Hyundai / Tucson / 2024

2024 Hyundai Tucson problems

Owners have filed 146 complaints about the 2024 Hyundai Tucson with NHTSA. Forward collision avoidance accounts for 19.9% of them — narrowly the most common, ahead of electrical system at 13.7%. A further 15.1% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints146

Crashes21

Fires0

Injuries8

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Forward collision avoidance 19.9% · 29

Unknown or other 15.1% · 22

Electrical system 13.7% · 20

Service brakes 9.6% · 14

Engine 8.9% · 13

Vehicle speed control 6.2% · 9

Fuel/propulsion system 4.1% · 6

Trailer hitches 4.1% · 6

Severity

Of those complaints, 21 describe a crash and 8 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 17 model years of the Hyundai Tucson in this data, 2024 draws comparatively few complaints; 2016 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising — 142 in the last three years against 4 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 18,000 miles.

In owners' own words

Driving 70 on the interstate without any cars in front or side of me and car auto hard braked down to 60 and red emergency brake light was on. An 18 wheeler was behind me. Luckily no injuries or accidents happened. Forward collision avoidance

Car throttle, AC, Cruise control, car transmission and gears not correct, radio turns off completely and messes up CarPlay. Also no updated radio. Scary car is still new with all of these issues. Forward collision avoidance

The contact owns a 2024 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the manual speed limit assist erroneously activated causing the vehicle to suddenly decelerate, and the vehicle failed to exceed 20 MPH. The cause of the failure was not yet determined, and the vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 40,000. Vehicle speed control · reported at 40,000 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Hyundai Tucson years

2019 519 complaints · 36.8% engine 2020 233 complaints · 30.0% engine 2021 107 complaints · 34.6% engine 2022 579 complaints · 22.1% fuel/propulsion system 2023 220 complaints · 16.4% forward collision avoidance 2025 446 complaints · 41.0% forward collision avoidance

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