Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT vs Hyundai Santa Fe Sport: which is more reliable?
The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is clearly ahead of the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport on the federal record: 79/100 against 68/100 across every model year we score.
The record, side by side
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
- 5 model years scored
- 1,441 owner complaints on record
- about 38 complaints per year on the road
- 0 recall campaigns, 0 safety-critical
- best year 2021 (94/100) · worst 2018 (47/100)
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
- 6 model years scored
- 1,266 owner complaints on record
- about 22 complaints per year on the road
- 22 recall campaigns, 12 safety-critical
- best year 2016 (93/100) · worst 2018 (37/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Grand Cherokee SRT against Santa Fe Sport
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT
- Electrical System — 464 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 368 complaints
- Engine — 262 complaints
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport
- Engine — 720 complaints
- Service Brakes — 225 complaints
- Hydraulic — 154 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Grand Cherokee SRT's complaints concentrate in Electrical System, the Santa Fe Sport's in Engine. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT — avoid: 2018.
Hyundai Santa Fe Sport — avoid: 2017, 2018.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT prices at about $31,600 and a Hyundai Santa Fe Sport at about $22,100 — the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport is roughly $9,500 less, and they return 15.0 against 22.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT or the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT scores 79/100 against the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport's 68/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT carries about 38 complaints per year on the road against 22 for the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport.
Which Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and Hyundai Santa Fe Sport years should I avoid?
Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT: 2018. Hyundai Santa Fe Sport: 2017, 2018. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT and the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport?
The largest complaint group on the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT is Electrical System (464 complaints); on the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport it is Engine (720).
Is the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT or the Hyundai Santa Fe Sport cheaper to own?
A recent used Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT prices at about $31,600 and a Hyundai Santa Fe Sport at about $22,100, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.