MODELYEARINDEX

Hyundai Tucson

4,339 complaints across 12 scored model years and 26 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Hyundai Tucson Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2016 vs model median 9.8×
Model median3× median
Drivetrain 396
Engine 116
Speed Control 85
Avoid

2016 · 2017

Best

2010 · 2014

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
2010
0.41× 33 B
2011
0.49× 49 C
2012
0.91× 57 C
2013
0.64× 43 C
2014
0.53× 40 B
2015
1.09× 69 C
2016
9.80× 879 F
2017
6.86× 548 F
2018
2.53× 209 F
2019
3.47× 283 F
2020
1.51× 141 D
2021
0.91× 68 C
2022 P
10.06× 768 F
2023 P
3.52× 271 F
2024 P
2.85× 211 F
2025 P
8.38× 670 F

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 MPG28
City / Highway25 / 33
Engine2.5L, 4 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,200

Recalls

26 campaigns on record, 5 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
13V113000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH 2010, 2011 1,712,336
23V651000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2010–2013 1,649,478
20V543000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2016–2021 652,024
26V316000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING 2025 423,062
22V056000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2014, 2015 357,348
14V245000 AIR BAGS 2011–2014 137,500
19V063000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE 2011–2013 120,000
26V400000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL 2025 96,310

+ 18 further campaigns

Others in Compact 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 RDX
20192020
C
Audi Q5
20182021
C
Audi SQ5
none flagged
C
BMW X3
20132019
C
Buick Envision
2017
C
Cadillac SRX
2013
C
Cadillac XT5
2017
C
Chevrolet Blazer
none flagged
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 2016 Tucson
Complaints in window
879
Severity-weighted
1,181.5
Model median (weighted)
120
vs model median
9.80×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
7
Open investigations
0
Score 10 F