Model Year Scorecard · NHTSA + EPA data
Hyundai model years compared
Every Hyundai model in the catalogue (1989–2027), with owner complaints, recall campaigns, urgent advisories and fatal-crash involvement summed across all model years. Open a model to see its years side by side and the best and worst year called out.
Hyundai models ranked by complaints
| Model | Years | Complaints | Recalls | Urgent | Fatal (FARS) | MPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sonata | 1989–2026 (38) |
16,036
|
65 | 2 | 1,996 | 25.4 |
| Elantra | 1992–2026 (35) |
8,686
|
57 | 1 | 2,248 | 28.3 |
| Santa Fe | 2001–2026 (26) |
7,607
|
45 | 1 | 934 | 22.5 |
| Tucson | 2005–2026 (22) |
6,241
|
34 | 1 | 711 | 25.3 |
| Palisade | 2020–2027 (8) |
2,386
|
16 | 1 | 111 | 23.2 |
| Accent | 1995–2022 (28) |
2,027
|
25 | 1 | 629 | 30.5 |
| Ioniq 5 | 2022–2026 (5) |
1,324
|
15 | 1 | 3 | 92.8 |
| Veloster | 2012–2021 (9) |
1,284
|
10 | 1 | 142 | 28.6 |
| Genesis | 2009–2016 (8) |
1,240
|
10 | 1 | 138 | 19.9 |
| Santa Fe Sport | 2013–2018 (6) |
1,171
|
11 | 1 | 116 | 22.9 |
| Kona | 2018–2026 (9) |
779
|
9 | 1 | 192 | 28.4 |
| Tiburon | 1997–2008 (11) |
762
|
17 | — | 81 | 20.2 |
| Azera | 2006–2017 (12) |
712
|
11 | 1 | 82 | 21.5 |
| Veracruz | 2007–2012 (6) |
659
|
6 | 1 | 33 | 18.5 |
| Santa Cruz | 2022–2026 (5) |
314
|
9 | 1 | 28 | 23.5 |
| Entourage | 2007–2010 (4) |
286
|
6 | — | 19 | 18.1 |
| XG350 | 2002–2005 (4) |
272
|
3 | — | 5 | 18.5 |
| Genesis Coupe | 2010–2016 (7) |
222
|
6 | 1 | 89 | 19.8 |
| Kona Electric | 2019–2025 (7) |
148
|
5 | 1 | 2 | 118.7 |
| Venue | 2020–2026 (7) |
143
|
3 | — | 52 | 30.9 |
| Ioniq 6 | 2023–2026 (4) |
128
|
6 | — | 1 | 135 |
| Elantra GT | 2013–2020 (8) |
115
|
2 | — | 31 | 26.8 |
| Equus | 2011–2016 (6) |
96
|
3 | 1 | 6 | 18 |
| Veloster N | 2019–2022 (4) |
59
|
2 | — | 3 | 25 |
| Elantra N | 2022–2026 (5) |
38
|
5 | — | 6 | 24.4 |
| Ioniq 9 | 2026–2027 (2) |
33
|
2 | — | — | 92 |
| Santa Fe XL | 2013–2019 (7) |
25
|
1 | 1 | 8 | 21 |
| Nexo | 2019–2025 (7) |
22
|
5 | 1 | — | 57 |
| Ioniq 5 N | 2025–2026 (2) |
18
|
— | — | — | 78 |
| Elantra Coupe | 2013–2014 (2) |
12
|
1 | 1 | — | 29.1 |
| Kona N | 2022–2023 (2) |
11
|
2 | — | 3 | 23 |
| Ioniq | 2017–2022 (6) |
1
|
— | — | 41 | 55 |
| Xcient | 2023–2025 (2) |
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1 | — | — | — |
| Creta catalogue only | 2017–2026 (10) |
—
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| Creta Grand catalogue only | 2022–2026 (4) |
—
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| EX6 catalogue only | 2020–2022 (3) |
—
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| EX8 catalogue only | 2020–2022 (3) |
—
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| Grand i10 catalogue only | 2015–2026 (12) |
—
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| H200 catalogue only | 2016–2018 (3) |
—
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| H300 catalogue only | 2016–2020 (5) |
—
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| H400 catalogue only | 2017–2020 (4) |
—
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| H500 catalogue only | 2017–2022 (6) |
—
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| HB20 catalogue only | 2023–2025 (2) |
—
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| HB20S catalogue only | 2023–2025 (2) |
—
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| HD55 catalogue only | 2016–2017 (2) |
—
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| Mighty EX6 catalogue only | 2023–2025 (2) |
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| Mighty EX8 catalogue only | 2023–2025 (2) |
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| Pavise catalogue only | 2023–2025 (2) |
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| Starex catalogue only | 2019–2020 (2) |
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Sources. Owner complaints, recall campaigns and advisories are from the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation datasets; fatal-crash vehicles from FARS; fuel economy from the EPA. VehDB sums them per model; the figures are not VehDB's own findings.
How to read it. Complaints and recalls are summed over every catalogue year of the model, so long-running best-sellers rank high on volume alone; the model page ranks each year against other vehicles of the same model year, which is the fairer read. Urgent counts do-not-drive and park-outside campaigns. Fatal (FARS) is a census of vehicles in fatal crashes from 2020 onward, exact, and is never mixed with CRSS estimates. MPG is the EPA combined average across the model's trims. Sources are U.S. public domain; nothing here is a verified defect finding.