Volkswagen Tiguan 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	Volkswagen Tiguan	Hyundai Tucson
Complaints on file	3,543	8,648
Model years covered	2009–2026	2005–2026
Worst model year	2018	2017
Best model year	2026	2014
Crashes reported	106	404
Fires reported	41	222
Injuries reported	72	228
Deaths reported	1	2
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	6.2%	9.9%

Volkswagen Tiguan by year

247 159 241 214 227 131 106 146 104 457 293 211 194 478 93 104 88 50

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 726 20.5%

Electrical System 533 15.0%

Other & Unspecified 381 10.8%

Airbags 320 9.0%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 272 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 207 5.8%

Fuel & Propulsion 200 5.6%

Steering 186 5.2%

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%