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2005 Hyundai Tucson electrical system problems

30 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the electrical system on the 2005 Hyundai Tucson16% of all complaints for this model year.

30
Electrical System complaints
16%
share of all complaints
66,000 mi
median reported incident mileage
0 / 1
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • This car accelerates while unattended. Most likely due to an ECM malfunction and unable to properly respond/send signals to the motor. On 4 occasions, the car has accelerated, even if in park. It will go 25mph on its own and to stop I had to put it in neutral. I’ve seen that my car isn’t the only…

    filed Feb 1, 2023

  • ESP off ligh comes on and off have to turn suv off to ture light off Had report it to nhtsa twice but no one replied 2/28/22 # 05V119000 2/14/22 #11454471

    filed Jan 13, 2023

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Electrical System problems in other Tucson years

YearReportsShare
2026 Tucson713%
2025 Tucson5822%
2024 Tucson1618%
2023 Tucson2520%
2022 Tucson4913%
2021 Tucson1115%
2020 Tucson1911%
2019 Tucson4612%
2018 Tucson277%
2017 Tucson838%
2016 Tucson21313%
2015 Tucson209%
Tucson electrical system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.