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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Hyundai Veracruz Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 9 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Veracruz, across 6 model years from 2007 to 2012. The 2008 has the most (7); the fewest among years with a recall is 2012 (3).

Model years
6

2007–2012, with a recall

Recall campaigns
9
Most recalls
2008

7 recalls

Owner complaints
661

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 661 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai Veracruz across 6 model years; the most, 230, concern the 2008.

Owners marked a crash on 14 of the Hyundai Veracruz complaints (2%) and a fire on 17.

Across all Hyundai Veracruz model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 186 complaints), then the engine (179).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Hyundai Veracruz in 2021: 167, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Hyundai Veracruz is exterior lighting: brake lights: switch, in 6 model-year listings.

The newest Hyundai Veracruz recall, 23V651000, was reported on September 22, 2023 and concerns the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module.

Hyundai Veracruz years to avoid

Too few Hyundai Veracruz model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 3 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Hyundai Veracruz, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
20123654not ranked
2011510620not ranked
20105915not ranked
20094243not ranked
2008723022not ranked
2007614523not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Hyundai Veracruz years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Hyundai Veracruz

  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH6
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE6
  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:OIL/LUBRICATION:SEALS/GASKETS6
  • TRAILER HITCHES4
  • EQUIPMENT3
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE3
  • AIR BAGS:FRONTAL2

Hyundai Veracruz model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Hyundai Veracruz recall campaign (9)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Hyundai Veracruz, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
23V651000September 22, 2023service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module2010–2012fire and injurypark outside1,649,478
20V705000November 13, 2020engine and engine cooling: engine: oil/lubrication: seals/gaskets2007–2012crash60,097
14V415000July 8, 2014engine and engine cooling: engine2007–2012crash61,122
13V113000April 1, 2013exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2008–2011crash1,712,336
11V472000September 9, 2011air bags: frontal2007–2008crash and injury205,233
09V122000April 15, 2009exterior lighting: brake lights: switch2007–2008crash532,633
08E016000trailer hitches2007–2008fire—
08E055000trailer hitches2007–2008fire—
11E041000equipment2009–2011fire—

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Hyundai Veracruz. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: September 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted