2017 Hyundai Tucson · symptom sheet
Transmission shudders, slips or shifts hard
- 138owner reports
- 12,559median miles
- $3,000median quote
- 4involved a crash
Newest report May 12, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
290 of the 1,087 complaints on this car are about the transmission and drivetrain. 138 of those describe transmission shudder.
Narrower sheets: Transmission hesitates when accelerating (91 reports) · Transmission jerks, lurches or bangs into gear (53 reports)
Tick what matches of 138 reports
Transmission shudder 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
This is the biggest drivetrain group on the site: a transmission that shudders, slips, hesitates or bangs into gear. It's the everyday version of transmission trouble, where the car still drives but doesn't drive right, and it has three narrower sheets of its own for jerking, hesitation and slipping.
What got replaced
Owners who name the part that was replaced mention the clutch (43 reports) and the transmission (3 reports).
Recalls and investigations
No recall on the transmission and drivetrain covers the 2017 model year as of Oct 2, 2026.
What owners paid
9 of the 138 reports quote a price. Each dot is one quote. The middle half runs $2,000 to $7,000.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 5,000 and 30,000 miles, from the 87 reports that gave a mileage.
Is this a known problem?
The manufacturer has sent NHTSA 8 service bulletins or notices for the 2017 Hyundai Tucson that deal with this problem. Newest first.
Federal rules make a manufacturer send NHTSA a copy of any notice about a defect that goes to more than one dealer or owner. Most of these are service bulletins, the repair instructions manufacturers send to dealers. NHTSA generally leaves safety recall bulletins out of this file, and recalls are listed separately.
This TSB provides a procedure to diagnose and replace, if necessary, an automatic transmission with Incorrect Ratio DTC (transmission clutch slip in gear above limit) listed on Page 2.
This bulletin provides the procedure to update the TCU for vehicles that may exhibit a hesitation at acceleration particularly from a rolling stop condition. This update optimizes the TCU torque control logic.
If you are servicing an applicable vehicle with the following symptoms and DTC, follow the Service Procedure on Page 4.
This TSB provides a procedure to diagnose and repair a transaxle for the following Incorrect Ratio DTC (transaxle clutch slipping more than 200 rpm in gear).
4 more on the 2017 Hyundai Tucson page.
What owners wrote
“- Kept regular 5K-6K oil changes since 2022 when I purchased the vehicle -Took the vehicle to a Hyundai dealership, multiple times, to ask about the engine stalling at a stop or slow turn, and/or jerking. -July '25 new oil change and flushed engine -October'25- no engine or oil lights. Engine seized and needs to be replaced. - VIN didn't populate recall but the symptoms are the same”
Filed Nov 23, 2025
“Excessive oil consumption, vehicle hesitate and sputters when attempting to enter into traffic. Spark plugs expire early. We've been dealing with this worsening issue for 40k miles. My wife no longer feels safe driving this car. Dealership could not recreate the problem. They likely know what the problem is.”
Filed Aug 12, 2023 · 40,000 miles
“Piston rods blew through the motor. Needing to replace engine at 103,000 miles. Transmission slips and you hear a sputter when accelerating. Car jerks with driving and coming to a complete stop. Fails to accelerate and change gears when driving. Has no reverse.”
Filed Oct 28, 2022 · 103,000 miles
“Vehicle hesitates and vibrates when accelerating from a full stop. It happens on every start since purchasing the vehicle in 2020.”
Filed Oct 3, 2022
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 4 of 138 reports involved a crash and 3 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 Taking it to a shop? How to describe this problem so it gets found
Other problems on this car
- Engine failure, knocking or rod bearing 265 reports
- Engine stalls or loses power while driving 248 reports
- Check engine light or misfire 169 reports
- Burns oil or oil level rises 154 reports
- Engine rattles or ticks 57 reports
- Brakes grind, pulse or wear early 48 reports
- Loses power when accelerating 48 reports
- Turbo failure or loss of boost 35 reports
- Doors, latches or locks fail 30 reports
- Engine leaks oil 30 reports
- Delay or no response when I press the gas 27 reports