Hyundai Tucson vs Jeep Cherokee

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	Hyundai Tucson	Jeep Cherokee
Complaints on file	8,648	21,059
Model years covered	2005–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2017	2015
Best model year	2014	2006
Crashes reported	404	997
Fires reported	222	443
Injuries reported	228	560
Deaths reported	2	23
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	9.9%	9.6%

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%

Jeep Cherokee by year

1 1 1 1 8 24 26 72 118 287 368 297 175 571 618 732 584 496 553 516 508 329 18 3,969 2,663 2,051 1,935 995 2,443 394 219 74 4 8

73 78 80 81 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 06 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 26

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 5,644 26.8%

Engine & Cooling 2,913 13.8%

Electrical System 2,413 11.5%

Brakes 2,199 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 1,781 8.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 968 4.6%

Body & Structure 893 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 782 3.7%