2005 Hyundai XG350

Typical pattern

6.6% of complaints about the 2005 Hyundai XG350 came in the first year, which is unremarkable for a 2005 vehicle — around the middle of the 245 model-years on record. The median complaint arrives at 4.8 yr in service. The most-reported system is air bags (71 complaints), typically at 5.1 yr or about 41,000 miles.

Complaints: 181
Median age at failure: 4.8 yr
Median mileage: 35,000 n=151
Crash / fire / tow: 12.2% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Speed control 1,005 mi 6 mo in service

DT: CONTACT STATES WHEN THE ACCELERATOR IS PUSHED VEHICLE ACCELERATED EXCESSIVLEY. THE ONLY WAY TO REMEDY THIS SITUATION WHEN IT HAPPENS IS TO PUT ON THE BRAKES. THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER STATED THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE.*AK *TT *NM

Speed control 1,200 mi 8 mo in service

DT: CONSUMER STATED WHEN HE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES THE TACHOMETER CLIMBED. THIS PROBLEM DIDN'T HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT TWICE. HE ALMOST VEERED INTO TRAFFIC. THE DEALERSHIP AND MANUFACTURER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM ,THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURRED, THE CONSUMER PICKED THE VEHICLE UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP, DROVE HOME, THEN WENT OUT, AND THE VEHICLE REVVED UP TO 2400 RPMS. HE HAS DOCUMENTATION OF THESE CIRCUMSTANCES. VEHICLE 'ALMOST HIT A WOMAN WHO WAS TRYING TO CROSS THE PARKING LOT.*AK

Speed control 4,000 mi 1.4 yr in service

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE APPLYING PRESSURE TO THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE VEHICLE SLOWLY RESPONDS. THE VEHICLE SPEED WAS NOT ADEQUATE WITH THE AMOUNT OF PRESSURE APPLIED. THIS PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT IN NATURE. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE WAS SEEN BY A DEALER, THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. UPDATED 02/28/06. *JB

Air bags mileage not reported 11 mo in service

AIRBAG LIGHT CONTINUES TO ILLUMINATE. WHEN LIT, THE AIRBAGS WILL NOT FUNCTION. I HAVE BEEN IN THE DEALERSHIP 5 TIMES SINCE PURCHASING THE CAR BRAND NEW DECEMBER 31, 2004. *JB

Other XG350 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.

2005 Hyundai XG350

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other XG350 model years

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