2022 Hyundai Tucson

Small SUV · gas

★ Open to everyone — one of the ten most-registered models this year.

Fuel economy
29mpg1
26 city · 33 highway
CO₂ 314 g/mi · 195 g/km2
EPA
Fuel cost
$2,0553
per year · estimate
EPA · EIA
Power
187hp4
rated
NHTSA
Crash rating
—5
3 recall campaigns6
NHTSA
Kerb weight
—8
Warranty
5yr10
60,000 mi
Hyundai
How much to run it29 mpg · $2,055 / yr
Combined
29 mpg1EPA
EPA test cycle, combined · configuration Tucson FWD
City · highway
26 · 33EPA
EPA test cycle, mpg
Tailpipe CO₂
314 g/mi2EPA195 g/km
tailpipe rating, driven as rated on the test cycle · 195 g/km
Fuel, per year
$2,0553EPA · EIAestimate · $10,276 over five years
estimate — 13,800 mi at $4.319 per gallon, EIA US regular, 2026-09-14
How it performs187 hp
Power
187 hp4NHTSArated
the rated figure — NHTSA's CAFE market data
Engine
2.5 L, 4 cylindersEPA
as listed in the EPA fuel-economy file
Transmission
Automatic (S8)EPA
as listed in the EPA fuel-economy file
Drive
Front-wheel driveEPA
as listed in the EPA fuel-economy file
How safe3 recalls
Crash rating
—5NHTSA
Recall campaigns
36NHTSA
NHTSA recall register, campaigns naming TUCSON (2022) · as of 2026-09-10
3 campaigns, what and when
  • 2021-12-02Electrical system · software — Inoperative headlights or taillights can decrease visibility for both the driver and surrounding traffic, increasing the risk of a crash. 21V938000
  • 2023-01-31Structure · critical fasteners — A detached roof molding could become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash. 23V038000
  • 2025-12-18Trailer hitches — Nonfunctioning trailer lights can increase the risk of a crash. A short circuit can increase the risk of a fire. 25V893000
Complaints per 10,000 built
19.957NHTSA365 complaints, 27 severe · 182,972 built
computed here: 365 complaints ÷ 182,972 built (NHTSA early-warning production, 2026 Q1); no publisher states the rate
What owners complain about
Fuel/propulsion system129Engine111Power train60Unspecified48Electrical system46

See these complaints at NHTSA ↗

How bigSmall SUV
Kerb weight
—8
EPA test weight
—9EPA
Class
Small SUVEPA
the publisher's own vehicle class
Body
SUVNHTSA
as NHTSA lists it
Ownership5 yr / 60,000 mi
Price
—13NHTSA
Warranty
5 years10Hyundai60,000 mi
Hyundai's published 2022 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table
On the road in New York
8,38611NY DMV
NY DMV registration file, 2026-09-02

Notes and sources

  1. Fuel economy: EPA combined test-cycle figure for the configuration Tucson FWD (26 city, 33 highway). EPA data dated 2026-09-09, the latest modifiedOn date EPA records in vehicles.csv.↩
  2. CO₂: EPA's tailpipe rating for the car driven as rated on the test cycle — 314 g/mi, or 195 g/km.↩
  3. Fuel cost: an estimate — 13,800 mi a year at the EPA combined figure, priced at $4.319 per gallon (EIA US regular, 2026-09-14). Five years: $10,276. No publisher states this figure.↩
  4. Power: 187 hp is the rated figure, from NHTSA's CAFE market data.↩
  5. Crash rating: NHTSA rated vehicles under this nameplate, but the ratings differ between the configurations it tested and none of them is this car's, so no rating is stated.↩
  6. Recall campaigns: NHTSA's count for this nameplate (TUCSON), as of 2026-09-10. Each is repaired free of charge by dealers.↩
  7. Complaints per 10,000 built: computed here from NHTSA's complaint count for the Tucson nameplate (365, of which 27 describe a crash, fire, injury or death) and the 182,972 vehicles NHTSA's own early-warning production reports place on it (2026 Q1). No publisher states the rate itself.↩
  8. Kerb weight: not published. EPA certification alone states a curb weight for this car, and another source's figure for this nameplate could not be attributed to this car.↩
  9. EPA test weight: not published. EPA values disagree.↩
  10. Warranty: 5 years or 60,000 miles, from Hyundai's published 2022 warranty statement, compiled into carstandings.com's warranty table.↩
  11. Registrations: 8,386 Tucsons of this model year on New York's roads, from the NY DMV registration file as of 2026-09-02.↩
  12. This car is measured on the petrol scale: miles per gallon, the tailpipe CO₂ rating and whole-car horsepower. MPGe and charge-weighted CO₂ are electric-scale quantities and do not apply to it.↩
  13. Price: no price is published for this car. NHTSA's CAFE market data prices this market's cars by compliance configuration, and it lists none matching this one.↩

Sources: EPA · NHTSA — about these sources →