Complaint volume
517 consumer-submitted complaints are matched to this model year. Treat the count as a research signal, then read the actual summaries for repeated symptoms.
Complaint records
2020 Hyundai Palisade Complaints
517 consumer-submitted complaints on record for the 2020 Hyundai Palisade, grouped by component category.
517 Total complaints
13 Crash reports
6 Fire reports
9 Injury reports
Complaint data reflects consumer-submitted reports. A complaint is not proof
of a defect, recall, or manufacturer fault. Enriched severity fields come
from official bulk records when the complaint can be matched by ODI number.
Buyer interpretation
How to use these complaints before buying
Complaint records are most useful when they turn into inspection points, seller questions, and comparison checks against nearby model years.
Pattern to inspect
The most common categories are visibility/wiper, engine, suspension. Use those categories as a test-drive checklist instead of judging the vehicle from the total count alone.
Severity flags
Enriched records include 13 crash reports, 6 fire reports, 9 injury reports, and 0 fatality reports. These fields come from complaint records and should be read in context.
Mileage clue
Mileage is available on 162 complaints, with an average reported failure mileage of 13,906 miles. Compare that with the mileage on the listing.
Questions to ask the seller
- Have you had any problems related to visibility/wiper, engine, suspension?
- Can I see recent maintenance and repair records?
- Has the vehicle ever been towed, involved in a crash, or repaired for the same issue twice?
- Can we also check the recall record for this 2020 Hyundai Palisade?
Used-car checklist
Use these complaints before the test drive.
Build a buyer checklist to turn these issues into questions and inspection points.
2020 Hyundai Palisade
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How severe are the 2020 Hyundai Palisade complaints?
13 Crash
6 Fire
9 Injury
0 Fatality
14 Towed
5 Medical attention
What are the most common 2020 Hyundai Palisade complaint categories?
VISIBILITY/WIPER 98
ENGINE 63
SUSPENSION 49
UNKNOWN OR OTHER 45
SEAT BELTS 36
STRUCTURE 17
POWER TRAIN,ENGINE 15
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 13
VISIBILITY 12
POWER TRAIN 11
517 total complaints on record
Latest complaints
| Date | Component | Summary | Severity | Mileage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 2021 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | BOUGHT CAR IN AUGUST 2020 IN JUST A MONTH OWNING IT ROCK CHIPPED THE WINDSHIELD AND CAUSED A HUGE CRACK. TOOK THREE MONTHS FOR REPLACEMENT. WAS FIXED MID NOVEMBER. NOW A MONTH LATER NOTHING HIT MY WINDSHIELD AND IT HAS ANOTHER CRACK. IT WAS SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY. | Crash: No Fire: No | 300 |
| Dec 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WHILE DRIVING DURING SNOWFALL, SNOW ACCUMULATED OVER WIPER AREA AND BLOCKS WIPERS FROM MOVING. WE HAD TO PULL OVER ON HIGHWAY IN MIDDLE OF SNOWSTORM AND CLEAR THE WIPER AREA. EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FOR MYSELF AND FAMILY. THE WIPERS TURN OFF IF THERE'S EVEN A LITTLE AMOUNT OF RESISTANCE, AND THE HOOD DESIGN ALLOWS FOR BUILD UP ACCUMULATION OF SNOW WHERE THE WIPERS GO. | Crash: No Fire: No | 11,000 |
| Dec 2020 | STRUCTURE | INTERMITTENT WHISTLING SOUND AND EXCESSIVE WIND NOISE. APPEARS TO ORIGINATE FROM THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER DOORS/WINDOWS. THIS MAKES DRIVING VERY UNCOMFORTABLE AT SPEEDS OVER 50 MPH | Crash: No Fire: No | 500 |
