The newest year in this range files more complaints than the 2022 — and almost all of the increase is recalls nobody can fix.

Separate from recall 25V607, and worth knowing precisely because the recall is stuck. Hyundai extended warranty coverage on the seat belt buckle itself: "Certain 2020-2025MY Palisade (LX2) vehicles may experience abnormal seat belt buckle(s) operation. Follow the procedure in this TSB to inspect the concerning seat belt buckle(s) for abnormal symptoms with buckle insertion, ejection feeling, sound, or potential debris that influences operation. If any of the above symptoms are found, replace the seat belt buckle(s)." The term is "15 years/150,000 miles from the date of original retail delivery or date of first use (whichever occurs first)", and it is "valid for original and subsequent owners", under bulletin 25-BE-010H. A TSB is the fix instructions a manufacturer sends its dealers. There is a second and completely distinct extension covering a different belt fault: vehicles that "may experience seat belts that are twisted due to excessive space in the D-ring", covered to "10 years/100,000 miles", also transferable. The D-ring is the loop at shoulder height that the belt runs through. A 2023 owner describes exactly that failure: "child pulled the seat belt out farther than necessary, creating slack. The seatbelt got twisted and it won't retract into the trim." Two things follow. A twisted belt is a covered repair today, not a wait. And a buckle showing the symptoms Hyundai lists has a documented entitlement behind it that does not depend on the recall parts arriving.

The 2023-only campaign. Recall 23V415, Hyundai's number 245: "The brake booster diaphragm may become misaligned and cause an internal vacuum leak, which can result in a loss of power brake assist." The booster is the vacuum-assisted drum behind the brake pedal that turns a light push into real stopping force; when it fails, the pedal does not go soft, it goes hard, and the car takes much longer to stop. NHTSA's stated consequence is that "a loss of power brake assist can extend the distance required to stop". Dealers inspect and replace the brake booster as necessary, free of charge, and owner letters were mailed 14 July 2023. There is a related but separate brake complaint pattern in the 2023 file that this campaign does not obviously cover, and it is worth driving for: several owners describe the anti-lock system engaging on uneven ground at very low speed and the car failing to stop. "As I approached the traffic light from a parking lot, at slow speeds ie 5mph, I hit a patch of uneven ground where the concrete was uneven. The brakes stuttered and lurched." "When coming to a stop at a slow speed on uneven ground, my vehicle would not brake. It vibrated and wouldn't gain traction like the antilock breaking system activated." Two owners describe it almost identically. Test it on a rough surface before you buy.

Recall 23V526, Hyundai's number 246, covers 2023 and 2024 Palisades along with several other Hyundai models: "The electronic controller for the Idle Stop & Go oil pump assembly may contain damaged electrical components that can cause the pump controller to overheat." Idle Stop & Go is Hyundai's name for the system that shuts the engine off at traffic lights and restarts it when you lift off the brake; the electric oil pump keeps pressure in the transmission while the engine is off, and its controller is the part at issue. NHTSA's stated consequence is blunt: "An electric oil pump assembly that overheats increases the risk of a vehicle fire." This campaign carries a park-outside flag, and Hyundai's remedy text repeats it — "Owners are advised to park outside and away from structures until the recall repair is complete." Dealers inspect and replace the electric oil pump controller as necessary, free, and letters were mailed from 7 September 2023. This one is specific to the later cars; the 2020 to 2022 Palisades are not in it. Note also that the stop-start system shows up in the complaint file attached to a different symptom — one owner reports the steering wheel clunking and locking "when ISG turns the car back on".

Recall 23V180, Hyundai's number 243, covers 2021 to 2023 Palisades: "The windshield wiper motor may operate intermittently or fail to operate due to snow or ice buildup on the windshield, causing the wipers to fail." Dealers replace the driver-side windshield wiper arm free of charge, and letters were mailed 15 May 2023. Two details raise it above routine. It carries NHTSA action number RQ22005, meaning it came out of a federal Recall Query — regulators pushed for it rather than Hyundai volunteering it. And Hyundai's own remedy text states "this recall is an expansion of recall number 22V-627", the earlier 2020-2021 wiper campaign, making this the second attempt at the same defect on the same nameplate. A 2022 owner reports the fix not holding: wipers "reported and repaired previously in 2023 by Hyundai Dealer. However, recently [the fault returned]." On a snow-belt car a completed 23V180 is where the question starts, not where it ends. Worth knowing for anyone cross-shopping the platform twin: the Kia Telluride has no wiper-motor recall in any model year. This one is the Palisade's alone.

