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Questions for the seller, test drive checks and price points
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Questions to ask the seller of a 2023 Hyundai Tucson, built from this year's owner complaints and recalls. What to feel, hear and look at on the test drive, with boxes to tick at the car. Honest points to raise on price, from the records and never from guesses. Copy the questions to your phone in one tap.
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Type the asking price and your own offer for the 2023 Hyundai Tucson, tick what you found, and get a polite message ready to text or email. Its reasons come from this year's owner complaints, recalls and crash ratings, and never from made up repair prices.
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When problems show up
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Will it outlast the loan?
The month of your loan each problem zone lands in
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Recalls
2 recalls on file, 2 saying do not drive or park outside
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Crash ratings
NHTSA's stars out of five, for each version it tested. Front crash stars only compare cars of about the same size and weight.
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Fuel economy
The EPA's estimates for each engine and transmission, and its own yearly fuel cost. Yours depends on how you drive and the shape the car is in.
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True cost to own
The loan, fuel, insurance and upkeep, a month and over 5 years
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What it really costs to own
What the 2023 Hyundai Tucson costs a month and over 5 years: the loan and its interest, fuel worked out from the EPA's figures for the version you pick, and your own insurance, registration and upkeep. A cost a mile, a link that reopens your numbers, and the breakdown copied to your phone in one tap.
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Every year of the Tucson
Owner complaints for each model year, this one outlined. Tap a year to open it. The newest 2 are not judged yet. Bars are totals, so older years stand taller; the verdict compares every year at the same age.
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Before you buy this one
Built from this year's numbers. Whatever the data says, the car in front of you is the one that counts.
Not every car needs every fix. Run the VIN at NHTSA to see which are still open. Repairs are usually free at a dealer for the brand; ask before any work.
Equipment and accessories
Dec 19, 2025 · Recall 25V893000Park outside.NHTSA says: Away from buildings until it is fixed: a fire risk.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2022-2024 Tucson vehicles equipped with an optional Mobis tow hitch wiring harness. The wiring harness may have been installed incorrectly, allowing water into the control module. Moisture accumulation may cause the trailer lighting to fail or an electrical short circuit.
What can happen
Nonfunctioning trailer lights can increase the risk of a crash. A short circuit can increase the risk of a fire.
The fix
Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will remove the trailer wiring harness and install a dust cap over the wiring receptacle, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 11, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 290. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on December 20, 2025.
Transmission and drivetrain
Jul 27, 2023 · Recall 23V526000Park outside.NHTSA says: Away from buildings until it is fixed: a fire risk.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Palisade Tucson, 2023 Sonata, Elantra, and Kona vehicles. The electronic controller for the Idle Stop & Go oil pump assembly may contain damaged electrical components that can cause the pump controller to overheat.
What can happen
An electric oil pump assembly that overheats increases the risk of a vehicle fire.
The fix
Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete. Dealers will inspect and replace the electric oil pump controller, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed starting September 7, 2023. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 246.
136 complaints; the part named most is the driver assist and cameras
Unverified reports, not adjusted for sales. One complaint can name several parts, so shares add up past 100%. Filed Nov 21, 2022 to Oct 23, 2026. 27% name a part that is usually costly to fix.
Owners reported 12 crashes, 1 fire and 5 injuries in these complaints.
Other or unknown33 · 24%
Driver assist and cameras29 · 21%
Electrical27 · 20%
What one owner wrote about the driver assist and cameras
While backing out of driveway, with parked vehicle along side and one moving vehicle in the road, I was applying the break and the Emergency Stop feature activated. My speed was 2-3 MPH and slowing.
Filed Aug 7, 2026NHTSA complaint 117554781 of 18 owner quotes
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13 more parts, and 18 owner quotes
Every part owners name for the 2023 Hyundai Tucson, with their own words about what went wrong. Usually costly to fix among them: Engine, Transmission and drivetrain, Body and frame.
Run the VIN at NHTSA to confirm every recall was fixed.
This year has 2 recalls on file. 2 of them say not to drive the car, or to park it outside, until it is fixed. Recall repairs are usually free at a dealer for the brand. Ask the dealer to confirm before any work is done. Look up a VIN at NHTSA.
Ask the seller for the service records.
Look closely for any work on the driver assist and cameras. It is the part owners complain about most for this year.
Have a mechanic you trust inspect it before you pay.
Ask them to look at the driver assist and cameras first.
Look at a vehicle history report.
It can show reported crashes, flood or salvage titles, and mileage that does not add up.
On the test drive, pay attention to the driver assist and cameras.
Try the cameras, sensors and every driver assist feature the car has.
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About as many owner complaints as a typical year. Still get it inspected.
Confidence: Medium
NHTSA did not answer for 9 years, so the typical year may shift.
NHTSA did not answer for 9 years, so this may change.
How the dial was counted
Year verdict: Typical year: 153 complaints, the median of 8 nearby years. Each counted over its first 4 years and 10 months from January 2022; this one had 136.
11 Worthy, 3 Maybe, 7 Pass, of 22 years on file
Our take: worth a look.Owners filed about as many complaints as in a typical year of this model, and two recalls say park it outside until it is fixed.
Fuel: $1,700 to $2,550 a year.1 plug in hybrid left out: the EPA figure assumes gas only. The EPA’s estimate for 15,000 miles a year, 55% in town, at its fuel prices. Each version
