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2020 Hyundai Palisade · symptom sheet

Burns oil or oil level rises

  • 70owner reports
  • 24,000median miles
  • $700median quote
  • 0involved a crash

Newest report Aug 25, 2026 · checked Sep 9, 2026

135 of the 529 complaints on this car are about the engine. 70 of those describe oil consumption. Only windshield is reported more often on this car.

Tick what matches of 70 reports

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What got replaced

Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the piston rings (22 reports) and the engine (5 reports).

Recalls and investigations

No recall on the engine covers the 2020 model year as of Sep 9, 2026.

What owners paid

5 of the 70 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $675 to $1,000.

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When it happens

The middle half of failures fell between 1,500 and 90,000 miles, from the 45 reports that gave a mileage.

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What owners wrote

“It is burning much more oil per 1000 miles than the Hyundai website says is normal. It has kept burning oil at a very high and abnormal rate. To the point of having to carry oil while driving. Nothing happened to make this start, it just began!”

Filed May 9, 2026 · 1,000 miles

“Burns oil and I have to change it every 3K-5K miles. I add oil throughout to keep it topped off, but by around 5K miles it’s nearly black. It would be completely dry by 10K miles. Yesterday I noticed an oil drip from what I assume is a faulty gasket, which is new.”

Filed Feb 4, 2026 · 10,000 miles

“Engine started burning oil at 65000 miles. It has now run almost completely out of oil twice at about 4200 miles since last oil change, not even close to reaching the manufacturer recommended interval of 7500 miles between oil changes. On top of the engine consuming oil at an alarming rate, there are no warning indicator lights that turn on to let you know your oil level is critically low.”

Filed Oct 28, 2025 · 65,000 miles

“In short, the transmission has been replaced, the fuel injectors and other components. After that gets fixed they are saying we need a whole new engine and hyundai with only a pay a portion of it. We did the oil consumption test and it failed. The car was down for almost two months and they want us to pay 6k as our part. This is absolutely ridiculous and this seems to have been a known issue.”

Filed Jun 8, 2025

Should you keep driving it?

This page can't tell you that. 0 of 70 reports involved a crash. Owners who file are the ones who had a bad experience, and nobody checks their reports. If the problem affects steering, braking, power or a fire risk, treat it as a safety fault and have it inspected before a long or high-speed drive.

File your own report with NHTSA. Complaint counts are how a problem gets an investigation.

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