2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz Reviews - Verified Owners

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4.5

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Amanda W.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/10/2025

Verified Review

Doesn't have much power from a standstill.

If I am at a signal and I need to take off quickly (whatever the reason), I have to plan ahead and switch to sport mode. If I am in normal mode, I will not be able to pass someone. If I am trying to merge onto a freeway and there is a vehicle there, I have to slow down because I know my Santa Cruz doesn't have immediate speedup power.

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James F.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/10/2025

Verified Review

Love the shape and style

The only thing, I would like to see a little more gas mileage.

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Mark A.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/10/2025

Verified Review

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Vehicle died or shut off on major highway at night. Lost headlights and everything for a few seconds. Everything came back on and we continued. No check engine or anything came on. As if the complete vehicle lost power. Idk but it was scary. Hasn’t happened since. Vehicle had around 2,000 miles on it when it happened. Has 3,200 on it now. No other problems except transmission seems jumpy or something. Never had a cvt transmission before so that could be it.

Tom S.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

06/09/2025

Love it

Wish I brought the blue, but wife wanted the white, So guess what we got the white still love it. Tom

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Thomas S.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/09/2025

Verified Review

We love driving the Santa Cruz,so much pick up.

Love driving the Santa Cruz, so much pick up. So easy to drive. Just the look it so beautiful.

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Joseph C.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/09/2025

Verified Review

Awesome car.

Awesome value for the price

Recommended

Harry R.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/09/2025

Verified Review

Nice

Well satisfied with it. Very comfortable on the road (surprisingly so) and it pulls my fully loaded trailer with little effort. I give it 5 stars.

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Thomas K.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/09/2025

Verified Review

Perfect Small Truck

I was looking for a small sport utility vehicle but most of them are lacking in power. This Limited with the turbo fit the bill. This is basically a sport utility with small bed. I see it as an extra benefit. Also, like all the tech and has as many if not more options, then my 2017 Maxima Platinum had. Kinda feels like a car when driving.

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Courtney M.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/09/2025

Verified Review

overall very happy with the purchase

it has performed very well. only downer is it appears to lag a little at take off

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Jimmy Z.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/09/2025

Verified Review

The vehicle is very comfortable to ride in.

We are very pleased with our Santa Cruz

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Martin O.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/07/2025

Verified Review

Sales rep was very pleasant

Disappointed front license plate holder not installed have to return to take care of. Final vehicle detailing not as good as it could have been. After first time thru car wash, I washed vehicle myself there were two scratches on roof. I cannot say that car wash did not cause but I had just taken my other vehicle thru same wash 20 minutes before and no scratch. So I do wonder.

Hyundai Motor America responded on 06/10/2025 12:24 PM

Thank you for sharing your feedback on your 2025 Sante Cruz. We continuously monitor the feedback of our owners as we develop new models and trims to best match our consumers' preferences. We have forwarded your information to the appropriate department. ^cc

Brandi B.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/07/2025

Verified Review

i like the way it looks

excellent!

Nickolis P.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/07/2025

Verified Review

Santa Cruz

Pain in butt to navigate radio, very hard to change channel's and from am to fm,

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DUANE H.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/06/2025

Verified Review

Santa Cruz

Love everything about this vehicle. Excited to see the newer models in the coming years

Recommended

Domenica S.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/06/2025

Verified Review

So many features that you need to read the whole manual

The bells and whistles on my model are so numerous to me that I had to go to YouTube to understand how to utilize them all! This is not exactly a good thing. I'm talking, like, you will be tested on these if you push a certain button and you don't know what you just did! I'm not sure how the other models rate, but there are certainly some options that are just not necessary, but they are ON as a default and you have to find out how to disable them. Overall, this can be distracting and I found myself fiddling at red lights just to turn something off that was too weird. The rest of the truck is lovely. Its got a smooth ride and the gas milage is pretty good. It looks pretty in all black and it's not too high or wide for me.

John R.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/06/2025

Verified Review

Same issue required 3 visits to service department.

Service 3times for same issue

Ronald C.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/06/2025

Verified Review

Fun to drive. Eye catching styling.

My Santa Cruz has a sporty feel when going down the road yet the suspension smooths out the bumps in the road very nicely. Acceleration is outstanding and gas mileage is excellent. I like the changes that brought back control knobs for some accessories, but the digital controls have indicator lights that are hard for me to see, especially in daylight. It's not a vehicle for heavy hauling, but it is great for fun outings and hauling sports gear.

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Steven E.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/06/2025

Verified Review

Nice vehicle. Very underpowered

I'll be honest. I'm having buyer's remorse. I guess I never really stepped on it when test driving, and now I'm stuck with a vehicle I don't really like all that much. A turbo version would have probably solved that issue, but I've had friends who had nothing but problems with their turbos, and I'm a bit leery of buying one.

Hyundai Motor America responded on 06/10/2025 09:51 AM

We continuously monitor the feedback of our owners as we develop new models and trims to best match our consumers' preferences. We have forwarded your information to the appropriate department. Thank you for sharing your impressions of your 2025 Santa Cruz ^cc

Charles B.

2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz

Verified Owner

06/05/2025

Verified Review

Great Vehicle

I was looking to trade in a Tucson for a truck and almost decided against this truck due to my experience at a dealer with my last Hyundai. I went with a different dealer and they met my needs with no hassle which added to my love for this truck. It is similar to the Tucson but very updated. All around I am super happy with the vehicle.

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