2019 Hyundai Tucson

Typical pattern

4.9% of complaints about the 2019 Hyundai Tucson came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2019 vehicle — around the middle of the 191 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.4 yr in service. The most-reported system is engine (196 complaints), typically at 5.4 yr or about 41,580 miles.

Complaints: 530
Median age at failure: 4.4 yr
Median mileage: 18,500 n=129
Crash / fire / tow: 11.7% of reports
Safety recalls: 1 1 do not drive

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

System

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Engine

196 reports · 41,580 mi

5.4 yr

12.8%

Service brakes, hydraulic

62 reports · 35,000 mi

2.2 yr

4.8%

Service brakes

53 reports · 11,400 mi

2.2 yr

13.2%

Electrical system

46 reports · 12,000 mi

3.8 yr

13%

Power train

42 reports · 5,000 mi

5.5 yr

7.1%

Other

26 reports · 12,000 mi

3.8 yr

11.5%

Fuel / propulsion

25 reports · 4,301 mi

4.7 yr

20%

Speed control

16 reports · 10,724 mi

4.5 yr

6.2%

Safety recalls — NHTSA campaigns

20V543000 2020-09-04 Do not drive

Service brakes, hydraulic:antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip:control unit/module

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) recalled certain 2019-2021 Tucson vehicles on September 4, 2020. On December 30, 2020, Hyundai expanded the recall population, and added certain 2016-2018 Tucson vehicles. The Anti-lock Brake Hydraulic Electronic Control Unit (HECU) could corrode internally and cause an electrical short, possibly resulting in an engine compartment fire.

An engine compartment fire can increase the risk of injury or crash.

In owners’ own words

Fuel / propulsion mileage not reported 3 mo in service

UNCONTROLLED SPEEDING HARD IMPACT ON BUMP VERY LOW SUSPENSION SYSTEM HIGHER MPG THAN ADVERTISED

Fuel / propulsion 5,768 mi 8 mo in service

VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION ON I20/459 ENTRY RAMP IN BIRMINGHAM, AL. VEHICLE STOPPED AND CUT OFF COMPLETELY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BUSY INTERSTATE. ACCELERATION SLOWED UNTIL VEHICLE DIED AND ALL ERROR LIGHTS APPEARED AND FLASHED ON DASH WITH A "SERVICE NOW" ALERT. PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK, AND TURNED THE SWITCH TWICE BEFORE IT WOULD CRANK AGAIN. UPON STARTING- THE SAME "SERVICE NOW" LIGHT APPEARED AND CAR WAS ABLE TO DRIVE. "SERVICE NOW" LIGHT VANISHED ABOUT 10 SECONDS AFTER VEHICLE WAS DRIVING AGAIN.

Fuel / propulsion 4,301 mi 1.3 yr in service

WHEN YOU STEP ON THE ACCELERATOR, SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE STOPS AND TAKES A COUPLE OF SECONDS TO CONTINUE RUNNING. I'VE FACED A COUPLE OF INSTANCES WERE AT A CROSSROAD VEHICLES ARE COMING TOWARDS ME, AND THE CAR STALLS AND TAKES A WHILE TO START MOVING. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE MECHANIC CAR DEALER THAT THIS IS NORMAL IN THIS NEW ACCELERATING SYSTEM. IT'S CAN OF SCARY AND YOU NEED TO ACCELERATE AND GET STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MINE IS A HYUNDAI 2019 TUCSON.

Power train mileage not reported 3 mo in service

UNCONTROLLED SPEEDING HARD IMPACT ON BUMP VERY LOW SUSPENSION SYSTEM HIGHER MPG THAN ADVERTISED

Other Tucson model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.