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2008 Hyundai Azera

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2008 Azera in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.69 per 1,000

too few complaints to rank against its other years

Counted from 10 complaints filed in the first three years, of 69 ever. 95% lower bound 0.26.

Every Azera model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.83

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20080.6910
20090.777
20120.837
20131.2212
20141.1911

Issues owners of the 2008 Azera report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

21% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 64,000 miles, from 58 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 1 of which list a recall campaign.

Rear Control Arm Failure

Questions buyers ask about the 2008 Hyundai Azera

Is 2008 a good year or a bad year for the Azera?

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2008 Azera in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2008 Azera have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Seats (24), Air Bags (16), Service Brakes (16).

Is the 2008 Azera reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Azera years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2008 Azera in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Azera.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.