NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Hyundai Tucson Recalls
The 2005 Hyundai Tucson has 8 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Hyundai Tucson. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 8
- Owner complaints
- 185
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Hyundai Tucson, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
8 recalls on the 2005 Hyundai Tucson
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09V280000
- Reported
- July 21, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,011
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tucson, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V122000
- Reported
- April 15, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 532,633
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tucson, 7 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 07V197000
- Reported
- May 8, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,967
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tucson
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 06V445000
- Reported
- November 22, 2006
- Vehicles affected
- up to 128,300
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Tucson
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 05V342000
- Reported
- July 27, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 330
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Hyundai Tucson
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 05V315000
- Reported
- July 7, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,146
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Hyundai Tucson
Electronic stability control: automatic (asc)
- Campaign
- 05V177000
- Reported
- April 27, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 349
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Hyundai Tucson
Electronic stability control: automatic (asc)
- Campaign
- 05V119000
- Reported
- March 25, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30,558
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Hyundai Tucson
2005 Hyundai Tucson complaints by year
NHTSA has received 185 owner complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tucson, the newest on November 3, 2023. Of these, 12 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 18 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tucson, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the engine and engine cooling (11%).
2 of the 2005 Hyundai Tucson's 8 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Hyundai Tucson owners gave the mileage (139 complaints), the median was 57,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags31
- Electrical System30
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Structure20
- Engine18
- Power Train16
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | |
| 2007 | 14 | |
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 13 | |
| 2012 | 13 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 13 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tucson peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 24. 35% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Hyundai Tucson drew 2.1× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tucson year in the same window: 7th highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the Hyundai Tucson years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 185 complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Tucson are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Tucson by model year
Other 2005 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: November 3, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted