NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Hyundai Tucson Recalls
The 2020 Hyundai Tucson has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 4, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 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
- 179
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 Hyundai Tucson
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 20V543000
- Reported
- September 4, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 652,024
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2019, 2021 Tucson
2020 Hyundai Tucson complaints by year
NHTSA has received 179 owner complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Tucson, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Tucson, the component group named most often is the engine (41%), followed by the service brakes (15%) and the electrical system (11%).
The 2020 Hyundai Tucson's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2020 Hyundai Tucson owners gave the mileage (32 complaints), the median was 6,200 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine73
- Unknown Or Other28
- Service Brakes26
- Electrical System19
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
- Forward Collision Avoidance13
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 34 | |
| 2022 | 20 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 24 | |
| 2025 | 40 | |
| 2026 | 32 |
Complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Tucson peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 40. 46% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Hyundai Tucson drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Hyundai Tucson year in the same window: 6th highest of the 17 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the Hyundai Tucson years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 179 complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Tucson are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Tucson by model year
Other 2020 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted