2016 Hyundai Azera: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 15 complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Azera and NHTSA has issued 1 recall campaign. The most-reported system is air bags, named in 3 of them.

15
Complaints
1
Recalls
1
Crash reports
1
Fire reports
1
Injuries
120.0
Severity index

Severity index 120.0 - High. It weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints, so a vehicle attracting serious reports scores above one attracting many trivial ones (how this is calculated).

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 120.0p25 35p75 96cleanestworst
Where the 2016 Hyundai Azera sits against the quartiles of every vehicle we track.

What actually fails

Air BagsAir Bags: 3 complaints (20.0%)3 20%SteeringSteering: 3 complaints (20.0%)3 20%EngineEngine: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 2 complaints (13.3%)2 13%Engine And Engine Cooli…Engine And Engine Cooling: 1 complaints (6.7%)1 7%Visibility/WiperVisibility/Wiper: 1 complaints (6.7%)1 7%VisibilityVisibility: 1 complaints (6.7%)1 7%
Systems named in complaints. One complaint can name several, so shares overlap.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
AIR BAGS320.0%
STEERING320.0%
ENGINE213.3%
UNKNOWN OR OTHER213.3%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM213.3%
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING16.7%
VISIBILITY/WIPER16.7%
VISIBILITY16.7%

Complaints filed per year

0252017: 12021: 52022: 42023: 12025: 12026: 3 (partial year)1721522232526
Complaints filed per calendar year, not model year. The hatched bar is the current year and is still incomplete.
YearComplaints
20171
20215
20224
20231
20251
2026 (year to date)3
Complaint volume is broadly steady year over year.

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
21V61900006/08/2021LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCHHyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2017-2018 Sonata, 2016-2018 Sonata Hybrid, 2018-2020 Accent, and 2016-2017 Azera vehicles. The trunk latch may become damaged, preventing the opening of the trunk from the inside. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with t
Source. US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports; volume is influenced by how many units were sold and how long the vehicle has been on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.