner seat belts
must be replaced. All seat
belts, of any type, should
always be replaced after they
have been worn during a colli-
sion.
• The pre-tensioner seat belt
assembly mechanisms
become hot during activation.
Do not touch the pre-tension-
er seat belt assemblies for
several minutes after they
have been activated.
• Do not attempt to inspect or
replace the pre-tensioner seat
belts yourself. We recommend
that the system be inspected
by a HYUNDAI authorised
repairer.
• Do not attempt to service or
repair the pre-tensioner seat
belt system in any manner.
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• Improper handling of the pre-
tensioner seat belt assem-
blies, and failure to heed the
warnings not to strike, modify,
inspect, replace, service or
repair the pre-tensioner seat
belt assemblies may lead to
improper operation or inad-
vertent activation and serious
injury.
• Always wear the seat belts
when driving or riding in a
motor vehicle.
• If the vehicle or pre-tensioner
seat belt must be discarded,
we recommend that you con-
tact a HYUNDAI authorised
repairer.
CAUTION
Body work on the front area of
the vehicle may damage the pre-
tensioner seat belt system.
Therefore, we recommend that
the system be serviced by a
HYUNDAI authorised repairer.

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Safety features of your vehicle
Curtain air bag (if equipped)
❈The actual air bags in the vehicle may dif-
fer from the illustration.
Curtain air bags are located along
both sides of the roof rails above the
front and rear doors.
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• Do not use any accessory
seat covers.
• Use of seat covers could
reduce or prevent the effec-
tiveness of the system.
• Do not install any accessories
on the side or near the side
impact air bag.
• Do not place any objects over
the air bag or between the air
bag and yourself.
• Do not place any objects (an
umbrella, bag, etc.) between
the front door and the front
seat. Such objects may
become dangerous projec-
tiles and cause injury if the
supplemental side impact air
bag inflates.
• To prevent unexpected deploy-
ment of the side impact air bag
that may result in personal
injury, avoid impact to the side
impact sensor when the igni-
tion key is on.
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• If the seat or seat cover is
damaged, we recommend that
the system be serviced by a
HYUNDAI authorised repairer.
*: Only vehicle is equipped with rollover sensor.
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They are designed to help protect
the heads of the front seat occupants
and the rear outboard seat occupants
in certain side impact collisions.
The curtain air bags are designed to
deploy during certain side impact col-
lisions, depending on the crash sever-
ity, angle, speed and point of impact.
The curtain air bags do not only
deploy on the side of the impact but
also on the opposite side.
✽NOTICE - if equipped with
rollover sensor
Also, both sides of the side impact
air bags and curtain air bags deploy
in certain rollover situations.
• The curtain air bags are not
designed to deploy in all side
impacts.
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• Do not allow the passengers
to lean their heads or bodies
onto doors, put their arms on
the doors, stretch their arms
out of the window, or place
objects between the doors
and passengers when they are
seated on seats equipped with
side and/or curtain air bags.
• Never try to open or repair any
components of the side cur-
tain air bag system. We rec-
ommend that the system be
serviced by a HYUNDAI autho-
rised repairer.
Failure to follow the above men-
tioned instructions can result in
injury or death to the vehicle
occupants in an accident.WARNING
• In order for side impact and
curtain air bags to provide the
best protection, both front
seat occupants and both out-
board rear occupants should
sit in an upright position with
the seat belts properly fas-
tened.
Importantly, children should
sit in a proper child restraint
system in the rear seat.
• When children are seated in
the rear outboard seats, they
must be seated in the proper
child restraint system.
Make sure to put the child
restraint system as far away
from the door side as possible,
and secure the child restraint
system in a locked position.
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WARNING - if equipped
with rollover sensor
If your vehicle is equipped with
side and curtain air bag, set the
ignition switch to OFF or ACC
position when the vehicle is
being towed.
The side and curtain air bag
may deploy when the ignition is
ON, and the rollover sensor
detects the situation as a rollover.WARNING
• Do not hit or allow any objects
to impact the locations where
air bag or sensors are installed.
This may cause unexpected
air bag deployment, which
could result in serious per-
sonal injury or death.
• If the installation location or
angle of the sensors is altered
in any way, the air bags may
deploy when they should not
or they may not deploy when
they should, causing severe
injury or death.
Therefore, do not try to per-
form maintenance on or
around the air bag sensors.
We recommend that the sys-
tem be serviced by a
HYUNDAI authorised repairer.
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• Problems may arise if the sen-
sor installation angles are
changed due to the deforma-
tion of the front bumper, body,
front door or B pillar and C pil-
lars where side collision sen-
sors are installed. We recom-
mend that the system be serv-
iced by a HYUNDAI authorised
repairer.
•Y
our vehicle has been designed
to absorb impact and deploy the
air bag(s) in certain collisions.
Installing bumper guards or
replacing a bumper with non-
genuine parts may adversely
affect your vehicles collision
and air bag deployment per-
formance.

