FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Tucson

Owners have filed 8,589 complaints about the Hyundai Tucson with NHTSA across model years 2005 to 2026. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2017 Hyundai Tucson

1,456 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2014 Hyundai Tucson

238 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Tucson 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 85 26 0 2,664 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2025 D 450 58 1 5,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024 C 146 21 0 18,000 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2023 C 220 29 2 19,241 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2022 D 579 44 6 25,800 Fuel & Propulsion
2021 C 109 3 3 8,750 Engine & Cooling
2020 C 234 6 3 11,166 Engine & Cooling
2019 D 521 19 20 18,326 Engine & Cooling
2018 D 537 22 14 30,000 Engine & Cooling
2017 D 1,456 23 38 23,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 D 2,168 23 39 29,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2015 C 309 14 13 64,000 Engine & Cooling
2014 B 238 4 5 78,000 Engine & Cooling
2013 C 319 20 27 77,936 Engine & Cooling
2012 C 316 18 20 84,000 Engine & Cooling
2011 B 174 7 6 66,000 Engine & Cooling
2010 B 78 4 3 47,000 Transmission & Drivetrain
2009 C 24 4 0 29,000 Airbags
2008 C 66 7 8 39,000 Engine & Cooling
2007 B 85 10 2 94,000 Airbags
2006 C 202 21 6 66,000 Airbags
2005 C 273 16 5 60,000 Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Hyundai Tucson

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

Engine & Cooling 2,448 28.5%

Worst in 2017

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Brakes 721 8.4%

Worst in 2019

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2025

Worst in 2022

Body & Structure 385 4.5%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Airbags 188 2.2%

Worst in 2006

Lights 141 1.6%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2016

Steering 111 1.3%

Worst in 2016

Exactly what failed on a Hyundai Tucson

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

Body 343 35.9%
Automatic Emergency Braking 165 17.3%
Warnings 153 16.0%
Latch 147 15.4%
Adaptive Cruise Control 38 4.0%
Blind Spot Detection 29 3.0%
Automatic Transmission 26 2.7%
Power Window Devices AND Controls 24 2.5%
Assist 15 1.6%
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly 15 1.6%

Complaints filed over time

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

Mar 2005 peak 173 Aug 2026

Hyundai Tucson 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 Tucson

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