2021 Hyundai Palisade problems
Owners have filed 545 complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Palisade with NHTSA. Seat belts account for 19.6% of them — the clear leader, ahead of electrical system at 9.9%.
Complaints545
Crashes16
Fires3
Injuries36
Deaths0
What owners report breaking
Seat belts 19.6% · 107
Unknown or other 14.1% · 77
Electrical system 9.9% · 54
Engine 9.7% · 53
Visibility/wiper 8.6% · 47
Suspension 5.5% · 30
Power train 4.2% · 23
Forward collision avoidance 4.0% · 22
Severity
Of those complaints, 16 describe a crash, 3 describe a fire and 36 report an injury.
Reading the numbers
Across the 7 model years of the Hyundai Palisade in this data, 2021 ranks 3rd by complaint volume — 2020 draws the most.
Filings are rising — 333 in the last three years against 187 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 2,400 miles.
In owners' own words
The passenger seat belt will spontaneously unbuckle without warning or cause. This puts the passenger safety at risk in case there were a crash. The problem hasn't been repaired by a dealer but it's happened about 4 or 5 times. I've not had it inspected. No warning lamps went off before the failure. Luckily, the passenger unlock alert went off when it unbuckled so we were alerted to the seat belt buckle malfunction. Seat belts
The drivers seatbelt and right passenger seatbelt come unlatched. I took it to Stevinson Hyundai where we purchased the vehicle and they said they were unable to reproduce the problem. Itâs true that it doesnât happen every time/can be unpredictable. However, it continues to happen and is a major safety concern. I looked online to see if others were experiencing the same problem and found that many others are. Seat belts
Second row seatbelts unlatch unexpectedly while car in motion. Seatbelt sensor alarms go off even when seatbelt latched. This has happened in all 3 rows in separate instances. Seatbelt alarm will sound and panel indicates seats with nobody in them have seatbelts that should be latched. This has occurred when an object (like a purse on the passenger seat) or no object on the seat. Seat belts
Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.
Safety recalls
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