2026 Hyundai Tucson
This year drew an ordinary 55 complaints for a Hyundai Tucson — the model's median is 185. What they were about is the unusual part: 38.2% of them mention forward, against 10.5% 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 | 55 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 185 |
| Involving a crash | 14 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 27 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- forward — 38.2% of this year's complaints, against 10.5% across the other years of this generation (3.6×).
- causing — 25.5% of this year's complaints, against 9.8% across the other years of this generation (2.6×).
- way — 18.2% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the other years of this generation (4.2×).
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
The contact rented a 2026 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while driving and merging onto traffic on a highway, the brake pedal was slightly depressed and the vehicle overcorrected the brake, and abruptly stopped, causing the vehicle to be rear ended. T…
This is a recent purchase. The forward collision braking system seems to be too sensitive and the braking is so immediate and abrupt it threw everything in my car forward including me, causing minor back pain. This has happened several times with the most rece…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 25V549000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING Fixed free of charge.
- 26V047000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 26V254000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 26V316000 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE Fixed free of charge.
- 26V400000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 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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