Federal complaint record · Hyundai Tucson · model year 2005

2005 Hyundai Tucson

Owners submitted 185 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 40th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2003 to 2007 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 14% · group n = 39Airbags · 11% · group n = 31Electrical · 11% · group n = 31Structure · 7% · group n = 20Powertrain · 6% · group n = 16
185
Complaint records on file
57,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 139 complaints reported mileage
14%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 39
40th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 29 model years

Engine · 1 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine14%

Engine reports

Hyundai Tucson · model year 2005

Reports in this group39
Share of classified reports14%
Component groups on file6
Open the failure files

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 26 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32005 Hyundai Tucson
Stalling or shutdown · 26 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32005 Hyundai Tucson
Airbag concerns · 22 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 3 of 32005 Hyundai Tucson

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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