Hyundai Palisade common problems?

[Al]

Brother in Law is looking at a used one. Any generic problems?

 

[walterjay]

Haven't heard bad about them. Friend has one and loves it. I would stay away from the first year model to be safe.

 

[JohnnyJohnson]

All Hyundai cars have problems!

 

[wavinwayne]

A quick look at Reddit show it's a mix of people who either love theirs or have had non-stop problems since new. A very mixed bag.

 

[goblin]

All Hyundai cars have problems!

The most difficult thing with a Hyundai is to keep pretending they are crap so the snobs can stay away.
On some days it's really difficult, as you wish to share with the world that perfection exists.
Then you read some random post somewhere, take a deep breath and soldier on.

As for the Palisade - I hate it because it killed the Santa Fe XL, so I can't buy a third one new now. And it's ugly, and no longer has a humungous pano roof but two smaller ones. And it's bigger, so it no longer has the hidden gems the XL had, like a turning circle about 4ft tighter than anything else in its category.

But all in all, it can't be bad, if it has even a drop of the XL's dna, which it has.
Disclaimer, the Palisade is made in the US, so there might be quality differences. But all in all, they are no BS vehicles, and I can only guess they still come with the Magna AWD with the little magic center diff lock emulation watchamacallit, which makes mine drift like my Frog Eye WRX if it was fat, heavy and had seven seats (the presence of another no-BS magic button to fully disable all traction and stab aids without going through menus is also of big help there, not sure if the Palisade still has that).

Also, a used one won't transfer the warranty, me think. And the warranty on these things is epic.

 

[CKN]

The most difficult thing with a Hyundai is to keep pretending they are crap so the snobs can stay away.
On some days it's really difficult, as you wish to share with the world that perfection exists.
Then you read some random post somewhere, take a deep breath and soldier on.

As for the Palisade - I hate it because it killed the Santa Fe XL, so I can't buy a third one new now. And it's ugly, and no longer has a humungous pano roof but two smaller ones. And it's bigger, so it no longer has the hidden gems the XL had, like a turning circle about 4ft tighter than anything else in its category.

But all in all, it can't be bad, if it has even a drop of the XL's dna, which it has.
Disclaimer, the Palisade is made in the US, so there might be quality differences. But all in all, they are no BS vehicles, and I can only guess they still come with the Magna AWD with the little magic center diff lock emulation watchamacallit, which makes mine drift like my Frog Eye WRX if it was fat, heavy and had seven seats (the presence of another no-BS magic button to fully disable all traction and stab aids without going through menus is also of big help there, not sure if the Palisade still has that).

Also, a used one won't transfer the warranty, me think. And the warranty on these things is epic.

I would agree on the new Santa Fe the rear of the vehicle leaves a lot to be desired.

 

[goblin]

Oh My, yes, the poor thing is so ugly I pity it, ugly not in the so ugly it's nice way that the latest Outlander's face calls, more like unfixable ugly.

It just looks like it went through a bump and the taillight section dropped to the bottom.

All it needs is someone to raise it under the rear windshield where it rightly belongs and fits.

 

[Jango]

A total revision is coming out soon with different engine options and brand new styling. This video gives decent advice: .

People I know that own it love theirs.

 

[duck__dodgers]

 

[crashz]

A German car fanboy co-worker, tried one out with his wife. They both loved it. He said it felt as if the build quality was on par with his BMW and Audis. Great ride, handling and power. I only mention this because if it had any identifiable fault at all, this particular gentleman would have absolutely lost his mind. I would have listened to hours of complaints.

 

[FreedomOne]

This is from a Hyundai master tech on Hyundai forums.
Palisade worst offender is knock in rear due to Hyundai cant seem to spec shock valving with fluid movement thorough range of movement for dampening, hit hard bump and the load creates knock in rear, seems we always replacing shocks and mounts to no avaiale,, it a truck. Others complain about overall ride, it a truck, with firm suspension, big wide tires

AWD coupler chatter around slow turns, been update for the control module

All suspect for oil consume, even low mile units

Small production range was suspect for bum valve springs, straight up engine replacement, those should all be done by now

Cooling system performance codes, I have done a few thermostat on last year

Easy to knock front radar out of align, folks get too close and bend front end

Rash of radiators leak, they laek where plastic tank crimped to aluminum radiator core

Couple recalls going on, most all older ones should be caught up & done

Might would browse that forum also.

 

[t1snwrbrdr12]

I had one. For a year. It was in and out of the shop for that entire year. For about 6 months of that year I was battling Hyundai to buy it back. I still didn’t keep it out of the shop for those 6 months as a didn’t believe I could get the to buy it back and I wanted it fixed. Much of the time it was in the shop they paid my car payments bc it was in the shop so **** much.

