2023 Hyundai Tucson
This year drew an ordinary 140 complaints for a Hyundai Tucson — the model's median is 185. What they were about is the unusual part: 12.1% of them mention injectors, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 4 of the Hyundai Tucson, which began in 2022. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 140 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 185 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 4/5 |
| EPA combined | 26.5 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- injectors — 12.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the other years of this generation (4.8×). Owners wrote it as: injectors, fuel injectors, stranded, injector.
- nearby — 10.7% of this year's complaints, against 3.5% across the other years of this generation (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: nearby, detached, pedestrians, able drive.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
FUEL INJECTORS FAILED AT 18523 MILES. Replaced both low and high injector on this cylinder 3 and then continued performance issues. Replaced all low injectors in Al 4 cylinders but did not replace higher injectors Stranded on Sunday on highway with no rental c…
All four cylinders misfired in my car while driving causing the catalytic converter and all four fuel injectors to need to be replaced. My car suddenly stopped driving in a rural area with only a few minutes of warning when the engine light came on. I was not…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V526000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 25V893000 TRAILER HITCHES Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Tucson was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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