What is the worst year for a Hyundai XG350?

The 2005 Hyundai XG350 has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 181 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the airbags.

What is the best year for a Hyundai XG350?

The 2004 Hyundai XG350 has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 70 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a Hyundai XG350?

Airbags accounts for more complaints than any other part on the Hyundai XG350.

Worst years for a Hyundai XG350

Owners have filed 364 complaints about the Hyundai XG350 with NHTSA across model years 2001 to 2006. More of them are about the airbags than anything else.

Avoid

2005 Hyundai XG350

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

Cleanest on record

2004 Hyundai XG350

70 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai XG350 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.

3 82 27 70 181 1

01 02 03 04 05 06

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
2006	—	1	0	0	—	Airbags
2005	F	181	20	1	35,000	Airbags
2004	C	70	7	3	73,000	Airbags
2003	C	27	9	0	17,000	Airbags
2002	C	82	14	3	65,000	Airbags
2001	—	3	1	0	—	Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a Hyundai XG350

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

Airbags 111 30.5%

Worst in 2005

Acceleration & Cruise Control 64 17.6%

Worst in 2005

Suspension 27 7.4%

Worst in 2002

Engine & Cooling 25 6.9%

Worst in 2002

Electrical System 22 6.0%

Worst in 2005

Transmission & Drivetrain 20 5.5%

Worst in 2005

Brakes 20 5.5%

Worst in 2005

Body & Structure 20 5.5%

Worst in 2005

Fuel & Propulsion 19 5.2%

Worst in 2002

Other & Unspecified 8 2.2%

Worst in 2005

Steering 5 1.4%

Worst in 2005

Lights 5 1.4%

Worst in 2005

Tires 4 1.1%

Worst in 2005

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3 0.8%

Worst in 2002

Exactly what failed on a Hyundai XG350

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

Automatic Transmission 13 18.1%

Body 9 12.5%

Engine 9 12.5%

Accelerator Pedal 8 11.1%

Frontal 8 11.1%

Side/Window 7 9.7%

Sensor/Control Module 7 9.7%

Underbody Shields 4 5.6%

Frame AND Members 4 5.6%

Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 3 4.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Hyundai XG350, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Apr 2002 peak 12 May 2024

Compare the Hyundai XG350

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

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