{"id":"2025_hyundai_palisade","make":"Hyundai","make_slug":"hyundai","model":"Palisade","model_slug":"palisade","year":2025,"url":"/hyundai/palisade/2025/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":47951,"model":"Palisade FWD","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S8)","cyl":6,"displ":3.8,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":19,"hwy":26,"comb":22,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD","co2":403,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":2850,"save_spend":-3000,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HYX","modified":"Thu Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2024"},{"id":47958,"model":"Palisade AWD","pt":"gas","drive":"All-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (S8)","cyl":6,"displ":3.8,"eng":"SIDI","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":true,"city":19,"hwy":24,"comb":21,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Regular","vclass":"Small Sport Utility Vehicle 4WD","co2":420,"fe_score":4,"ghg_score":4,"fuel_cost":2950,"save_spend":-3500,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"HYX","modified":"Thu Oct 17 00:00:00 EDT 2024"}],"vclass":"Small Sport Utility Vehicle 2WD","segment":"Compact SUV","recalls":[{"campaign":"26V034000","component":"AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2026-01-22","owner_notified":"2026-06-26","units":568576,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Palisade vehicles. The side curtain air bags for third-row occupants may deploy improperly in a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 226, \"Ejection Mitigation.\"","consequence":"Improper side curtain air bag deployment increases the risk of injury during a crash.","remedy":"Dealers will install a protective film over the rear window and remove padding, as necessary free of charge. Interim notification letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed beginning March 13, 2026. Final remedy owner letters will be mailed in phases, beginning in June 2026 and expected to continue through December 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 292. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on January 24, 2026.","notes":"","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"292","initiated_by":"OVSC","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"25V607000","component":"SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2025-09-11","owner_notified":"2026-06-26","units":568580,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Palisade vehicles. The seat belt buckles in the driver, passenger, and second-row window seats may fail to latch.","consequence":"Seat belt buckles that fail to latch may not properly restrain occupants in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.","remedy":"Passengers are advised to insert the belt firmly into the buckle with a quick and direct motion, pulling on the belt to confirm the seat belt is fully secured, until the recall remedy is performed. Dealers will replace the seat belt buckle assemblies, free of charge. Interim notification letters, notifying owners of the safety risk, were mailed beginning October 23, 2025. Final remedy owner letters will be mailed in phases, beginning in June 2026 and expected to continue through December 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 283.  Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on September 13, 2025.","notes":"","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"283","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"},{"campaign":"25V291000","component":"POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:PUMP","mfr":"Hyundai Motor America","reported":"2025-05-06","owner_notified":"2025-06-11","units":620,"summary":"Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Hyundai Palisade vehicles.  An insufficient seal on the controller for the electric oil pump may allow moisture to accumulate in the printed circuit board, which can cause an electrical short and result in a fire.","consequence":"A fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.","remedy":"Owners are advised to park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the recall remedy is completed.  Dealers will replace the electric oil pump controller, free of charge.  Owner notification letters were mailed June 11, 2025.  Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.  Hyundai's number for this recall is 278.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1- 888-275-9171) or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"278","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"}],"recall_count":3,"critical_count":1,"park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"score":69,"grade":"D","complaints":{"count":240,"crash":8,"fire":1,"injured":6,"deaths":1,"comps":[["Service Brakes",91],["Seat Belts",57],["Unknown Or Other",42],["Air Bags",31],["Forward Collision Avoidance",26],["Suspension",14]],"by_year":{"2024":1,"2025":134,"2026":105},"excerpts":[["2025-04-22","Exterior Lighting","The contact owns a 2025 Hyundai Palisade. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed at night, the driver's side headlamp failed to adequately illuminate the roadway. No warning lights were illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who agreed that the headlamp provided little illumination but\u2026"],["2025-04-18","Service Brakes","I was driving not even 5 miles per hour because I was coming to a turn I was making there was bumps in the road I ran over and lost control of the car no steering at all I couldn't stop it felt like I had a blow out and then I stomped on the brake hard and it stopped before it hit the curb with no codes or anything to \u2026"],["2025-04-17","Service Brakes","When traveling slowly and braking, if you hit a bump the car steering begins to shake wildly that makes you feel you will lose control. You have to bump the brakes to make it stop. Seems like the anti lock brakes kick in when it shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t and because it is the front tires make the car violently shake. Happens intermi\u2026"]]},"investigations":[{"action":"AQ26001","component":"NONE","opened":"2026-06-09","closed":"","campaign":"","subject":"NU Car rental of vehicles with open recalls","summary":"NHTSA is opening this Audit Query (AQ) to investigate NU Car Rentals (NU Car) for compliance with the requirements of the National Traffic and Motor Vehicle Safety Act.The Safety Act requires that a rental company shall not rent a vehicle subject to a safety recall unless the recall remedy has been performed. 49 U.S.C. \u00c2\u00a7 30120(i). NHTSA is in receipt of information that indicates NU Car rented at least two vehicles to consumers without having performed required recall repairs. The Vehicle Owner Questionnaires (VOQ) related to this investigation can be found on nhtsa.gov by searching for ID number 11730449 and 11504655. Accordingly, we are opening this audit query to seek additional informat"}],"ncap":[{"desc":"SUV AWD","overall":null,"frontal":5,"side":null,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.143,"seats":8,"fcw":"Standard & Optional","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard & Optional","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null},{"desc":"SUV FWD","overall":null,"frontal":5,"side":null,"rollover":4,"rollover_risk":0.159,"seats":8,"fcw":"Standard & Optional","ldw":"Standard","aeb":"Standard & Optional","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":22,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":22,"ncap":null,"complaints":240},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 02:56 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}