2025 Hyundai Tucson · symptom sheet
Brakes on its own (automatic emergency braking)
- 81owner reports
- 5,000median miles
- 18involved a crash
Newest report Sep 23, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
162 of the 285 complaints on this car are about collision avoidance. 81 of those describe phantom braking, which makes it the most reported problem on the 2025 Tucson.
Tick what matches of 81 reports
Phantom braking on other Tucson years
No other Tucson model year has enough reports of phantom braking for a sheet of its own. See every Tucson 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 (15 reports), the software (12 reports) and the windshield (3 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 6 recalls on the 2025 Hyundai Tucson, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
NHTSA investigations into collision avoidance on the Tucson
Hyundai and kia abs module fires. Open.
None of these investigations covers the 2025 model year.
When it happens
The middle half of failures fell between 2,000 and 7,500 miles, from the 16 reports that gave a mileage.
What owners wrote
“The automatic braking system has slammed on when traveling at least three times now when there is nothing close by or in front of me. One time a piece of a bag was fluttering on the roadside by me and my t slammed to a full stop almost causing an accident.”
Filed Mar 18, 2026
“I was following another car on an urban main street. We were approacing a red light, we were both slowing down and my Tucson Hybrid slammed on the brakes unexpectedly when we were close to the stop the stop light. There was no risk of me hitting the car in front of me. Fortunately, there was no car behind me.”
Filed Feb 7, 2026
“I started to accelerate from a full-stop to turn left at arrow onto highway ramp and car's emergency brakes came on with a real jolt - almost rear-ended by semi behind me. So scary. So dangerous. Backache, now, too.”
Filed Jan 14, 2026
“The automatic brake system triggers when there is no obstacle. It has caused the car to stop suddenly in the middle of the road and almost become rear ended several times. We took it to the Hyundai service center and they said theyâve had complaints of this before but checked the system and donât see any issues.”
Filed Dec 29, 2025
Should you keep driving it?
This page can't tell you that. 18 of 81 reports involved a crash and 9 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