Hyundai tire pressures

Hyundai Santa Fe tire pressure

The cold tire pressures Hyundai prints in its owner's manuals for each Santa Fe tire size, by generation — Santa Fe (5th gen, MX5) (2024 on), Santa Fe (4th gen, TM) (2019–2023) and Santa Fe (3rd gen, DM, 3-row) (2013–2018). Find your tire size on the sidewall, then read across.

Santa Fe tire pressures by generation

Santa Fe (5th gen, MX5) (2024 on)

235/60 R18

Full size tire

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPa
Owner's manualSource

245/60 R18

Full size tire

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPa
Owner's manualSource

255/45 R20

Full size tire

FrontRearNormal load36 psi250 kPa36 psi250 kPaFully loaded36 psi250 kPa36 psi250 kPa
Owner's manualSource

245/45 R21

Full size tire

FrontRearNormal load36 psi250 kPa36 psi250 kPaFully loaded36 psi250 kPa36 psi250 kPa
Owner's manualSource

Spare tire: T135/90 D17 — 60 psi (420 kPa) Owner's manualSource

Notes from the owner's manuals
  • 235/60 R18: One cold-pressure figure printed in a cell spanning the front/rear normal-load and maximum-load columns (cell shared with 245/60 R18): "35 (240)" (psi (kPa)). Same in the 2026 manual S96.
  • 245/60 R18: Shares the 35 (240) cell with 235/60 R18.
  • 255/45 R20: One cold-pressure figure printed in a cell spanning the front/rear normal-load and maximum-load columns (cell shared with 245/45 R21): "36 (250)". Same in 2026.
  • 245/45 R21: Shares the 36 (250) cell with 255/45 R20.
What the owner's manuals don't say
  • Santa Fe Hybrid manual not read (excluded)

Santa Fe (4th gen, TM) (2019–2023)

235/65 R17

Full size tire (pre-facelift)

2019–2020

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded——
Owner's manualSource

235/60 R18

Full size tire (pre-facelift)

2019–2020

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded——
Owner's manualSource

235/60 R18

Full size tire (facelift)

2021–2023

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPa
Owner's manualSource

235/55 R19

Full size tire (pre-facelift)

2019–2020

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded——
Owner's manualSource

235/55 R19

Full size tire (facelift)

2021–2023

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPa
Owner's manualSource

255/45 R20

Full size tire (facelift)

2021–2023

FrontRearNormal load35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPaFully loaded35 psi240 kPa35 psi240 kPa
Owner's manualSource

Spare tire: T165/90R 17 — 60 psi (420 kPa) Owner's manualSource

Notes from the owner's manuals
  • 235/65 R17: Printed "240 (35)" (kPa (psi)) front and rear in a cell shared by the three pre-facelift sizes; no maximum-load column. Identical in the S93 edition. Not listed from the facelift edition S36 on.
  • 235/60 R18: Identical in the TMa/2019 edition.
  • 235/60 R18: One figure, "240(35)" (kPa (psi)), in a cell spanning normal- and maximum-load columns and shared by the three facelift sizes. Same in the TMa/2021 S94 and TMa/2023 S95 editions.
  • 235/55 R19: Identical in the TMa/2019 edition.
What the owner's manuals don't say
  • Model-year mapping of the host TMa editions is inferred: the TMa/2018 and TMa/2019 editions carry the pre-facelift table and TMa/2020 onwards the facelift table; rows are dated MY2019–2020 and MY2021–2023 on that basis
  • Santa Fe Hybrid / Plug-in Hybrid manuals not read (excluded)

Santa Fe (3rd gen, DM, 3-row) (2013–2018)

235/60R18

Full size tire

FrontRearNormal load33 psi230 kPa33 psi230 kPaFully loaded33 psi230 kPa33 psi230 kPa
Owner's manualSource

P235/55R19

Full size tire

FrontRearNormal load33 psi230 kPa33 psi230 kPaFully loaded33 psi230 kPa33 psi230 kPa
Owner's manualSource

Spare tire: T165/90R17 — 60 psi (420 kPa) Owner's manualSource

Notes from the owner's manuals
  • 235/60R18: One figure, "33 (230)" (psi (kPa)), printed for both sizes in each of the four columns. "Maximum load" column recorded as frontLaden/rearLaden ("Normal load: up to 3 persons" where the manual footnotes it).
  • P235/55R19: Shares the 33 (230) cells with 235/60R18.
What the owner's manuals don't say
  • Only the 2016 manual was read
  • The 5-seat Santa Fe Sport (2013–2018) has its own manual, not found (excluded via modelExclude)
  • Santa Fe XL (MY2019, carry-over DM) not covered

Figures marked "Owner's manual" link to the maker's own document. "Reported" figures are the maker's, read from a copy we could not get from the maker directly. A figure marked ≈ has been converted from the unit the manual prints. Nothing here has been checked against your vehicle: if it disagrees with the placard on the door jamb, the placard wins.

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Tire pressure questions

What should the tire pressure be on a Hyundai Santa Fe?

It depends on the tire size. For the sizes Hyundai lists, the cold pressure is 33–36 psi at the front and 33–36 psi at the rear. Find your size in the tables above, and check the tires cold.

What size tires does a Hyundai Santa Fe take?

Hyundai fitted the Santa Fe with 235/65 R17, 235/60 R18, 245/60 R18, 235/55 R19, 255/45 R20 and 245/45 R21, depending on the model year and trim. The size is printed on the side of your tire; the pressures above are listed by size.

Where is the tire pressure placard on a Hyundai Santa Fe?

On the driver's door jamb — the Tire and Loading Information placard. It gives the same cold pressures as the owner's manual, which is where the figures on this page come from; if the two ever disagree, go by the placard on your vehicle.

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