Hyundai Palisade: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy
Hyundai Palisade: 6 model years scored from 1,579 NHTSA owner complaints and 19 recall campaigns. Worst year 2025, best year 2020.
Hyundai Palisade: which years to avoid
Across 4 scored model years the Hyundai Palisade ranges from 58/100 in 2025 to 78/100 in 2020 — a 20-point spread, so which year you buy matters. The weakest year’s complaints concentrate in Service Brakes (96 of them).
Safest years: 2020, 2021 — scored 70 or better.
Scored from NHTSA complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. How the score works · every car’s years to avoid.
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How the Palisade changed, run by run
The federal record falls into 2 stretches of years that behave alike. A redesign shows up here as a step in the complaint rate that then holds.
2020–2021
Mean score 78/100, about 87 complaints per year on the road. Owners of these years complain about Engine more than anything else (181 complaints). 6 recall campaign(s) in this run touch fire, crash or stall risk.
2024–2025
Mean score 60/100, about 216 complaints per year on the road. Owners of these years complain about Service Brakes more than anything else (316 complaints). The record falls 18 points against the years before it. 5 recall campaign(s) in this run touch fire, crash or stall risk.
Year-by-year data table
Best year in our data: 2020 (score 78). Worst: 2025 (score 58, CAUTION).
| Year | Score | Verdict | Running cost / yr | NHTSA complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | CAUTION | $8,040 | 240 | 3 |
| 2024 | 61 | CAUTION | $7,249 | 382 | 5 |
| 2023 | — | DATA PENDING | $3,760 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | DATA PENDING | $3,900 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 77 | BUY | $5,670 | 429 | 6 |
| 2020 | 78 | BUY | $5,852 | 528 | 5 |
Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.
Photographs and every generation of the Palisade, through the years →
What goes wrong on the Hyundai Palisade
Across every Palisade model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.
- Service Brakes316 complaints across all Palisade years · typical job: Pads, rotors and caliper service, both axles$580–$1,140
- Seat Belts263 complaints across all Palisade years · typical job: Pretensioner or retractor replacement$360–$800
- Unknown Or Other237 complaints across all Palisade years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
- Engine181 complaints across all Palisade years · typical job: Cooling-system or timing-drive repair$1,040–$2,220
- Visibility/Wiper162 complaints across all Palisade years · typical job: Wiper motor, linkage or windscreen replacement$490–$1,200
- Suspension124 complaints across all Palisade years · typical job: Struts, springs and control-arm bushings, one axle$780–$1,580
Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.
FAQ
What are the best Hyundai Palisade years to buy?
2020, 2021 all score 70 or better. The strongest is the 2020 at 78/100, on 528 complaints and 5 recall campaigns.
Which Hyundai Palisade years should I avoid?
The 2025 is the weakest year we score, at 58/100 (CAUTION), on 240 complaints and 3 recalls. Check the year-by-year table above before committing to any particular car.
What is the most common Hyundai Palisade problem?
316 of the complaints filed against the Palisade across all its model years sit in the Service Brakes group — more than any other component.
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Sources: NHTSA, EPA · Methodology · Updated 2026-10-04