2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid · symptom sheet
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking)
- 26owner reports
- 17,012median miles
- 2involved a crash
Newest report Aug 28, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
77 of the 139 complaints on this car are about collision avoidance. 26 of those describe phantom braking.
Tick what matches of 26 reports
Phantom braking on other Tucson Hybrid years
No other Tucson Hybrid model year has enough reports of phantom braking for a sheet of its own. See every Tucson Hybrid year.
What this problem usually is
Phantom braking is a car that brakes hard on its own, often at highway speed, with nothing in the road ahead. About one owner in five mentions a near miss with the car behind.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the radar or camera sensor (5 reports) and the software (5 reports).
Recalls and investigations
One recall on collision avoidance covers the 2025 model year. A recall on the same system isn't always the same failure, so read the defect text.
Software in the front cameras may cause the forward collision avoidance system to activate prematurely and unexpectedly apply the brakes.
All 3 recalls on the 2025 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
When it happens
Too few of these reports state a mileage to give a range.
What owners wrote
“The vehicle randomly brakes when there isnât anything around me. It initiates the emergency braking at 100% and Iâve nearly been rear ended because of this two times”
Filed Apr 18, 2026
“The automatic braking has almost caused me to be rear-ended, and the enraged driver behind me Leaned on his horn and flipped me off. Today, it caused a rear-end collision behind me because of the unwarranted abrupt locking of the brakes. I drove to the dealership and had them turn off this safety feature. It's VERY dangerous!”
Filed May 20, 2025
“The emergency braking system slams on brakes prematurely when the car in front of me is 4 or more car lengths ahead which is causing the cars behind me to swerve to avoid rear ending me. The safety of the emergency braking is making the car more dangerous to me and other motorists.”
Filed Apr 25, 2025
“I have had two incidents where the emergency braking system applied itself when there was no reason for it to do so. Both times there was a car in the distance, over 20 feet away that was slowing, and I was slowing as well. The second time it happened, it was with great force and I was fortunate that the car behind me was able to brake in time and avoid rear ending me.”
Filed Mar 6, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 2 of 26 reports involved a crash and 1 people were hurt. 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. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Paid for this repair before a recall covered it? How recall reimbursement works