2020 Hyundai Palisade problems
Owners have filed 706 complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Palisade with NHTSA. Engine accounts for 17.7% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of visibility/wiper at 16.1%.
Complaints706
Crashes23
Fires9
Injuries24
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Engine 17.7% · 125
Visibility/wiper 16.1% · 114
Unknown or other 11.8% · 83
Suspension 8.5% · 60
Seat belts 7.1% · 50
Electrical system 6.4% · 45
Power train 5.7% · 40
Air bags 3.5% · 25
Severity
Of those complaints, 23 describe a crash, 9 describe a fire and 24 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 7 model years of the Hyundai Palisade in this data, 2020 draws the most complaints of any of them.
Filings are rising — 373 in the last three years against 195 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.
The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 5,000 miles.
In owners' own words
The engine of my 2020 Palisade has burned about 1.5 quarts of engine oil every 1k miles. I found this when checked the dipstick after 3k miles and barely see any oil on the dipstick. Even with the oil level far below the LOW level, the car doesn't have any light to warn me about it is being low on oil. This problem can lead me to blown the engine by not having any oil, also stranded on the highway. Engine
In short, the transmission has been replaced, the fuel injectors and other components. After that gets fixed they are saying we need a whole new engine and hyundai with only a pay a portion of it. We did the oil consumption test and it failed. The car was down for almost two months and they want us to pay 6k as our part. This is absolutely ridiculous and this seems to have been a known issue. Engine
Engine started burning oil at 65000 miles. It has now run almost completely out of oil twice at about 4200 miles since last oil change, not even close to reaching the manufacturer recommended interval of 7500 miles between oil changes. On top of the engine consuming oil at an alarming rate, there are no warning indicator lights that turn on to let you know your oil level is critically low. Engine
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
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