NU Car rental of vehicles with open recalls
AQ26001
Still open audit query · opened June 9, 2026 · none
NHTSA safety record
Hyundai
Every complaint, recall and defect investigation on file for a Hyundai, model years 2010 to 2026.
201
Vehicles
39,769
Complaints
276
Recalls
1,148
Fires
27
Deaths
201Hyundai year and model combinations have enough on file to be worth a page here, and between them their owners have filed 39,769 safety complaints with NHTSA. More of those name the engine than any other system: 13,744 of them. The single most complained-about is the 2011 Sonata, with 3,373.
NHTSA holds 276 recall campaigns naming Hyundai vehicles, across every model year the agency records rather than only the ones shown here. 3 defect investigations into these vehicles are open and unresolved. A death has been reported in 21 of these 201 vehicles.
Most complained-about Hyundai models
Complaints for every published model year of each model added together. A model that sold in larger numbers collects more complaints, and nothing here divides by sales because NHTSA does not publish them.
What goes wrong on a Hyundai
The systems named most often across every Hyundai complaint on file. One complaint can name more than one system, so these add up to more than the complaint total. "Unknown or other" is excluded: it is what the intake form records when an owner cannot place the failure.
- ENGINE 13,744
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 6,365
- POWER TRAIN 4,441
- STEERING 4,063
- SERVICE BRAKES 2,842
Open investigations (3)
NHTSA has decided a pattern is worth examining and has not closed the file. A preliminary evaluation is often closed with no action; an engineering analysis is the stage that usually precedes a recall.
DTN Air Bag Inflator Rupture
EA25005
Still open engineering analysis · opened October 21, 2025 · the air bags
Hyundai and Kia ABS Module Fires
AQ23002
Still open audit query · opened November 17, 2023 · the hydraulic brakes
Most recent Hyundai recalls
The newest campaigns naming a Hyundai, by the date the manufacturer's defect report reached NHTSA. Each one covers a build range, which may be narrower than the model years listed.
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
26V452000 · July 14, 2026
A seat belt buckle that fails to properly restrain an occupant in a crash increases the risk of injury.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 47,749 vehicles
Pages 2026 Kona
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
26V432000 · July 2, 2026
A fire increases the risk of injury.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 6 vehicles
Pages 2024 Ioniq 5 2023 Ioniq 5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
26V400000 · June 24, 2026
An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 96,310 vehicles
Pages 2026 Tucson 2026 Tucson Hybrid 2025 Tucson 2025 Tucson Hybrid
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
26V316000 · May 19, 2026
Unexpected braking increases the risk of a crash.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 423,062 vehicles
Pages 2026 Tucson 2026 Tucson Hybrid 2025 Tucson 2025 Tucson Hybrid 2025 Santa Cruz
SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS
26V314000 · May 19, 2026
A loss of vehicle control increases the risk of a crash.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 172 vehicles
Pages 2026 Ioniq 9 2025 Ioniq 5
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:HYBRID MANAGEMENT:POWER CONTROL UNIT/MODULE (HPCU)
26V308000 · May 15, 2026
Overheating in the HPCU increases the risk of a fire.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 54,337 vehicles
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
26V307000 · May 15, 2026
An air bag inflator that ruptures may result in sharp metal fragments striking the driver or passengers, increasing the risk of injury or death.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 3,493 vehicles
Pages 2016 Elantra 2015 Elantra
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:SIDE IMPACT
26V254000 · April 21, 2026
Air bags that do not deploy as intended increase the risk of injury in a crash.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 2,931 vehicles
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
26V218000 · April 6, 2026
A detached seat belt anchor will not adequately restrain the seat occupant, increasing the risk of injury in a crash.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 294,448 vehicles
Pages 2026 Santa FE 2025 Santa FE 2025 Santa FE Hybrid 2025 Ioniq 6 2024 Santa FE 2024 Ioniq 6
SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
26V169000 · March 20, 2026
A faulty seat belt status indicator may fail to alert occupants to an unfastened seat belt, increasing the risk of injury.
Hyundai Motor America · up to 46,787 vehicles
Pages 2026 Palisade
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Every Hyundai page on this site
201 vehicles across 35 models, newest model year first.
Built from NHTSA's complaint file published August 20, 2026, its recall campaign API and its defect investigation file. A complaint is one owner's unverified account, not a finding of fault. How this is counted. · All makes
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