2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid driver assistance problems

The 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid has 95 driver assistance complaints filed with NHTSA — 50% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

Driver Assistance complaints

50%

Share of year

Crash-involved

Related recalls

Driver Assistance complaints by year

Tucson Hybrid driver assistance complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

Related recalls

26V316000Driver AssistanceMay 18, 2026 · 423,062 units

Defect

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Santa Cruz, Tucson, Tucson Hybrid, and Tucson Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV) vehicles. Software in the front cameras may cause the forward collision avoidance system to activate prematurely and unexpectedly apply the brakes.

Consequence

Unexpected braking increases the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will update the front camera software, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 17, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 302. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on May 20, 2026.

What owners report

“The automatic braking has almost caused me to be rear-ended, and the enraged driver behind me Leaned on his horn and flipped me off. Today, it caused a rear-end collision behind me because of the unwarranted abrupt locking of the brakes. I drove to the dealership and had them turn off this safety…”
Complaint filed with NHTSA · Driver Assistance · May 20, 2025 · crash

Common questions

How many driver assistance complaints does the 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid have?

NHTSA has 95 complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid driver assistance — 50% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Are there recalls for the 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid driver assistance?

Yes — 1 NHTSA recall campaign for this model year is tied to the driver assistance: 26V316000.

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.