Hyundai service SUCKS. I took it to the Hyundai I used to work at for 11 years and got worse treatment than places that I didn’t know. Places I didn’t know still sucked though.

They couldn’t solve a driveline vibration. The lead tech who was the one diagnosing it said even the ones they do eventually fix, they vibrate again within a year or so.

Hyundai only allowed a repair at a time. If there was any improvement in the condition they’re told to give it back to customer. Doesn’t matter if there’s still some partial issue…or it’s not improved at all…that’s a matter of opinion. They won’t allow the tech to keep trying to fix it till you the customer raises enough of a fuss.

They basically told me to pursue lemoning it on my 2nd or 3rd visit to the 4th shop in my area to try to get it smoothed out. Said my tires were cupped at 8k miles and I rotate at 5k intervals. Said I probably needed a rear diff for the vibration but they already tried: balancing tires, replacing tires, adjusting / reclocking driveshaft, replacing transfer case, replacing driveshaft, they may have replaced axle shafts, I can’t even remember. But when they said even once they’re fixed, the vibrations come back, and they wouldn’t do anything about why my tires cupped at 8k miles with 5k rotations, I was done.

I also had a pop in the body that drove us crazy. Sounded like acorns landing on the roof. I actually went through the trouble to find the source because they couldn’t. A hatch panel (exterior) that is plastic was expanding in the heat. It’d expand to the point that it’d pop the plastic panel clips out. I could push it back in. Had to go to a “Hyundai” body shop and their opinion on the fix was to remove the clips and glue it in place, big no from me. I just lived with it.

Co worker had one as well that began having drive assist issues and kept trying to “correct” him straight into Jersey walls. It’s near impossible to take over for electric steering that’s “correcting” you the wrong way. He had other random electrical issues too and got rid of it.

 

[Brett776]

I’ve had a 24 palisade since last year, about 12k miles no problems. Great fit and finish, a lot of luxury for the dollar. Only average about 19 mpg, it’s awd so maybe that’s a factor. Overall it’s a great family and road trip vehicle.

 

[goblin]

I’ve had a 24 palisade since last year, about 12k miles no problems. Great fit and finish, a lot of luxury for the dollar. Only average about 19 mpg, it’s awd so maybe that’s a factor. Overall it’s a great family and road trip vehicle.

Just make sure to do regular oil changes

I had one. For a year. It was in and out of the shop for that entire year...

I'm starting to wonder if the made in US vs made in whatever country of origin is could be a universal thing. Only Toyota seems to have skipped it, and even they still build the important stuff (Lexus) in Japan.

I was testing a Kia - Sedona, was it, which was pretty much the same thing as mine, V6 and all, but built locally, when mine went out of lease (I eventually decided to buy it out as my lease ended months before the Palisade first came out, and the Telluride was too fresh and too hot to get any rebates on).

I remember the Kia was the same, yet different. The new car smell was different, the smell of the plastics was different, and I could see little hair-thin beads of glue on the headliner that was not supposed to be there.
Not sure if it makes much sense, as I doubt that the plastics would be molded in the US on one vs Korea on the other.

But the AWD issues for example sound really like BMW X-Drive level idiocy to me. But that one is at least full time AWD, whereas the Hyundai one is on-demand, isn't it ?

 

[t1snwrbrdr12]

Just make sure to do regular oil changes




I'm starting to wonder if the made in US vs made in whatever country of origin is could be a universal thing. Only Toyota seems to have skipped it, and even they still build the important stuff (Lexus) in Japan.

I was testing a Kia - Sedona, was it, which was pretty much the same thing as mine, V6 and all, but built locally, when mine went out of lease (I eventually decided to buy it out as my lease ended months before the Palisade first came out, and the Telluride was too fresh and too hot to get any rebates on).

I remember the Kia was the same, yet different. The new car smell was different, the smell of the plastics was different, and I could see little hair-thin beads of glue on the headliner that was not supposed to be there.
Not sure if it makes much sense, as I doubt that the plastics would be molded in the US on one vs Korea on the other.

But the AWD issues for example sound really like BMW X-Drive level idiocy to me. But that one is at least full time AWD, whereas the Hyundai one is on-demand, isn't it ?

It’s not awd all the time, it decides to use rear wheels as slippage is noticed through a clutch on the rear differential I believe. I didn’t study the system much at all.

And I think ours was Korean made. Unsure if any are made here, but this was back at the height of covid when people came up with all these ways to track cars and shipments. It arrived through a port and came through Philly if I remember correctly.