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2021 Hyundai Palisade

For every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2021 Palisade than about the typical Palisade year. Among the 4 Palisade years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2022 (1.74 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2023 (3.60).

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

1.83 per 1,000

0.7 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 155 complaints filed in the first three years, of 447 ever. 95% lower bound 1.54. Not counted: 9 complaints that reported only that a recall repair was unavailable, not a failure.

Every Palisade model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsTypical year, 2.52

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
20202.52208
20211.83155
20221.74147
20233.60310

Issues owners of the 2021 Palisade report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Seat Belts 113 complaints

row5750%
second row3027%
unlatched2018%
row seat1917%
randomly1614%
row passenger109%

Unknown Or Other 83 complaints

sunroof2227%
glass1619%
closed1316%
child1214%

Engine 63 complaints

consumption2337%
oil consumption2235%
quarts1117%

When it breaks

63% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 3,500 miles, from 60 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 17 complaints about this component over roughly 4 months before an investigation opened.

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Questions buyers ask about the 2021 Hyundai Palisade

Is 2021 a good year or a bad year for the Palisade?

For every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2021 Palisade than about the typical Palisade year. Among the 4 Palisade years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2022 (1.74 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2023 (3.60). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2021 Palisade have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Seat Belts (113), Unknown Or Other (83), Engine (63). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2021 Palisade 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 Palisade years: for every car sold, owners filed somewhat fewer complaints about the 2021 Palisade than about the typical Palisade year.

Which Palisade year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2022, at 1.74 per 1,000 sold. Every Palisade year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Palisade.

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 taken year by year from published US sales figures, each one quoted from a named source.