NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Hyundai Tucson Recalls
The 2008 Hyundai Tucson has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Hyundai Tucson. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 43
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Hyundai Tucson, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2008 Hyundai Tucson
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V113000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,712,336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2011 Tucson, 11 other models
2008 Hyundai Tucson complaints by year
NHTSA has received 43 owner complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Tucson, the newest on July 21, 2023. Of these, 5 describe a crash (12%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Tucson, the component group named most often is the electrical system (12%), followed by the engine (12%) and the vehicle speed control (12%).
The 2008 Hyundai Tucson's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Where 2008 Hyundai Tucson owners gave the mileage (38 complaints), the median was 43,903 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System5
- Engine5
- Vehicle Speed Control5
- Air Bags4
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)4
- Engine And Engine Cooling4
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Tucson peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 6. 33% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Hyundai Tucson drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tucson year in the same window: 16th highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2008 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Tucson years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 43 complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Tucson are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Tucson by model year
Other 2008 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: July 21, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted