MODELYEARINDEX

Hyundai Palisade

2,561 complaints across 2 scored model years and 13 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Hyundai Palisade Full report
C
Grade 2020–2021
2020 vs model median 1.0×
Model median3× median
Lights & Visibility 126
Body & Interior 39
Engine 34
Weakest

2020 · 2021

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2020
1.03× 379 C
2021
0.97× 384 C
2022 P
1.11× 389 C
2023 P
1.45× 546 D
2024 P
1.38× 512 D
2025 P
0.90× 351 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21.5
City / Highway19 / 25
Engine3.8L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,875

Recalls

13 campaigns on record, 3 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
25V607000 SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY 2020–2025 568,580
26V034000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN 2020–2025 568,576
22V633000 Park it TRAILER HITCHES 2020–2022 244,980
23V180000 VISIBILITY/WIPER 2021–2023 167,085
22V627000 VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR 2020, 2021 122,949
23V526000 Park it POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:PUMP 2023, 2024 52,109
19V802000 AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW 2020 11,217
24V106000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL 2024 4,245

+ 5 further campaigns

Others in Midsize SUVs

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura MDX
20162020
C
Audi Q7
20172021
C
Audi Q8
2019
C
BMW X5
20112021
D
BMW X6
none flagged
C
Chevrolet Traverse
20102011
C
Dodge Durango
20112012
C
Dodge Journey
20142015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2020 Palisade
Complaints in window
379
Severity-weighted
471.5
Model median (weighted)
459
vs model median
1.03×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
7
Open investigations
0
Score 59.3 C