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What 171 owners told NHTSA about the 2020 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid Hev

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (171)Crash / fire / injury (7)Engine (67)Brakes (43)Electrical system (19)Driver assistance (12)Transmission & drivetrain (9)Airbags (7)Backup camera & sensors (7)Lane Departure (6)Fuel system (4)Lights (4)

1 of 171 complaints match · Engine · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Nov 14, 2025EngineFire

My adult son was driving and under the hood started to smoke. He pulled over and opened the hood to take a look and then a fire started under the hood! The fire department was called and they put out the fire, cut the gasoline and duct taped it up so the fuel line would not further ignite the hot engine. My insurance is looking into what would have caused a random under the hood fire. Luckily no one was injured. However the engine section of the car is melted beyond belief. My insurance has not told me if the car is repairable or not.

NHTSA ODI 11699488

Working with the data? Download all 171 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 20, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2020 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid Hev verdict →