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Hyundai tires problems

Across all Hyundai models in NHTSA's complaint database, 664 complaints involve tires. The Elantra accounts for the largest share (26%). The single worst model year is the 2013 Elantra with 55 tires complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
664 about tires, all Hyundai models
Most affected
Elantra 26% of these complaints
Typical mileage
23,000 miles 377 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
24 and 7

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

Which Hyundai models

ModelComplaintsShare
Elantra16926%
Sonata14422%
Santa FE9214%
Accent579%
Tucson406%
Tiburon335%
Genesis234%
Elantra Touring132%
Entourage112%
Ioniq 5102%

Worst model years for tires

  1. 2013 Hyundai Elantra55 complaints
  2. 2011 Hyundai Sonata29 complaints
  3. 2007 Hyundai Santa FE19 complaints
  4. 2025 Hyundai Santa FE17 complaints
  5. 2012 Hyundai Elantra16 complaints

Tires complaints by model year

Hyundai tires complaints by model year 0 45 90 1990: 1 '90 1992: 1 1994: 4 1995: 7 '95 1996: 11 1997: 7 1998: 5 '98 1999: 11 2000: 22 2001: 18 '01 2002: 31 2003: 25 2004: 13 '04 2005: 22 2006: 18 2007: 40 '07 2008: 25 2009: 22 2010: 23 '10 2011: 55 2012: 50 2013: 87 '13 2014: 15 2015: 19 2016: 8 '16 2017: 11 2018: 12 2019: 5 '19 2020: 11 2021: 5 2022: 15 '22 2023: 17 2024: 11 2025: 27 '25 2026: 10
Totals across all models of the brand. Older model years have had longer to collect complaints.
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Model yearComplaints
19901
19921
19944
19957
199611
19977
19985
199911
200022
200118
200231
200325
200413
200522
200618
200740
200825
200922
201023
201155
201250
201387
201415
201519
20168
201711
201812
20195
202011
20215
202215
202317
202411
202527
202610

Among the 377 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 23,000 miles.

Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.