Engine complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2018 Hyundai Tucson has 154 NHTSA engine complaints and 0 engine-related recalls.
154
Complaints
0
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2026 | ENGINE | The oil consumption issue has begun. At about 75k miles, my 2018 Hyundai Tucson 1.6L Turbo is burnin... |
| Mar 16, 2026 | ENGINE | I bought this car 6 months ago. I did not know it had a recall on the engine. The engine just died a... |
| Feb 16, 2026 | ENGINE | I have experienced two near-fatal incidents involving a sudden, uncommanded loss of motive power whi... |
| Feb 11, 2026 | ENGINE | I am writing this letter to formally document a series of catastrophic safety failures and gross neg... |
| Jan 12, 2026 | ENGINE | My 2018 Hyundai Tucson experienced sudden catastrophic engine failure when a connecting rod threw wh... |
| Jan 3, 2026 | ENGINE | The engine is burning excessive oil. Down 3 quarts over approx. 3,000 miles. Mechanic verified the... |
| Dec 10, 2025 | ENGINE | Oil consumption, will change oil and within weeks i will be down 23 Quarts of oil |
| Dec 6, 2025 | ENGINE | The engine on this vehicle burns oil quickly which is a known defect. I took the vehicle to the deal... |
| Nov 24, 2025 | ENGINE | The car began making a knocking sound on my 5.8 mile drive. On my drive home from work, the knocking... |
| Nov 21, 2025 | ENGINE | DRIVING ON FREEWAY NO WARNING LAMPS ON DASHBOARD. EXIT FREEWAY TO GET GAS AND THERE IS MINIMAL ENGI... |
| Nov 5, 2025 | ENGINE | My 2018 Hyundai Tucson experienced repeated no-start conditions. The vehicle was initially diagnosed... |
| Oct 31, 2025 | ENGINE | The contact owns a 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the... |
| Oct 22, 2025 | ENGINE | 2018 Hyundai Tucson has excessive oil consumption. Burns multiple quarts of oil per 1000 miles. Hyun... |
| Oct 16, 2025 | ENGINE | My 2018 Hyundai Tucson 1.6 Turbo (VIN [XXX] , 113,000 miles) burns oil excessively and was deemed to... |
| Oct 15, 2025 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING,ENGINE | The contact's sister owns a 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while his sister was drivin... |
| Oct 14, 2025 | ENGINE | My 2018 Hyundai Tucson SEL PLUS limited showed a flashing check engine light on 10/14/2025 and basi... |
| Oct 1, 2025 | ENGINE | Purchased 9/5/25 at 76,280 and oil change light shown by 10/1/25 when i received an oil change at Va... |
| Oct 1, 2025 | ENGINE | Shortly after purchase, I had an oil change and vehicle inspection performed. I was informed that my... |
| Aug 15, 2025 | ENGINE | I own a 2018 Hyundai Tucson with 87,000 miles that consumes about four quarts of oil per 1,000 miles... |
| Aug 9, 2025 | ENGINE | I have regular oil changes (every 3k mi) and every time I go get say there’s no or low oil. At the b... |