Nissan Rogue vs Hyundai Tucson: which is more reliable?
The Nissan Rogue and the Hyundai Tucson are level on the federal record — 65/100 against 66/100 across the years we score. Which one to buy is decided by the model year, not the badge.
The record, side by side
Nissan Rogue
- 15 model years scored
- 6,107 owner complaints on record
- about 79 complaints per year on the road
- 72 recall campaigns, 40 safety-critical
- best year 2020 (88/100) · worst 2023 (34/100)
Hyundai Tucson
- 8 model years scored
- 4,101 owner complaints on record
- about 72 complaints per year on the road
- 20 recall campaigns, 13 safety-critical
- best year 2021 (89/100) · worst 2016 (37/100)
Mean score is the average across model years from 2013 on, where both records are comparable. How the score works.
Year by year: Rogue against Tucson
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
Nissan Rogue
- Power Train — 1,389 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 1,166 complaints
- Engine — 938 complaints
Hyundai Tucson
- Engine — 1,759 complaints
- Power Train — 999 complaints
- Unknown Or Other — 536 complaints
They do not fail the same way: the Rogue's complaints concentrate in Power Train, the Tucson'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
Nissan Rogue — avoid: 2023, 2025.
Hyundai Tucson — avoid: 2016, 2017.
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 Nissan Rogue prices at about $30,500 and a Hyundai Tucson at about $21,900 — the Hyundai Tucson is roughly $8,600 less, and they return 31.0 against 23.0 MPG combined.
Class-level estimates re-priced to your country, not a valuation of one car. Method.
FAQ
Is the Nissan Rogue or the Hyundai Tucson more reliable?
On the NHTSA record the Hyundai Tucson scores 66/100 against the Nissan Rogue's 65/100, averaged across every model year we hold. The gap is small enough that the model year matters more than the badge.
Which Nissan Rogue and Hyundai Tucson years should I avoid?
Nissan Rogue: 2023, 2025. Hyundai Tucson: 2016, 2017. Each of those scores under 45 out of 100 on complaints per year of exposure and recall campaigns.
What goes wrong on the Nissan Rogue and the Hyundai Tucson?
The largest complaint group on the Nissan Rogue is Power Train (1,389 complaints); on the Hyundai Tucson it is Engine (1,759).
Is the Nissan Rogue or the Hyundai Tucson cheaper to own?
A recent used Nissan Rogue prices at about $30,500 and a Hyundai Tucson at about $21,900, before insurance and the maintenance band. Both pages carry the five-year running-cost figure.