23V651000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2012 HYUNDAI TUCSON
3 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations (1 open), 314 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations31 open
Owner complaints314
Complaints citing a crash18
Complaints citing a fire20
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
19V063000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
14V245000
AIR BAGS
An air bag assembly that is not properly mounted may result in an increased risk of injury to the driver in the event of a crash.
What owners report most
- 158ENGINE
- 26POWER TRAIN
- 25SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 15ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 12UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 10ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
- 9SERVICE BRAKES
- 9VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 HYUNDAI TUCSONs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.