NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Hyundai Tucson Recalls
The 2012 Hyundai Tucson has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 22, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Hyundai Tucson. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 255
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Hyundai Tucson, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2012 Hyundai Tucson
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V651000
- Reported
- September 22, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,649,478
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Tucson, 10 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 19V063000
- Reported
- February 5, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 120,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Tucson
Air bags
- Campaign
- 14V245000
- Reported
- May 13, 2014
- Vehicles affected
- up to 137,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2014 Tucson
2012 Hyundai Tucson complaints by year
NHTSA has received 255 owner complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Tucson, the newest on August 18, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (5%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Tucson, the component group named most often is the engine (63%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (11%) and the power train (10%).
1 of the 2012 Hyundai Tucson's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2012 Hyundai Tucson owners gave the mileage (169 complaints), the median was 83,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine160
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic27
- Power Train26
- Electrical System17
- Unknown Or Other12
- Engine And Engine Cooling10
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 10 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 15 | |
| 2018 | 18 | |
| 2019 | 82 | |
| 2020 | 23 | |
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 10 | |
| 2023 | 18 | |
| 2024 | 28 | |
| 2025 | 3 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Tucson peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 82. 12% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Hyundai Tucson drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tucson year in the same window: 11th highest of the 17 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 255 complaints about the 2012 Hyundai Tucson are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Tucson by model year
Other 2012 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: August 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted