20V543000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire can increase the risk of injury or crash.
2016 HYUNDAI TUCSON
5 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 2,163 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns5
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints2,163
Complaints citing a crash23
Complaints citing a fire39
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 5 of 5
16V842000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
If the trailer brake lights stay illuminated while being used, other drivers may be confused, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V628000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
Inability to move the vehicle while in traffic may increase the risk of a crash.
16V348000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
If the primary hood latch is inadvertently released and the secondary latch cannot secure the hood, the hood may unexpectedly open while driving, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V147000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS
Failure to illuminate the trailer's turn signal lights would prevent the communication of the driver's intent, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 512POWER TRAIN
- 421ENGINE
- 261UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 220STRUCTURE:BODY
- 210ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 126LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH
- 111VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 55FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 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.