2025 Hyundai Tucson problems and complaints
Owners have filed 282 complaints with NHTSA about the 2025 Hyundai Tucson. The most-reported areas: Forward Collision Avoidance (148), Electrical System (63), Unknown Or Other (57).
Key takeaways
- 282 owner complaints on file with NHTSA.
- 32 involve a crash, 1 a fire, 19 reported injuries.
- Complaints are unverified owner reports; recalls are confirmed defects.
| Component | Complaints | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 148 | 52% |
| Electrical System | 63 | 22% |
| Unknown Or Other | 57 | 20% |
| Service Brakes | 39 | 14% |
| Exterior Lighting | 17 | 6% |
| Power Train | 15 | 5% |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 13 | 5% |
| Lane Departure | 12 | 4% |
| Engine | 12 | 4% |
| Structure | 6 | 2% |
| Seat Belts | 6 | 2% |
| Visibility/Wiper | 5 | 2% |
One complaint can name several components, so shares add up to more than 100%.
| Version | Overall | Front | Side | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 Hyundai Tucson SUV AWD | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 |
| 2025 Hyundai Tucson SUV FWD | 5/5 | 5/5 | 5/5 | 4/5 |
Latest complaints, as filed
Owner-written and unverified by NHTSA.
Tires - filed 2026-09-21
All four factory-installed Nexen tires on my brand-new 2025 Hyundai Tucson are experiencing severe, premature dry-rotting, weather cracking, and deep splitting along both the sidewalls and within the tread grooves at just 16,000 miles. The DOT code is 2224, meaning the rubber is barely two years old. The vehicle's safe...
Electrical System - filed 2026-09-20
Shifter malfunction, service immediately warning comes on. The car will not shift out of park and cannot be driven. It has happened 4 times now. No one has been hurt, but I have been stranded multiple times. The dealer couldn’t reproduce the issue the first time I brought it in, but they did second time I brought it...
Unknown Or Other - filed 2026-09-17
I am writing to file a complaint for the "consider taking a break" alert. I am a competent driver and yet my new Hyundai consistently alerts me on almost every drive that I need to take a break. It's problematic because it's ironically very distracting. It's not a feature that can be turned off and I think it needs to ...
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Complaints are reports filed by owners with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. NHTSA publishes them without verifying them, and counts rise with how many cars were sold, so compare years of the same model rather than different models. Crash ratings are NHTSA's own 5-Star Safety Ratings results.