Federal complaint record · Hyundai Tucson · model year 2016

2016 Hyundai Tucson

Owners submitted 1,612 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 86th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2014 to 2018 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is powertrain. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Powertrain · 24% · group n = 516Engine · 20% · group n = 431Other · 12% · group n = 265Structure · 11% · group n = 226Electrical · 10% · group n = 212
1,612
Complaint records on file
29,363
Median mileage at the reported problem · 832 complaints reported mileage
24%
Of classified component reports name powertrain · group n = 516
86th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Powertrain · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Powertrain24%

Powertrain reports

Hyundai Tucson · model year 2016

Reports in this group516
Share of classified reports24%
Component groups on file6
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Adjacent model years · same badge, different data

The complaint signal has a shape

Compare model years
2015
0.4complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
224 matched incidents
This car
2016
2.0complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,612 matched incidents
2017
1.2complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years
1,076 matched incidents

The line compares submitted complaints per 1,000 estimated vehicle-years, not failures per 1,000 cars. Vehicle-years use compiled US sales, a 0.25 prior-calendar-year plus 0.75 current-calendar-year model-year allocation, and the shipped survival curve. Rates appear only where estimated vehicles in operation are at least 5,000.

From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Transmission behavior · 224 reports

Reports describe harsh shifting, slipping, or shuddering

Cluster 1 of 32016 Hyundai Tucson
Stalling or shutdown · 154 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32016 Hyundai Tucson
Loss of propulsion · 134 reports

Reports describe reduced power or hesitation while driving

Cluster 3 of 32016 Hyundai Tucson

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

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