The Lemon Index$8,000 middle bill · most between $5,600 and $10,000
About the same as the $8,000 middle bill owners of all 168 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 86,000 miles (13 reports).
Hyundai Tucson owners reported paying a median of $8,000 for a engine replacement, with the middle half of bills between $5,600 and $10,000. That's from 33 owner reports (33 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,5003%
- $2,500–$5,00015%
- $5,000 and up82%
Share of the 33 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2012 Hyundai Tucson6$9,500 middle bill
- 2013 Hyundai Tucson4$8,400 middle bill
- 2014 Hyundai Tucson1too few for a middle
- 2015 Hyundai Tucson2too few for a middle
- 2016 Hyundai Tucson8$6,800 middle bill
- 2017 Hyundai Tucson4$7,800 middle bill
- 2018 Hyundai Tucson5$10,000 middle bill
- 2019 Hyundai Tucson2too few for a middle
- 2020 Hyundai Tucson1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2017 Hyundai Tucson146 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2016 Hyundai Tucson97 complaints name it6% of that year's complaints
- 2018 Hyundai Tucson67 complaints name it17% of that year's complaints
- 2013 Hyundai Tucson57 complaints name it21% of that year's complaints
- 2019 Hyundai Tucson54 complaints name it14% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Hyundai Tucson49 complaints name it19% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a engine failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Hyundai Tucson reliability by year
- Engine replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Hyundai Tucson owners reported
Catalytic converter replacement (9) · Window regulator replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11771618, 11757815, 11717961, 11696184, 11661029, 11619233, 11612462, 11611908, 11600334, 11593315, 11591106, 11580214 and more.
Quick answers
How much does engine replacement cost on a Hyundai Tucson?
Hyundai Tucson owners reported a median of $8,000, and the middle half paid $5,600 to $10,000, from 33 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Hyundai Tucson engine replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Hyundai Tucson middle bill of $8,000 is about the same as the $8,000 owners of all 168 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Hyundai Tucson repair costs come from?
From 33 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Hyundai Tucson years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2017 (146), 2016 (97), 2018 (67) Hyundai Tucson named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.