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Safety features of your vehicle
SRS Care
The SRS is virtually maintenance-
free and so there are no parts you
can safely service by yourself. If the
SRS air bag warning light does not
illuminate, or continuously remains
on, we recommend that the system
be inspected by a HYUNDAI autho-
rised repairer.
WARNING
• Modification to SRS compo-
nents or wiring, including the
addition of any kind of badges
to the pad covers or modifica-
tions to the body structure,
can adversely affect SRS per-
formance and lead to possible
injury.
• For cleaning the air bag pad
covers, use only a soft, dry
cloth or one which has been
moistened with plain water.
Solvents or cleaners could
adversely affect the air bag
covers and proper deploy-
ment of the system.
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• No objects should be placed
over or near the air bag mod-
ules on the steering wheel,
instrument panel, and the front
passenger's panel above the
glove box, because any such
object could cause harm if the
vehicle is in a crash severe
enough to cause the air bags to
inflate.
• If the air bags inflate, we rec-
ommend that the system be
replaced by a HYUNDAI autho-
rised repairer.
• Do not tamper with or discon-
nect SRS wiring, or other com-
ponents of the SRS system.
Doing so could result in injury,
due to accidental inflation of
the air bags or by rendering the
SRS inoperative.
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• If components of the air bag
system must be discarded, or if
the vehicle must be scrapped,
certain safety precautions must
be observed. A HYUNDAI
authorised repairer knows
these precautions and can give
you the necessary information.
Failure to follow these precau-
tions and procedures could
increase the risk of personal
injury.
• If your car was flooded and has
soaked carpeting or water on
flooring, you shouldn't try to
start the engine; we recom-
mend that you contact a
HYUNDAI authorised repairer.

Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Inside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-58
• Outside rearview mirror . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-62
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-66
• Instrument Cluster Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-68
• LCD Display Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
• Gauges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-69
• Transaxle Shift Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-74
LCD display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
• LCD Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-76
• Service Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-77
• User Settings Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-78
• A/V Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-80
• Turn By Turn Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
• Warning Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-81
Trip computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
• Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-88
• Trip A/B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-89
• Fuel Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-90
Warning and indicator lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Warning lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-93
• Indicator Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-103
Rear parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-109
• Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-110• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-112
Parking assist system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-113
• Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-114
• Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-116
• Self-diagnosis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-118
Smart parking assist system(SPAS) . . . . . . . . . . 4-119
• Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
• Non-operational conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-120
• How the system works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-123
• Additional instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
• System malfunction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-130
Rearview camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-131
Hazard warning flasher . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-132
Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
• Battery saver function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
• Headlamp escort function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
• Smart cornering light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-133
• Lighting control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-134
• Traffic direction change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-136
• High - beam operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-137
• Turn signals and lane change signals . . . . . . . . . . . 4-138
• Front fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-139
• Rear fog light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
• Daytime running light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-140
• Headlight levelling device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-141
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Features of your vehicle
✽NOTICE
When starting the engine, do not use
the key with other immobiliser keys
around. Otherwise the engine may
not start or may stop soon after it
starts. Keep each key separate in
order to avoid a starting malfun-
tioin.
✽NOTICE
If you need additional keys or lose
your keys, we recommend that you
consult with a HYUNDAI autho-
rised repairer.
CAUTION
The transponder in your ignition
key is an important part of the
immobiliser system. It is
designed to give years of trou-
ble-free service, however you
should avoid exposure to mois-
ture, static electricity and rough
handling. Immobiliser system
malfunction could occur.
CAUTION
Do not change, alter or adjust
the immobiliser system
because it could cause the
immobiliser system to malfunc-
tion and we recommend that the
system be serviced by a
HYUNDAI authorised repairer.
Malfunctions caused by improp-
er alterations, adjustments or
modifications to the immobilis-
er system are not covered by
your vehicle manufacturer war-
ranty.
WARNING
In order to prevent theft of your
vehicle, do not leave spare keys
anywhere in your vehicle. Your
immobiliser password is a cus-
tomer unique password and
should be kept confidential. Do
not leave this number anywhere
in your vehicle.
CAUTION
Do not put metal accessories
near the ignition switch.
The engine may not start for the
metal accessories may interrupt
the transponder signal from
normally transmitting.