| Dec 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER | THE CAR WAS PARKED ON MY DRIVEWAY. THE WEATHER DURING THE DAY WAS 65 BUT THEN FROZE AT NIGHT. SOMETIME DURING THE NIGHT MY ENTIRE BACK WINDSHIELD SHATTERED. THERE WAS GLASS ALL THE WAY UP TO THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE, IN THE CUP HOLDERS, EVERYWHERE. THE ARM OF THE WIPER ALSO BROKE IN HALF. THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE OF SOMETHING BEING THROWN OR ANYTHING HITTING THE CAR. THERE WAS NO OTHER DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE BESIDES THE WINDSHIELD BEING SHATTERED. | Crash: No Fire: No | 9,000 |
| Nov 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WE WERE DRIVING ON US-27 AND A PEBBLE SIZED STONE HIT THE FRONT WINDSHIELD AND HAD CAUSED A 18 INCH LINEAR CRACK ON THE CENTER OF THE WINDSHIELD EXTENDING ALL THE WAY TO THE TOP OF THE FRAME. | Crash: No Fire: No | 2,360 |
| Nov 2020 | STRUCTURE | HORRIBLE WHOOSHING SOUND COMES THROUGH BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS WHEN GOING 50MPH OR ABOVE. HYUNDAI HAS KNOW ABOUT IT SINCE EARLY THEIR AND ISSUED A SERVICE BULLETIN; HOWEVER, THEY LATER RETRACTED IT WITH NO ADDITIONAL NEXT STEPS. THIS HAS HAPPENED SINCE I PURCHASED THE CAR IN FEBRUARY AND HAS BEEN ACKNOWLEDGED / CONFIRMED BY THE DEALER. THAT SAID, THE DEALER WILL NOT TAKE ACTION WITHOUT ANOTHER SERVICE BULLETIN. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Oct 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | AT 5,600 MILES A CRACK DEVELOPED BEHIND THE REARVIEW MIRROR ON THE WINDSHIELD. WITHIN A DAY THE CRACK TRAVELED FURTHER DOWN AND CURVED TOWARD THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THE CAR WAS PARKED IN THE GARAGE WHEN THIS OCCURRED. UPON INSPECTION OF THE WINDSHIELD IT LOOKED AS IF A ROCK HAD HIT THE WINDSHIELD BUT NOT BIG ENOUGH THAT WE RECALLED HEARING ANY IMPACT WHILE DRIVING. THE WINDSHIELD IS NOW A SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. | Crash: No Fire: No | 5,600 |
| Oct 2020 | SEATS,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | NOXIOUS SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE OF GARLIC OR OFF-GASSING OF CHEMICALS. THE SMELL IS OVERWHELMING AND MAKES IT IMPOSSIBLE TO USE THE PALISADE UNTIL YOU HAVE AIRED IT OUT COMPLETELY. MANY COMPLAINTS ON THIS TOPIC ON MESSAGE BOARDS AND NO RESOLUTION FOR OVER 6 MONTHS. HYUNDAI WON'T PERMIT US TO RETURN THE VEHICLE AND THIS SMELL COULD BE CONNECTED TO POISONOUS CHEMICALS USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE LEATHER SEATING. AN INVESTIGATION MUST BE COMPLETED AS IT PRESENTS A HEALTH AND SAFETY HAZARD. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Oct 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | ONLY 2,500 MILES AND NEEDS A FULL WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT. A SMALL ROCK HIT THE WINDOW, A SMALL CHIP WHICH IMMEDIATELY SPREAD INTO A CRACK ACROSS THE DRIVERS SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. AND HAVE TO WAIT 6 WEEKS TO GET IT REPLACED BECAUSE THE WINDSHIELD IS ON BACKORDER - THERE MUST BE AN ISSUE THAT A BRAND NEW VEHICLE ALREADY HAS A BACKORDER ON A REPLACEMENT WINDSHIELD! | Crash: No Fire: No | 2,162 |
| Oct 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WITHIN A MONTH OF USING MY VEHICLE IT GOT A SMALL CHIP/CRACK ON THE WINDSHIELD. I DONT RECALL HOW IT COULD HAVE HAPPENED. I FIND IT RIDICULOUS HOW WITHIN ONE MONTH I HAD TO GET MY GLASS FIXED. | Crash: No Fire: No | Unknown |
| Oct 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | A SMALL RICE SIZE PEBBLE HIT WINDSHIELD AND CRACKED WINDSHIELD. ANY NORMAL WINDSHIELD WOULD NOT HAVE CRACKED AT ALL. UPON ATTEMPT TO GET IT REPAIRED, THE CRACK SPREAD 2 FEET. THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE VERY POORLY DESIGNED AND HAVE A MAJOR INTEGRITY ISSUE. | Crash: No Fire: No | 4,000 |
