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2025 Hyundai Palisade: common problems and reliability
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245 owner complaints, most about service brakes. 3 recalls.
Should I buy a 2025 Palisade?The 2025 Hyundai Palisade has 245 owner-filed NHTSA complaints and 3 recalls on record. The most-reported areas are service brakes and seat belts. Owners most often flag climate system inefficiency: heater blowing lukewarm air even on high settings, slow-to-heat driver's seat, particularly noted in a 2025 model.
Safety record for the 2025 model year
Source: NHTSA complaints and recalls filed for 2025 Hyundai Palisade vehicles (US, public record).
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Is 2025 a good year for the Palisade?
Across the 7 Palisade model years we track, complaint volume runs from 306 (2022) to 536 (2020). With 245 complaints, the 2025 Palisade sits below the model's median of 385.
These are raw NHTSA complaint totals, not adjusted for how many cars sold or how long each model year has been on the road. Older and higher-selling years accumulate more complaints.
Where owners report problems
Recalls affecting the 2025 Palisade
power train:automatic transmission:fluid/lubricant:pump
Campaign 25V291000Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Hyundai Palisade vehicles. An insufficient seal on the controller for the electric oil pump may allow moisture to accumulate in the printed circuit board, which can cause an electrical short and result in a fire.
seat belts: rear/other:buckle assembly
Campaign 25V607000Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Palisade vehicles. The seat belt buckles in the driver, passenger, and second-row window seats may fail to latch.
air bags:side/window:curtain
Campaign 26V034000Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020-2025 Palisade vehicles. The side curtain air bags for third-row occupants may deploy improperly in a crash. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 226, "Ejection Mitigation."
What owners say across generations
Mixed sentiment with a clear generational divide.
- IsolatedClimate system inefficiency
Heater blowing lukewarm air even on high settings, slow-to-heat driver's seat, particularly noted in a 2025 model.
Owner insights cover all generations of the Palisade. See the full Palisade owner picture and every model year.
Typical used price
Used Palisade listings typically run $21,327–$34,765.
Other Palisade model years
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