FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Palisade

Owners have filed 3,242 complaints about the Hyundai Palisade with NHTSA across model years 2020 to 2026. More of them are about the brakes than anything else.

Avoid

2020 Hyundai Palisade

708 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2026 Hyundai Palisade

159 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Palisade 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
2026 C 159 1 0 2,500 Seats
2025 C 354 11 3 10,520 Brakes
2024 D 525 24 6 3,000 Brakes
2023 C 554 10 0 18,000 Brakes
2022 C 397 8 3 28,000 Seat Belts
2021 C 545 16 3 2,400 Seat Belts
2020 D 708 23 10 5,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Hyundai Palisade

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

Brakes 434 13.4%

Worst in 2024

Seat Belts 407 12.6%

Worst in 2021

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Engine & Cooling 314 9.7%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2024

Worst in 2021

Suspension 168 5.2%

Worst in 2020

Worst in 2020

Seats 119 3.7%

Worst in 2026

Airbags 113 3.5%

Worst in 2025

Worst in 2020

Steering 80 2.5%

Worst in 2023

Worst in 2023

Exactly what failed on a Hyundai Palisade

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

Automatic Emergency Braking 98 27.0%
Body 80 22.0%
Warnings 52 14.3%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 35 9.6%
Adaptive Cruise Control 28 7.7%
Assist 17 4.7%
Windshield 16 4.4%
Warnings 15 4.1%
Warning 13 3.6%
Glass, Side/Rear 9 2.5%

Complaints filed over time

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

Aug 2019 peak 213 Aug 2026

Hyundai Palisade 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 Palisade

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