Hyundai Tucson

Car was absolutely great for 4 years and serviced regularly and on time by the same dealer. Then, without any warning, at 90k, had catastrophic engine failure. Things happen. But the real problem is that Hyundai Australia could not get all the parts to fix, so after 4 months got a buy back.

See the photos, they speak for themselves. I can’t believe Hyundai blocked me from their Facebook page for simply pasting these screenshots from their page. Absolutely appalling, they didn’t even respond to my fb messages either. Clearly they want to hide this from other potential people.

I had a Hyundai XL for 20 years and I purchased another one because of that.
Any car that car last 20 years is in my books a great car.
They said it was made only to last 8 years a throw away car but Hyundai proved them wrong and so did I.
9/10

The letter I have emailed to Head Office is below which sums my review up!!:-

We have been experiencing an intermittent fault with the radio/satellite navigation unit in our Hyundai for the past 3 years, as outlined below:

• The Radio/Satellite Navigation Unit on our Tucson was losing power intermittently, or freezing and not working at all. We asked Hyundai look at the Unit on 13.12.2019. Hyundai said they would do an update on the Unit and we could monitor for issues. On the next service 13.11.20 we mentioned the Unit again as it had not...

Although a good vehicle to drive and was purchased new.purchased 10/2020
lacks acceleration from stationary position and struggles to find correct gear when rounding corners to accelerate out of. Need the use of using d- manual and drive like a semi auto so you can obtain correct gear.
driving at slow speed on Nth Shore of Sydney can be a struggle.
rear leather seats to have unglued slightly and give the appearance of a bubble on the seat.
Hyundai wont cover as warranty as they claim it is from external forces.
Drivers side window issues ,altho...

I bought the Tucson Elite July 2021 and I’m shocked that for the price I paid ($40,000+) you don’t get a boot/trunk that has a gas lift, automatically opens or at the very least, pops the boot open when the key fob is pressed. There is also no option for a button on the dashboard to pop the boot open. You have to manually open the boot by hand and close it which makes it unrealistic for those with disabilities, hand injuries or too short to reach the handle to close it. What a shame Hyundai.

Other than that, it’s a good car for a compact SUV but I believe for what I paid, there are other brands that give you these features and more on a middle model.

We have had our Hyundai Tucson since 2016 and for a couple of years it was fine but one day we were getting into it and it was raining and the rain got into the car and now the car key for the car doesn't work so we have to unlock it from the key hole that's on the door handle but its not to bad because we can unlock it manually and we just flick the unlock and lock switch a couple of times and it unlocks the other doors, but the boot wont open so you have to do that manually too so we usually do not use the boot. Most of our windows don't wind down or wind up so we had to get them stuck up luckily the drivers window is fixed so we can use it but we are still waiting to get our other windows fixed.

I had a highlander for two days and retuned it, 1, its underpowered, and I drove both the Turbo petrol and oil burner, the engine is just way too underpowered for its size. 1.6 LT Turbo? really for a big SUV? thats a joke. Even the 2.0 oil burner ? nope too small! Where is the V6? or the Electric ? 2, its trying to compete with Jeep and others that have better looking interiors, better build quality and dont feel like they are going to fall apart over the next bump, it fails at quality of interior with cheap plastics, and poor styling insid...

Bought second hand last year and very pleased so far.
Excellent handling and braking and the performance of the diesel engine is more than enough.
Only a few niggles have emerged : we live on a dirt road and a few rattles and squeaks have emerged, but nothing serious. Servicing is expensive. Also left indicator is a bit erratic, but we live with it.
We originally bought this car to replace our 2010 model Rav4, which was good but worn out. Comparing the Tucson with similar age Rav4s showed the Tucson better optioned, better build and bett...

Good finish, leather upholstery, interior fit-out user friendly, takes minimal time to get used to all the uses of the new driver aids. Very comfortable, easy to get in and out, good tailgate access. Good comfortable touring, one trip to Cairns, and handle all road conditions there and back. Has had the one recall for the brake circuit mods, no cost. Going in for 15000klm service soon. so will get a good check over and tires rotated etc. Got a very good deal on the new price then got $1000 cash back after the purchase which made it all the swee...

Roughly every 6 months the air conditioner fails and they try to repair it again works for a while and then fails. It is a well looked after car 65000km

I would like to make sure everyone knows Hyundai Tuscan has a major engine issue. I own a 2017 Tuscan. The engine is dead and I am getting zero support from the company because my km's are past the km's they cover under the Warranty. There are many discussions around this online and a lot of owners are talking about the horrible experiences they have had with this car's engine. I am left with a dead car and 18k debt to the bank.

I just want to add that I am a Hyundai dedicated customer for the past couple of years. This is the third Hyundai car my family has purchased and will never go back to Hyundai again. I hope no one experiences this. Do not buy Tuscan.

My engine blew up at 90,000 KM - i left it into the dealers, the mechanic repeatedly assured me that the engine should not blow up at that millage regardless of the service history - it was fully serviced as per the log book with one missing at 30,000 km. I had to pay for my own hire car while they investigated - the cost of which was $3000. They came back telling me it was denied, the mechanic dealer again saying there is no reason for it to be denied and i had to pay for a further diagnoses ($600) to be denied again. Throughout the experience...

I test drove this car overnight and I don't know what it is with these cars that have cheap plastics that rattle when you drive. There were a lot of positives otherwise, it was roomy, decent boot, great infotainment.

The biggest negatives was that you had to go to the higher spec for RCTA and other safety features, it was so thirsty, the outside is bigger than it has to be for the room inside and the cheap plastics that rattled. I actually took this one for a drive at night and it was okay. Why I didn't buy it was lack of safety features in t...

We purchased this car in 2017 and so far it has been fantastic. It is fuel economic and spacious without being too clunky. The Tuscon has great design, looks great and is perfect for both city and open road driving.