Hyundai Tucson Complaints

6,738 consumer complaints on file.

#11671785July 7, 2025
ENGINE
The contact owns a 2020 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle failed to accelerate as intended while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that several unknown warning lights were illuminated. The contact was able to pull to the side of the road. The contact called a towing service to jumpstart the vehicle. The vehicle failed to restart. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that the crankshaft bearing failed due to foreign material in the engine and oil consumption. The contact was informed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired due to the cost. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 122,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11671795July 7, 2025
ENGINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:FILTER/SCREEN
The contact owns a 2016 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while driving on the highway at 55 MPH, the vehicle lost automotive power and started vibrating abnormally. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact pulled over and was able to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where the vehicle was diagnosed and the contact was advised that the ignition coils, water pump, spark plugs, valve, oil filter, and the engine were faulty and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 113,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11671418July 6, 2025
ENGINE
The car has issues with major oil consumption, and a chatter engine noise, also has issues with acceleration. Oil will run dry if not topped off every 3 weeks.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11671328July 5, 2025
ENGINE
Vehicle Make/Model/Year: Hyundai Tucson 2017 NHTSA: Recall Number 21V727000 Description of Problem: My vehicle is affected by a known safety recall related to the engine (likely recall campaign P1326 or similar, affecting Hyundai engines). I contacted the authorized Hyundai dealership to schedule the recall service. However, the dealership is requiring me to pay out-of-pocket for parts and/or tests — specifically, they mentioned charging for testing engine gaskets/joints — before confirming whether they will replace the engine under the recall. The recall notice clearly states that diagnosis, testing, and any necessary engine replacement should be done at no cost to the consumer. The dealership’s request for payment appears to be in violation of federal recall laws. I am being forced to delay this safety repair because I cannot afford these unexpected charges, which I believe are not allowed under NHTSA recall policies. This compromises my safety and could affect many other consumers in the same situation. Please investigate this dealership’s handling of the recall. I am requesting that Hyundai be held accountable for ensuring proper and legal recall service.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11671359July 5, 2025
ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Power windows will go down by driver buttons but driver buttons will not work to make windows go back up. Engine is stalling, can smell exhaust, manifold is said to be needed to be replaced. Burns oil badly.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11671129July 3, 2025
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES
Engine misfiring, causing low power on interstate 70 also losing brake control.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670507July 1, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
limp mode check engine light code p1326
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670541July 1, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I purchased a new 2025 Tucson Limited Hybrid model. I owned it for five days when the dash display went blank, leaving me without any speedometer, warning indicators, or safety features, such as lane departure warnings. There is a manufacturers bulletin on this defect. Took it back to the dealer, and they tried to sort it out. They kept the car for a week and indicated that it was fixed. I picked up the car, and in 2 blocks it did the same thing. Car is now back at the dealer. I believe this is a significant safety concern, as all safety features should be visible, especially the speedometer.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670558July 1, 2025
ENGINE
Was driving down busy road when engine suddenly knocked violently and shut off rendering car inoperable. Inspection revealed low oil, despite not being due for an oil change after and no visible/identifiable leaks. Investigation by mechanic resulted in being told that numerous Hyundai engines like this are having the same problems and need total engine replacements. The call only had 70,000. Dealership said they see one a week.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670562July 1, 2025
ENGINE
Excessive oil consumption in the engine. 1 Qt every 900 to 1000 miles. This has been going on a while.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670628July 1, 2025
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
Cannot use the cruise control when wearing my sunglasses. Sunglasses protect the eyes from sun damage and this is highly recommended by my ophthalmologist. This makes the protection provided by the eye data unsafe as I have to chose either cruise or sun protection. Makes no safety sense.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670399June 30, 2025
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Won’t shift so that I can gain speed
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670164June 30, 2025
SERVICE BRAKES, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1. Sometimes vehicle does not start. Only starts if battery reset button pushed. 2. Sometimes vehicle while moving has delayed braking after juddering. Only stops when car stopped and restarted. 3. Sometimes vehicle while moving suddenly revs, RPMs spike until car stopped and restarted. Engine revs but does not shoot forward. 4. Spookiest of all, while moving car suddenly stops accelerating. Pedal on the floor and it is coasting to a stop. When car stopped, and turned off, then it will work. Had we been on the interstate we would have died, These incidents were sporadic and occurred on and off during the month of April and May. Each of the above occurred numerous times to different drivers. Service at two locations were unable to ID. We sold the moving death trap to one of the Hyundai dealers who could find no mechanical problems with the vehicle. The vehicle was terrifying to drive. There are other reports on this vehicle of these issues ... which appear to be electronic. Hyundai has good engineers. They know what is causing this and simply do not want to replace a very expensive but obviously failing electronic control module.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670326June 30, 2025
ENGINE
Engine has been burning through oil. Started the Engine oil consumption test at one dealership. That dealership has now closed leaving me to go to another dealership. They want me to start the process over again. I have had two oil changes, failed the second test and was scheduled to bring my car back for the next step in the diagnostic process. Not only do they want me to pay out of pocket again for an oil change but my car is driving worse. It didn't start the other day and it drives horribly. The safety concern I have is that the engine will seize while driving, causing an accident.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670347June 30, 2025
VISIBILITY/WIPER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
I think when its hot like in illinois its been super hot the screen keeps going black!! I can't see the dashboard i called my hyundai dealership will get it looked at seems like I am not the only one dealing with this issue. Main screen on left goes black or it has problem logos on it randomly.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11670019June 29, 2025
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
For the second time I was driving and all of a sudden lost power and couldn’t give it gas to go. I was almost hit from behind both times.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11669668June 27, 2025
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS, BACK OVER PREVENTION: WARNINGS
Not sure what failed. At around 8:30 am on a sunny clear day the driver was maneuvering slowly up a ramp between first and second floors of a parking garage at the college campus where the driver works. Driver paused the vehicle and slowly turned to the right to park in an open spot about halfway up the ramp. There was a large concrete pillar to the right of the parking spot and a low steel cable wall at the end of the parking space along the inner structure of the garage. While turning into the space, the driver described suddenly feeling "a loss of control of the vehicle" wherein it "felt like it was in neutral and wouldn't stop". The car hit the wall with extreme force, enough for resulting in minor injuries, damaging the frond end and a total loss to the vehicle. The force was enough to rebound the car back approximately 30 feet from the wall after impact. No help or warnings from the collision detection mechanisms was apparent. In a single prior time during the tenure of ownership (approximately 6 months) the collision detection system had intervened and manually stopped the vehicle on its own due to a car that had erroneously driven in front of the vehicle too closely. The car's lane assist successfully kept itself in lanes on most occasions. Several software related notices on the car dash had been reported during the tenure of ownership and in no case was the dealership able to figure out what was wrong in any of the scenarios, one of the software notices on the dash did end up just "going away" after some time.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11669393June 26, 2025
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
Horn does not work. On going issue with this model per Hyundai Tucson forum.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11669301June 25, 2025
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
The Automatic Emergency Braking system went off when there was no reason for it to. It seems to think I am closer to vehicles than I actually am. It frequently warns that I need to brake when I don't need to, either because I am already stopped or because the vehicle that had previously been in front of me changed lanes. Today the vehicle braked so hard that I thought I had been in an accident for a minute. There was appropriate clearance between my car and the car in front of me and no reason to auto brake. I now have wipe lash. Hopefully they recall and fix this issue ASAP.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11669208June 25, 2025
ENGINE
My engine needs to be replaced. Out of nowhere it failed. No stuttering, no stalling, no check engine light or any other warnings. Just failed.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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