Hyundai Palisade vs Chevrolet Tahoe: which is more reliable?
The Hyundai Palisade and the Chevrolet Tahoe are level on the federal record — 68/100 against 68/100 across the years we score. Which one to buy is decided by the model year, not the badge.
The record, side by side
Hyundai Palisade
- 4 model years scored
- 1,579 owner complaints on record
- about 151 complaints per year on the road
- 19 recall campaigns, 11 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (78/100) · worst 2025 (58/100)
Chevrolet Tahoe
- 5 model years scored
- 942 owner complaints on record
- about 56 complaints per year on the road
- 25 recall campaigns, 15 safety-critical
- best year 2025 (82/100) · worst 2021 (39/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Palisade against Tahoe
The comparison that decides the purchase. A nameplate is not one car — a redesign can move the record sixty points inside two years, and the two nameplates rarely move together.
What owners actually complain about
Hyundai Palisade
- Service Brakes — 316 complaints
- Seat Belts — 263 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 237 complaints
Chevrolet Tahoe
- Engine — 389 complaints
- Power Train — 174 complaints
- Electrical System — 149 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Palisade's complaints concentrate in Service Brakes, the Tahoe's in Engine. That difference matters more to a buyer than the score gap, because it says which repair bill you are taking on.
Years to avoid on each
Hyundai Palisade: no model year scores below 45; the strongest are 2020, 2021.
Chevrolet Tahoe — avoid: 2021.
A year scores below 45 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns. Every car’s years to avoid.
What each costs today
A recent used Hyundai Palisade prices at about $63,100 and a Chevrolet Tahoe at about $63,100 — they price within $1 of each other, which at this level is the same money, and they return 21.0 against 17.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Hyundai Palisade or the Chevrolet Tahoe more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Hyundai Palisade scores 68/100 against the Chevrolet Tahoe's 68/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Hyundai Palisade and Chevrolet Tahoe years should I avoid?
Hyundai Palisade: no year scores below 45. Chevrolet Tahoe: 2021. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Hyundai Palisade and the Chevrolet Tahoe?
The largest complaint group on the Hyundai Palisade is Service Brakes (316 complaints); on the Chevrolet Tahoe it is Engine (389).
Is the Hyundai Palisade or the Chevrolet Tahoe cheaper to own?
A recent used Hyundai Palisade prices at about $63,100 and a Chevrolet Tahoe at about $63,100, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.