FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Azera

Owners have filed 995 complaints about the Hyundai Azera with NHTSA across model years 2006 to 2017. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2006 Hyundai Azera

280 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly airbags.

Cleanest on record

2010 Hyundai Azera

11 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Azera year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2017 C 16 2 0 29,000 Steering
2016 C 19 3 1 16,450 Engine & Cooling
2015 B 17 1 0 80,000 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2014 C 61 0 3 10,601 Brakes
2013 D 149 5 11 54,500 Steering
2012 C 82 5 0 65,000 Steering
2011 C 35 4 0 43,280 Transmission & Drivetrain
2010 B 11 1 0 51,750 Engine & Cooling
2009 C 36 4 4 47,669 Electrical System
2008 D 101 10 7 64,000 Seats
2007 D 188 8 1 62,500 Airbags
2006 D 280 14 5 58,000 Airbags

What breaks on a Hyundai Azera

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Airbags 155 15.6%

Worst in 2006

Brakes 118 11.9%

Worst in 2013

Steering 105 10.6%

Worst in 2012

Electrical System 104 10.5%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2013

Seats 72 7.2%

Worst in 2007

Lights 54 5.4%

Worst in 2006

Seat Belts 48 4.8%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2007

Worst in 2006

Suspension 36 3.6%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2011

Worst in 2006

Stability & Traction Control 18 1.8%

Worst in 2006

Exactly what failed on a Hyundai Azera

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 20 30.3%
Headlights 19 28.8%
Frontal 12 18.2%
Accelerator Pedal 3 4.5%
Driver Clockspring/Spiral Cassette 2 3.0%
Navigational System(Global Positioning System) 2 3.0%
ABS Warning Light 2 3.0%
Front 2 3.0%
Underbody Shields 2 3.0%
Engine 2 3.0%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Hyundai Azera, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 2006 peak 14 Aug 2026

Hyundai Azera problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the Hyundai Azera

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.