2025 Hyundai Palisade Reliability Report

Braking over bumps or gravel sets off violent front-end and steering wheel shaking, and the car fails to slow. These reports read like the ABS complaints filed under brakes, and dealers often find nothing wrong. Separate reports describe rear shock failures. In one, a loud rattle was traced to bad rear shocks, and the replacements were back-ordered. In another, a rear strut assembly came loose at about 30 mph and the rear of the car dropped. One owner reports bouncing and lost traction while towing a trailer.

Most of these complaints are about how the transmission behaves: hesitation when accelerating, failure to upshift when merging or passing, and one car that upshifted and pulled forward while coming to a stop at about 816 miles. Dealers often cannot replicate it. One owner reports engine knock and hesitation that progressed to misfires and internal mechanical failure. Another found rear seal and transmission leaks plus a 4x4 coupler that needed replacing. Several of these owners also report the low-speed ABS braking problem.

ABS engages during ordinary low-speed stops or over railroad tracks and entry gates, and the SUV slides forward several feet before it stops. One owner had to shift into park to stop rolling into traffic. Other reports describe every dashboard warning light coming on at once while the power steering stiffens, and a car that starts only with the key fob, not the push button or the phone app. One complaint cites recall 25V-291 without further detail.

Windshields crack or chip easily. Cracks appear suddenly with no visible impact, sometimes at highway speed, and spread across the driver's line of sight. Other owners report an unusual number of rock chips and scratches within months, with chips turning into spiderweb cracks. One report describes a side window cracking at the same moment as the windshield. Most of these cars are under a year old, and owners describe the cracks as a distraction while driving.

Violent shaking hits the wheel when the car brakes over a bump or pothole at walking speed, and stopping distance grows. Drivers compare it to a blowout, and some say they lost control of the car entirely for a few seconds. No warning lights or codes appear, and several suspect the ABS. One car had 1200 miles when the problem started. Dealers usually cannot reproduce it, and one that confirmed it had no fix. These reports match the low-speed braking problem filed under brakes.

Lane keeping assist pushes the car toward one edge of the lane instead of the center and fights the driver's steering. One owner reports that the feature turns itself on with cruise control. Another describes the system steering hard toward the next lane at highway speed with heavy force on the wheel, again and again over 8 months. Owners point to the risk when passing wide trucks or when a car is closing from behind.

Parking sensors and collision systems misjudge obstacles in both directions. In one crash, the system gave no warning and did not brake before the front bumper struck a large rock sitting between two sensors. Another owner reports false warnings and sudden, forceful automatic braking on a clear, sloped driveway in both Drive and Reverse. The trigger appears to be the change in angle where the driveway meets the street.