Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2018 Hyundai Tucson has 99 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
99
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated September 8, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE | While driving my 2018 Hyundai Tucson Limited 1.6L Turbo with the 7-speed EcoShift dual clutch transm... |
| May 18, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | While operating the vehicle on the highway at speeds around 55 to 60 mph, without warning, the engin... |
| Mar 30, 2026 | POWER TRAIN | The transmission system failed. The vehicle had previously been serviced at a Hyundai dealership for... |
| Mar 20, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The 2.0L engine catastrophically failed during normal highway driving, consistent with a thrown conn... |
| Mar 3, 2026 | POWER TRAIN | My specific Tucson is equipped with 1.6L Turbo and a 7 speed Dual-Clutch Transmission. I see there a... |
| Feb 5, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Hyundai Tucson has been jerking and shaking for over over 4 years now and either when taking to the ... |
| Jan 9, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | January 9, 2026, driver was on I25, when driver heard a loud thud and the RPMs kept rising but the v... |
| Nov 12, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | The engine and engine management system of my 2018 Hyundai Tucson experienced repeated failures resu... |
| Nov 7, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | My car on the expressway wouldn't go over 40 and this was happening intermittently so my car was uns... |
| Aug 9, 2025 | POWER TRAIN | I was driving on the highway, about to change lanes, when I looked in my rear view mirror and saw bl... |
| Jul 31, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | 29 days after I bought a 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The vehicle started making a ticking noise and stopped... |
| Jul 16, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | My 2018 Hyundai Tucson 2.0L GDI engine with only 79,000 miles was "knocking" and wouldn't accelerate... |
| Jun 30, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | Won’t shift so that I can gain speed |
| May 12, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | While starting and accelerating my 2018 Hyundai Tucson, I began hearing abnormal engine knocking and... |
| Apr 12, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | On April 12, 2025, my 2018 Hyundai Tuson which only has 99,000 miles started stalling out at random ... |
| Mar 4, 2025 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Over the past nine months, I’ve been experiencing ongoing issues with my 2018 Hyundai Tucson engine ... |
| Dec 23, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | Me my wife and our dogs were driving from California to Las Vegas when we experience loss of power i... |
| Oct 8, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The contact owns a 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that the vehicle was consuming an excessi... |
| Oct 3, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | In late September of ‘24 my husband was driving our oldest to school when my 2018 Hyundai tuscon sei... |
| Sep 28, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL,ENGINE | car would not speed up no matter how hard i pressed accelerator, vehicle wouldn't speed up kept goin... |