2018 Hyundai Tucson service brakes problems
21 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the service brakes on the 2018 Hyundai Tucson — 5% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“I purchased this car [XXX] as a CPO vehicle from a Ford dealership. By [XXX] the oil pressure light would flicker and it was clear the car was burning a lot of oil between changes. On 8/22 an oil change was completed at dealer. On [XXX] the oil pressure light flickered and it was three quarts down…”
filed Oct 27, 2025
“My daughter‘s car was in park and still running and she got out of the car and went to the back of the car opened up the hatch cleaned her window went to the side of the car passenger side went to go get out her lunchbox and the car ran over my daughter And crushed her left side and tore off part…”
filed Apr 4, 2025
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) recalled certain 2019-2021 Tucson vehicles on September…Campaign 20V543000 · Sep 4, 2020
Service Brakes problems in other Tucson years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 Tucson | 14 | 26% |
| 2025 Tucson | 36 | 13% |
| 2024 Tucson | 14 | 16% |
| 2023 Tucson | 16 | 13% |
| 2022 Tucson | 31 | 8% |
| 2021 Tucson | 9 | 12% |
| 2020 Tucson | 26 | 15% |
| 2019 Tucson | 51 | 14% |
| 2017 Tucson | 29 | 3% |
| 2016 Tucson | 33 | 2% |
| 2015 Tucson | 14 | 6% |
| 2014 Tucson | 15 | 8% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2018 Hyundai Tucson
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.