| Oct 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A CRACK OUT OF NOWHERE. NEVER SAW IT GET HIT, BUT LARGE SPREADING CRACK WAS THERE ONE MORNING ... VERY WEAK GLASS. | Crash: No Fire: No | 10,750 |
| Oct 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,VISIBILITY/WIPER | INSIDE OF SIX MONTHS I HAVE HAD TWO WINDSHIELDS THAT HAVE HAD TO BE REPLACED. FROM THE SMALLEST CHIP THE ENTIRE WINDSHIELD SPIDERWEBS AND GOES ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE WINDSHIELD THIS IS NOT NORMAL AND I AM WONDERING WHAT ANYONE IS DOING REGARDING THIS PROBLEM. THE WINDSHIELDS ARE VERY THIN AND THIS APPEARS TO BE A SAFETY HAZARD. THE LITERALLY WATCHED WHILE DRIVING THE SMALL ROCK CHIP TURN INTO A COMPLETE SPIDERWEB ACROSS MY WINDOW. | Crash: No Fire: No | 8,000 |
| Oct 2020 | SEATS | SEATS SMELL ABSOLUTELY ATROCIOUS LIKE GARLIC BREATHE, SMELL IRRADIATES FROM THE SEATS NAPPA LEATHER | Crash: No Fire: No | 500 |
| Oct 2020 | STEERING,SUSPENSION | MY VEHICLE HAS WHAT APPEARS TO BE A MAJOR ALIGNMENT ISSUE. WHEN DRIVING ON ALMOST ANY STRAIGHT STRETCH OF ROAD THE VEHICLE PULLS/VEERS TO THE RIGHT. DEALER SAYS THIS IS AS DESIGNED FROM HYUNDAI AND THAT THEY HAVE CHECKED "EVERYTHING". I AM BAFFLED THAT ANY CAR CAN BE "DESIGNED" TO NOT DRIVE STRAIGHT. THEY CLAIM ALL HYUNDAI VEHICLES ARE "DESIGNED" TO PULL TO THE RIGHT. ONE THE TEST DRIVE WITH THE SERVICE MANAGER, DRIVING 50 - 60 MPH, MY VEHICLE DRIFTED 1 AND A HALF LANES TO THE RIGHT ON ITS OWN. UNDER ACCELERATION IT VEERED 3 LANES TO THE RIGHT. THIS WAS IN A MATTER OF 6 OR 7 SECONDS. THIS HAPPENS ON ALMOST ALL ROADS AND INTERSTATES, NOT JUST SOME. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NOTHING TO REPAIR AND THIS IS "NORMAL" AND TO TAKE IT UP WITH THE MANUFACTURER. I CAN PROVIDE VIDEO OF THE ISSUE. | Crash: No Fire: No | 5,000 |
| Oct 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD DEVELOPED A HAIRLINE CRACK RUNNING HORIZONTALLY OVER MOST OF THE WIDTH, THEN TURNING UPWARD FOR ABOUT A FOOT ON PASSENGER SIDE. NO STONE CHIPS OR IMPACT MARKS, JUST A SPONTANEOUS CRACK THAT I NOTICED IN BRIGHT SUN. IT IS SPREADING. | Crash: No Fire: No | 5,000 |
| Sep 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | MY WIFE STATED WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF WORK AND START DRIVING SHE NOTICE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD HAS A CRACK NEXT TO THE REAR MIRROR. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY ALL THAT TIME. | Crash: No Fire: No | 350 |
| Sep 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD JUST CRACKED 8 INCHES AND I WAS JUST SITTING AT A RED LIGHT | Crash: No Fire: No | 7,500 |
| Sep 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | A ROCK PUT A CRACK ACROSS OUR WINDSHIELD IN A NEW VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING IN 65 MPH HIGHWAY ZONE. THE CRACK STARTS ON THE DRIVER SIDE AND STRETCHES TO THE PASSENGER SIDE. | Crash: No Fire: No | 6,580 |
| Sep 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | PALISADE SAT IN GARAGE FOR 6 DAYS..DROVE OUT TODAY WINDSHIELD CRACKED. DEALER FOUND SUPERFICIAL CHIP THE SIZE OF A PIN HEAD. POOR QUALITY WINDSHIELD | Crash: No Fire: No | 7,200 |
