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2022 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid

Complaints about this year name engine far more often than the model's other years — 27% of them, about 3× the usual rate of 8.4%.

NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.

Also unusual this year

• light — 27% of complaints, 3× usual
• accelerate — 19% of complaints, 6× usual
• check — 25% of complaints, 3× usual

What owners wrote

The car has had a check engine light on for a week. It sometimes jolts forward when pressing on the accelerator and it does it all of a sudden. Took it to the Hyundai dealership they say it’s due to the egr valve and sub harness.

While driving, my vehicle suddenly lost all power and didn't respond to the accelerator. The "check engine" and "hybrid system failure" lights came on, jeopardizing my safety and that of other road users. The car overheats significantly, to the extent that the…

Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.

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How this was worked out

Every year of the Hyundai Tucson Hybrid was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.

This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.

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