2016 Hyundai Tucson · symptom sheet
Engine rattles or ticks
- 30owner reports
- 82,000median miles
- $1,000median quote
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Jun 4, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
429 of the 1,620 complaints on this car are about the engine. 30 of those describe engine rattle.
Tick what matches of 30 reports
Engine rattle on other Tucson years
Report counts are for each model year on its own, so a newer car has had less time to collect them. Model years with too few reports of it for a sheet: 2014, 2015, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026.
What this problem usually is
Owners in this group hear something before anything breaks. Most describe a ticking or tapping at idle, a rattle that's worse on a cold start and fades as the engine warms, or a noise that comes and goes over weeks. Some report the check engine light following a while later. It's the early-warning end of the engine complaints, and the reports that end in a named part are useful to anyone hearing the same sound.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the engine (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the engine covers the 2016 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
NHTSA investigations into the engine on the Tucson
Loss of motive power. Closed dec 12, 2023.
Engine fires. Closed feb 5, 2024, led to recall 23V-877.
What owners paid
6 of the 30 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $210 to $2,800.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 57,000 and 111,000 miles, from the 18 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“All my doors stick and sometimes I have to fight with my car to even get a door open. Also, when trying to accelerate sometimes my throttle response is slow and i will not move for a few seconds.”
Filed Dec 14, 2024
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 0 of 30 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. How reports land on this sheet.
Guide Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard 213 reports
- Doors, latches or locks fail 198 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 190 reports
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 166 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 93 reports
- Burns oil or oil level rises 85 reports
- Loses power when accelerating 56 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 50 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 39 reports
- A/C blows warm or the compressor fails 37 reports
- Vehicle fire 25 reports
- Delay or no response when I press the gas 25 reports