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Hyundai Tucson by model year

8,747 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Hyundai Tucson across 22 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Hyundai Tucson 0 1,250 2,500 2005: 273 '05 2006: 202 2007: 85 '07 2008: 66 2009: 24 '09 2010: 80 2011: 174 '11 2012: 316 2013: 319 '13 2014: 240 2015: 312 '15 2016: 2,182 2017: 1,475 '17 2018: 550 2019: 542 '19 2020: 238 2021: 114 '21 2022: 606 2023: 225 '23 2024: 159 2025: 471 '25 2026: 94
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
2005273
2006202
200785
200866
200924
201080
2011174
2012316
2013319
2014240
2015312
20162,182
20171,475
2018550
2019542
2020238
2021114
2022606
2023225
2024159
2025471
202694

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2026 94 Forward collision avoidance (44%) 5 26 to 28
2025 471 Forward collision avoidance (40%) 6 26 to 28 5 stars
2024 159 Forward collision avoidance (20%) 4 25 to 28 5 stars
2023 225 Forward collision avoidance (16%) 2 25 to 28 4 to 5 stars
2022 606 Fuel system (23%) 3 26 to 29 4 to 5 stars
2021 114 Engine (37%) 1 23 to 25 5 stars
2020 238 Engine (31%) 1 23 to 25 5 stars
2019 542 Engine (38%) 1 23 to 26 5 stars
2018 550 Engine (46%) 1 22 to 27 5 stars
2017 1,475 Engine (42%) 3 23 to 28 5 stars
2016 2,182 Drivetrain & axles (24%) 5 23 to 28 5 stars
2015 312 Engine (39%) 1 22 to 25 4 stars
2014 240 Engine (47%) 2 22 to 25 4 stars
2013 319 Engine (50%) 3 21 to 25 4 stars
2012 316 Engine (54%) 3 21 to 25 4 stars
2011 174 Engine (26%) 5 22 to 25
2010 80 Drivetrain & axles (20%) 4 24 to 26
2009 24 1 20 to 22
2008 66 Engine (14%) 1 19 to 22
2007 85 Air bags (17%) 5 19 to 22
2006 202 Air bags (19%) 5 19 to 22
2005 273 Engine (14%) 8 19 to 22