Four problems related to air bag have been reported for the 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2018 Hyundai Tucson based on all problems reported for the 2018 Tucson.
On October 13th 2025, we were involved in a serious collision while driving our 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The vehicle was struck from behind and spun into a semi-truck, totalling the vehicle. Despite the forward and lateral collision to the semi-truck, no airbags deployed at all during the accident. This resulted in the Tucson driver striking his head on the steering wheel. Our 5-month old son was also on-board the vehicle in his car seat. While everyone walked away from the accident, both adults passengers had whiplash/minor neck injuries that could have been mitigated by airbags deploying. We have serious safety concerns about Hyundai's airbags because of this incident.
After an impact with a large buck (deer) on a main highway while traveling 70 miles per hour, the airbags failed to deploy.
Tl-the contact owns a 2018 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that while his mother was driving 30 mph, she was struck from the front passenger side by another vehicle that was traveling 40 mph. The contact stated that all the air bags deploy except the driver side curtain air bag. The driver sustained broken sternum, broken ribs broken legs and head trauma. The other driver sustained broken bones both drivers required medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to a tow yard. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or an independent mechanic for a diagnostic testing. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 15,000. The VIN was not available. Aw.
Hello everyone, 2018 Hyundai tuscon problem: engine/air bag cause: unknown * after a collision with 2 large deer on a main highway early morning, immediately brought it to a shop. The body work was finished and I had the car back, unfortunately after that my engine was very very sluggish. Irregular shifting, slight ticking in engine block, no later I had issues with battery light coming on ( the car shut off) while I'm motion on main road. Needless to say the dealership says that it's a total loss, this 2 year old vehicle with less than 50,000 miles had a blown engine due to unknown causes. I need some explaining from someone why this happened to multiple owners.
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