Hyundai Palisade Years to Avoid: No Year Stands Out
- Years to avoid
- No year stands out Every ranked year drew 159 to 318 complaints, under twice the 188.5 complaints of a typical Palisade year.
- Best years
- No year stands out No Palisade year drew under three quarters of the 188.5 complaints of a typical year.
Based on owner complaints filed with NHTSA in each model year's first three years, not adjusted for sales. The 2024 to 2026 models are too new to judge. See every year ranked
Every model year since 2020 in one place: EPA fuel economy, NHTSA recalls, owner complaints and crash test ratings. The best fuel economy rating, 34 mpg combined, arrived in 2026. Includes the Palisade Hybrid.
Palisade problems by year, ranked by owner complaints
How the years are ranked
Model years ranked by owner complaints filed with NHTSA in their first three years (model year Y: filed by the end of Y+2), so every year is measured over the same time on the road. Years without three full years of data, and launch or final years with very few sold, are left out. Counts are not adjusted for how many were sold.
A typical Palisade year drew 188.5 complaints in its first three years: the median of its ranked years. Years to avoid drew at least twice that, and at least 50. Best years are up to three years with the fewest complaints, each under three quarters of a typical year (188.5), with no open NHTSA investigation and no do-not-drive or park-outside recall that covers all versions; the 2020 is never picked, as its first three years fell in the pandemic. How the verdict works.
| Model year | First 3 years | All complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|
Most described: shaking, shuddering or vibration |
318 | 411 | 5 |
Most described: a cracked or shattered windshield |
213 | 543 | 5 |
Most described: seat belt problems |
164 | 449 | 6 |
Most described: seat belt problems |
159 | 322 | 5 |
Compare other models' worst years in the worst model years guide.
Year by year
| Model year | Best rating | Recalls | Complaints | Crash test |
|---|---|---|---|---|
2026 |
34 mpg Hybrid |
3 | 140 | |
2025 |
22 mpg Gas |
3 | 257 | |
2024 |
22 mpg Gas |
5 | 398 | |
2023 |
22 mpg Gas |
5 | 411 | |
2022 |
22 mpg Gas |
5 | 322 | |
2021 |
22 mpg Gas |
6 | 449 | |
2020 |
22 mpg Gas |
5 | 543 |
Owner complaints by model year
All complaints filed so far. Counts rise with sales volume and with time on the road, so recent years look better than they may turn out. The highlighted bar is the model year with the most complaints in its first three years.
2023: 411 complaintsTap or drag across the chart for other years.
Show as a table
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 543 |
| 2021 | 449 |
| 2022 | 322 |
| 2023 | 411 |
| 2024 | 398 |
| 2025 | 257 |
| 2026 | 140 |
Best combined rating by model year
The best-rated version in each model year. Gas: 21 to 22 mpg (every year from 2020 to 2026); highest in 2020. Hybrid: 34 mpg (2026).
- Best gas version
- Best hybrid version
2026: gas 21 mpg · hybrid 34 mpgTap or drag across the chart for other years.
Show as a table
| Model year | Best gas version | Best hybrid version |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 22 | – |
| 2021 | 22 | – |
| 2022 | 22 | – |
| 2023 | 22 | – |
| 2024 | 22 | – |
| 2025 | 22 | – |
| 2026 | 21 | 34 |
Every Palisade year's ratings in one table
Comparisons
Questions
Which Hyundai Palisade years should you avoid?
No Hyundai Palisade year stands out enough to avoid: none drew twice the 188.5 owner complaints of a typical Palisade year or more in its first three years. Counts ranged from 159 to 318. Complaints can't tell you whether a particular car is sound, so whatever the year, check its open recalls by VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls before you buy. Safety recall repairs are free at Hyundai dealers.
What are the best Hyundai Palisade years?
No year stands out as best. No Palisade year drew under three quarters of the 188.5 complaints of a typical year. The 2024, 2025, and 2026 are not ranked yet: they have had fewer than three full years on the road.
Which Hyundai Palisade years have the most problems?
Counting owner complaints filed with NHTSA in each model year's first three years, the 2023 (318) drew the most, then the 2020 (213). Owners of the 2023 most often describe shaking, shuddering or vibration.
Which Hyundai Palisade years have the most recalls?
The 2021 has the most safety recalls in NHTSA's file (6), then the 2024 (5). A recall can cover a problem that affects only a few cars, so open a year's page to see what each one covers. Three recalls tell owners not to drive the car or to park it outside until it is repaired: NHTSA 22V-633 (2020 to 2022 models), NHTSA 23V-526 (2023 to 2024 models), and NHTSA 25V-291 (2025 models).
What are the most common Hyundai Palisade problems?
In the 2,520 owner complaints NHTSA lists for 2020 to 2026 models, owners most often describe shaking, shuddering or vibration (245 complaints, most of them for the 2023 and 2024); seat belt problems (198 complaints, most of them for the 2021, 2022, and 2023); and a cracked or shattered windshield (174 complaints, most of them for the 2020 and 2021). One complaint can describe several problems. Each year's recalls and problems page lists what owners describe for that year.
Which Hyundai Palisade year has the best MPG?
The best EPA fuel economy is 34 mpg combined, first reached by the 2026 hybrid version.
Sources and method
- US EPA fuel economy data (fueleconomy.gov), file dated Nov 4, 2026.
- NHTSA recall file dated Nov 12, 2026 and owner complaint file dated Nov 11, 2026; NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings.
Complaint counts are unverified owner reports and are not adjusted for sales volume. How we build these pages. Spotted an error? Tell us.