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	8,589	20,992
Model years covered	2005–2026	1973–2026
Worst model year	2017	2015
Best model year	2014	2006
Crashes reported	399	997
Fires reported	221	443
Injuries reported	228	562
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 78 174 316 319 238 309 2,168 1,456 537 521 234 109 579 220 146 450 85

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 2,448 28.5%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,208 14.1%

Other & Unspecified 807 9.4%

Brakes 721 8.4%

Electrical System 719 8.4%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 459 5.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 405 4.7%

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 3,965 2,662 2,046 1,927 992 2,418 382 214 73 4 5

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 5,604 26.7%

Engine & Cooling 2,904 13.8%

Electrical System 2,409 11.5%

Brakes 2,197 10.5%

Other & Unspecified 1,775 8.5%

Acceleration & Cruise Control 967 4.6%

Body & Structure 892 4.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 780 3.7%