Audi A4 vs Hyundai Tucson

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Audi A4	Hyundai Tucson
Complaints on file	3,681	8,648
Model years covered	1995–2024	2005–2026
Worst model year	2002	2017
Best model year	2022	2014
Crashes reported	146	404
Fires reported	76	222
Injuries reported	84	228
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.3%	9.9%

Audi A4 by year

1 133 119 321 242 115 153 218 282 225 267 343 226 204 150 77 17 23 28 41 24 18 76 80 16 230 19 10 19 4

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 520 14.1%

Engine & Cooling 491 13.3%

Electrical System 483 13.1%

Brakes 403 10.9%

Lights 375 10.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 217 5.9%

Transmission & Drivetrain 205 5.6%

Other & Unspecified 162 4.4%

Hyundai Tucson by year

273 202 85 66 24 79 174 316 319 239 309 2,170 1,460 542 530 234 110 599 222 152 455 88

05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,470 28.6%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,211 14.0%

Other & Unspecified 811 9.4%

Electrical System 725 8.4%

Brakes 724 8.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 468 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 411 4.8%

Body & Structure 385 4.5%