Model-year matrix

Hyundai Tucson
which year?

Compare every Hyundai Tucson model year the EPA recorded, 2005 to 2026. See complaint patterns, fuel economy and configurations side by side, then open any year for recall campaigns and the full dossier. Confirm against the official NHTSA recall search.

Evidence-led answer

Looking for the best Hyundai Tucson year—or years to avoid?

The official records cannot honestly name a best, worst or most reliable year. Complaint totals have no sales, mileage or age denominator. They can show where more reports were filed and which components were named, giving you years to investigate more closely before checking the exact car and its VIN.

What is the best year for the Hyundai Tucson?

No official dataset can support one universal best year. Use the table to compare complaint patterns and EPA figures, then open the shortlisted years for recall campaigns and exact specifications.

Which Hyundai Tucson years should you avoid?

The records cannot justify a blanket avoid label. Years with more reports are surfaced below as research priorities, not predictions about every car from that year.

01 · More reports to inspect2016

1,616 indexed complaint reports; power train is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2016 dossier →02 · More reports to inspect2017

1,081 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2017 dossier →03 · More reports to inspect2018

390 indexed complaint reports; engine is the most-reported component label.

Open the 2018 dossier →

Do not read this as an avoid list. Older and higher-selling model years usually accumulate more reports. A low count can also mean a newer, rarer or poorly matched vehicle—not a safer one.

Read this as evidence, not a ranking.

Complaint totals are counts of owner-submitted allegations, not confirmed defects, and they carry no denominator: they are not adjusted for how many cars were sold, how old they are, how far they are driven, or how much publicity a fault received. A high-volume or older year will usually show more reports than a rare or recent one. The site does not convert these into a reliability score, because the data needed to do that honestly is not in the public record.

Direct comparison

Compare two Hyundai Tucson model years.

Choose any two years. The URL keeps the pair so you can return to the same comparison. Every figure below is an observed official record or EPA estimate—not a reliability score.

First model year

2025 Hyundai Tucson

NHTSA complaint allegations: 272
Combined EPA economy: 26–38 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 5
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $1,600–2,350
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 183electrical system 60unknown or other 56

Open the 2025 evidence dossier →

Second model year

2026 Hyundai Tucson

NHTSA complaint allegations: 56
Combined EPA economy: 26–38 mpg/MPGe
EPA configurations: 5
Annual EPA fuel-cost estimate: $1,600–2,350
Fuel labels: Regular Gasoline

Most-reported component labelsforward collision avoidance 40service brakes 14unknown or other 8

Open the 2026 evidence dossier →

Observed complaint-record difference

2026 has 216 fewer indexed complaint allegations than 2025.

This is not a rate or reliability finding. The counts have no sales, mileage, age or exposure denominator, and newer years have had less time to accumulate reports.

Side by side

Hyundai Tucson by year.

Complaint bars are scaled against this model’s own highest year, so they compare years with each other and with nothing else.

Hyundai Tucson model years with NHTSA complaint totals, most-reported components, EPA fuel economy and configuration counts
Year	Complaints	Most-reported components	Combined MPG	EPA configs	Annual fuel cost	Dossier
2026	56	forward collision avoidance 40service brakes 14unknown or other 8	26–38	5	$1,600–2,350	Dossier →
2025	272	forward collision avoidance 183electrical system 60unknown or other 56	26–38	5	$1,600–2,350	Dossier →
2024	90	forward collision avoidance 29unknown or other 22electrical system 20	25–38	5	$1,600–2,450	Dossier →
2023	130	forward collision avoidance 36unknown or other 32electrical system 26	25–38	5	$1,600–2,450	Dossier →
2022	371	fuel/propulsion system 128engine 110power train 62	26–38	5	$1,600–2,350	Dossier →
2021	77	engine 37electrical system 11unknown or other 10	23–25	4	$2,450–2,650	Dossier →
2020	175	engine 70unknown or other 28service brakes 26	23–25	4	$2,450–2,650	Dossier →
2019	372	engine 191service brakes, hydraulic 62service brakes 52	23–26	4	$2,350–2,650	Dossier →
2018	390	engine 238power train 100unknown or other 42	22–27	6	$2,300–2,800	Dossier →
2017	1,081	engine 591power train 290unknown or other 137	23–50	7	$2,200–2,650	Dossier →
2016	1,616	power train 517engine 422unknown or other 261	23–50	7	$2,200–2,650	Dossier →
2015	226	engine 118service brakes, hydraulic 52unknown or other 29	22–50	5	$2,450–2,800	Dossier →
2014	200	engine 109service brakes, hydraulic 41electrical system 15	22–25	4	$2,450–2,800	Dossier →
2013	266	engine 156service brakes, hydraulic 31unknown or other 23	21–25	6	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2012	255	engine 160service brakes, hydraulic 27power train 26	21–25	6	$2,450–2,950	Dossier →
2011	124	engine 40power train 21service brakes, hydraulic 21	22–25	6	$2,450–2,800	Dossier →
2010	57	power train 22service brakes 8engine 7	24–26	4	$2,350–2,550	Dossier →
2009	18	air bags 6electrical system 2seat belts 2	20–22	5	$2,800–3,100	Dossier →
2008	43	electrical system 6engine 5vehicle speed control 5	19–22	5	$2,800–3,250	Dossier →
2007	65	air bags 14structure 8suspension 8	19–22	5	$2,800–3,250	Dossier →
2006	135	air bags 38electrical system 16steering 13	19–22	5	$2,800–3,250	Dossier →
2005	185	air bags 31electrical system 31engine and engine cooling 21	19–22	5	$2,800–3,250	Dossier →

Evidence snapshot generated August 25, 2026. “Not indexed” means NHTSA holds no complaint record matching this exact year, make and model — not that no fault occurred. Recall campaigns are not summarised here: NHTSA publishes no bulk recall dataset, and fetching them per year would take longer than the page should. Each year’s dossier shows its recalls in full, live from NHTSA.