2012 Hyundai Tucson — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 316 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine170 (53.8%)Official recall records for this system: 22, covering model years 2010–2026.
• Brakes36 (11.4%)Official recall records for this system: 17, covering model years 2005–2021.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)26 (8.2%)Official recall records for this system: 7, covering model years 2011–2024.
• Electrical system17 (5.4%)Official recall records for this system: 10, covering model years 2006–2026.
• Speed control & accelerator9 (2.8%)
• Body & structure9 (2.8%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2016–2022.

Other / uncategorized: 12 classifications (3.8%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (12,482 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, powertrain (transmission & drivetrain) and brakes.
• Safety recalls (107 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: lights, air bags (restraint system) and electrical system.
• Transport Canada recalls (158 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, brakes and lights.
• Manufacturer communications (2,631 records, model years 2005–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 176reports included a mileage
• 81,219average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2005 265 records for 2005 265
2. 2006 191 records for 2006 191
3. 2007 117 records for 2007 117
4. 2008 84 records for 2008 84
5. 2009 59 records for 2009 59
6. 2010 181 records for 2010 181
7. 2011 265 records for 2011 265
8. 2012 380 records for 2012 380
9. 2013 395 records for 2013 395
10. 2014 384 records for 2014 384
11. 2015 414 records for 2015 414
12. 2016 1,799 records for 2016 1,799
13. 2017 1,254 records for 2017 1,254
14. 2018 565 records for 2018 565
15. 2019 526 records for 2019 526
16. 2020 283 records for 2020 283
17. 2021 168 records for 2021 168
18. 2022 487 records for 2022 487
19. 2023 192 records for 2023 192
20. 2024 148 records for 2024 148
21. 2025 332 records for 2025 332
22. 2026 82 records for 2026 82

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 12mention a crash
• 13mention a fire
• 9mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 3
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 111
• Investigations NHTSA 3
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 8
• Owner complaints NHTSA 255

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0880 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.