| Sep 2020 | SUSPENSION,POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | VIBRATION AT SPEEDS OF 64/65MPH AND UP. NOT SURE IF DRIVESHAFT OR TRANSMISSION. HYUNDAI HAS ISSUED A TSB BUT WILL NOT HONOR IT. I HAVE ASKED 2X FOR DEALER SERVICE DEPT. TO EVALUATE THIS PROBLEM. THEY SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HONOR THIS TSB. I HAVE SEEN ON FORUMS OTHERS ARE HAVING SAME PROBLEM WITH CARS MADE IN DECEMBER 2019. IT IS PAINFUL TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND I DO NOT KNOW IF IT IS THE DRIVESHAFT, WILL IT BREAK? WILL THE TRANSMISSION FAIL? THIS IS A BRAND NEW CAR PURCHASED NEW AND IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ON THE HIGHWAY AND I CANNOT GET HYUNDAI TO LOOK AT THE PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE SENT EMAILS SAYING TOUGH LUCK. THIS IS ANYTIME YOU ARE DRIVING ON INTERSTATES OR HIGHWAYS WITH SPEED LIMITS OF 70MPH..AT AROUND 64/65 CAR STEERING WHEEL, SEAT, FLOOR VIBRATES UNLESS YOU GO BELOW 63MPH. HAPPENS EVERY TIME. FIRST TIME WAS DRIVING HOME FROM DEALER ON HIGHWAY--BEEN REACHING OUT TO HYUNDAI USA SINCE JULY BEEN TO DEALER IN JULY, AUGUST...BUT ALWAYS TOLD APPOINTMENT WILL BE TWO WEEKS TO 6 WEEKS AWAY. | Crash: No Fire: No | 77 |
| Sep 2020 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER,SERVICE BRAKES,VISIBILITY/WIPER | X2 THE AUTOMATED EMERGENCY BRAKING HAS ACTIVATED FOR NO REASON. 1ST TIME DURING A RAIN EVENT THE AUDIBLE ALARM, HEAD-UP DISPLAY AND AUTOMATED EMERGENCY BRAKING ENGAGED. DURING THIS EVENT THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS WOULD NOT TURN ON, THEY WERE ON AUTOMATIC, I SWITCHED TO MANUAL THEY STILL WOULD NOT WORK. SHORTLY AFTER IT STOPPED RACING THEY BEGAN TO WORK AGAIN. THE SECOND TIME THE EMERGENCY AUTOMATED BRAKING ENGAGED I WAS ON I-70 NEAR SPFLD. OHIO. TRAFFIC WAS MOVING FAST 65-70 MPH, I WAS IN LEFT LANE, HAD A NEARER WALL TO MY LEFT, SEMI TO RIGHT, PASSENGER CAR TO THE FRONT AND SEMI TO MY REAR, THE WEATHER WAS SUNNY OVERALL BEAUTIFUL DAY. WHEN IT ENGAGED ONCE AGAIN ABRUPTLY BRAKED (SAME ALARMS ENGAGED). THIS TIME WITH THE SEMI TO MY REAR IT SCARED ME SO BAD I FELT AS IF I WAS GOING TO GET RAN OVER BY THE SEMI. IN BOTH CASES THE BREAKING WAS ABRUPT AND QUITE AGGRESSIVE, BOTH EVENTS LASTED VERY BRIEFLY 1-3 SECONDS ON THE HIGHWAY INCIDENT I DID FEEL THE BACK IN WIGGLE IT DID NOT BREAK LOSE YOU COULD JUST FILL IT KIND OF HARD SWAY LEFT TO RIGHT OR RIGHT TO LEFT CANNOT REMEMBER THAT EXACTLY. IT CURRENTLY IS IN THE SHOP FOR THE REASONS REPORTED ABOVE AND SERVICING. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF THE INCIDENTS. | Crash: No Fire: No | 10,500 |
| Sep 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | SUV HAS LESS THAN 4K MILES DRIVING DOWN A 35 MPH ROAD FRONT WINDSHIELD CRACKED. ITS BEEN ABOUT A MONTH AND A HALF AND STILL NO ANSWER ON WHEN I WILL GET THE SUV BACK. CALLED CORPORATE THEY SAID IT WAS MY FAULT I DID NOT TAKE IT TO THE DEALER. I DID CALL THE DEALER WHEN IT HAPPENED AND THEY SAID THEY DO NOT REPLACE WINDSHIELDS. SO WHY WOULD I TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IF DO NOT REPLACE IT? | Crash: No Fire: No | 3,700 |
| Sep 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD CRACKED IN MULTIPLE PLACES AFTER A SMALL PEBBLE HITS WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IN THE HIGHWAY. | Crash: No Fire: No | 8,500 |
| Sep 2020 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | WINDSHIELD IN OUR BRAND NEW PALISADE HIT BY A SMALL ROCK ON THE FREEWAY WHICH IMMEDIATELY LED TO A 12" CRACK. THAT CRACK HAS NOW SPREAD TO ENCOMPASS 1/2 OF THE WINDSHIELD. I WAS TOLD THAT THESE WINDSHIELDS ARE THE SAME MATERIAL AS THE KIA TELLURIDE BUT DIFFERENT PART NUMBER. KIA IS COVERING THEIR TELLURIDE CUSTOMERS WINDSHIELD REPLACEMENT WHILE THEY INVESTIGATE. VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE INTEGRITY AND SAFETY OF THIS WINDSHIELD. | Crash: No Fire: No | 900 |