The largest genuine mechanical cluster on the 2023, and the mileages are low. "The self leveling shocks have gone bad two times now in a matter of 4 months. The first time we had no major issues but the second time it caused the ABS system to kick in whi[le braking]." "Vehicle rear shock absorbers failed. Steering and drivability adversely impacted. Many many many complaints online document these defective p[arts]." "Rear Shocks Failed. Were Replaced under warranty. This is the second time this has occurred." "Two simultaneous problems happened: 1) loud clunking/thudding during low-speed turn. 2) Clunking/knocking/rattling noise from suspensions when going through uneven grounds." Hyundai acknowledges the failure and pays for it, within limits worth reading closely. Its bulletin covers Palisades that "may exhibit a clunking or thumping noise from the rear of the vehicle while driving over rough roads… caused by worn self-leveling rear shock absorbers", and extends coverage to "10 years/120,000 miles from the date of original retail delivery or date of first use", valid for original and subsequent owners, adding that "for the first repair, replacement of both rear shock absorbers will be covered by this warranty extension". Both shocks — but read "first repair" against owners reporting second, third and fourth sets. And the honest twin comparison: Kia covers the identical failure on the Telluride for 15 years and 180,000 miles, five years and 60,000 miles more than Hyundai gives Palisade owners. Only cars with the self-levelling setup are affected, so establish whether this one has it before worrying about it.

A distinct 2023 cluster and one that presents at speeds low enough to dismiss. "The steering wheel clunks and locks when turning at low speeds or when ISG turns the car back on. At times, it is a hard enough jerk to pull it out of my hands." "When moving forward at very slow speed, the steering wheel bounces as if it had been hit by something and we hear a loud [bang]." "At low speed, and today for the first time completely stopped at a stop sign, we hear and feel a very loud [clunk]." And the version that is not a noise at all: "While entering a roundabout at a slow speed (~5MPH), the electronic power steering on my wife's car failed, almost resulting in an accident with another vehicle." Hyundai has a bulletin for the noise, and it names a serviceable part rather than a whole assembly: "Certain vehicles may develop a bearing noise within the Motor Driven Power Steering (MDPS) column worm shaft assembly. If bearing noise is heard, follow the procedure in this bulletin to replace the worm shaft assembly." Motor Driven Power Steering is the electric assist motor bolted to the steering column; the worm shaft is the gear inside it. A community mechanic rundown of these cars reports the same part and adds that Hyundai supplies both a kit and the special tools for the job. That is useful leverage: a clunking column on a Palisade is not automatically a column replacement.

The 2023 Palisade's engine cluster is a trace — a check-engine light, some replaced injectors that did not fix it, one hesitation filing. That is the good news and it needs an asterisk, because this is the same engine as the 2020: a 3.8-litre direct-injected V6 from Hyundai and Kia's Lambda family, internal code G6DN, shared with the Kia Telluride, unchanged across all four years. The failures on the earlier cars cluster between roughly 70,000 and 155,000 miles, and a 2023 has not got there. A mechanic who dismantled one of these engines — from a 2020 Palisade at 92,000 miles — found the mechanism: the oil control rings were "totally plugged up", the engine was "starved of oil", the rod bearings were wearing through their top shell, and there was "a lot of carbon buildup on top of the pistons". He also notes what is absent: "There's no knock sensors or anything." Nothing on this car is monitoring for it on your behalf. An independent review of the engine family says the condition "can appear as early as 60,000 mi", and recommends the two habits that make the difference: change the oil at least every 5,000 miles rather than at the factory interval, and check the dipstick between services. Owners of earlier engines in this family who did so, it notes, "have surpassed 200,000 mi without major oil consumption issues". On a low-mileage 2023 you are not inspecting for damage. You are deciding how you will run it.

Hyundai extended the warranty on the oil filter housing seal because Palisades "may exhibit engine oil leakage at the engine oil filter housing assembly due to deterioration of the housing seal", taking coverage to "15 years / 180,000 miles from the date of original retail delivery or date of first use (whichever occurs first)", and stating it is "valid for original and subsequent owners", under Hyundai's Technical Service Bulletin 26-EM-012H. The document then names what it overrides, and on a car this young that sentence is the most useful line in either badge's paperwork: the extension applies "even if the vehicle is still within the New Vehicle Limited Warranty (NVLW) of 5 years / 60,000 miles or Powertrain Warranty of 10 years / 100,000 miles (for the original owner)". Read the parenthesis. The famous ten-year, 100,000-mile powertrain warranty is the original owner's. If you are buying this car secondhand in 2026, that headline number is not yours, and the five-year basic warranty is running out or already gone. What does follow the car is this housing-seal extension, the seat belt extensions, the shock extension and the paint extension — every one of which Hyundai explicitly writes as transferable. Get the in-service date, because all of them run from it, and none of them runs from your purchase.

The 2023 is the last model year inside Hyundai's white paint extension, and the terms are unusually generous. The bulletin covers vehicles that "may exhibit peeling or bubbling on metal body panels: hood, fender(s), roof, door(s), quarter panel(s), and tailgate/trunk", and moves coverage "from 3 years and 36,000 miles, to 10 years and unlimited miles from the date of original retail delivery or date of first use", valid "for original and subsequent owners". Two exclusions matter: it applies only to "factory-applied paint" and "does not cover collision-related paint repairs", and it is void on any vehicle "declared a total loss or sold for salvage by a financial institution or insurer" or carrying "a branded or similar title under any state's law". Unlimited miles, transferable, ten years from the in-service date — on a 2023 that is most of a decade still to run. It is also one of the places the Palisade beats its platform twin outright: Kia ran no paint campaign for the Telluride at all, despite a white-paint delamination cluster in the Telluride's own federal file. On a white 2023 Palisade with lifting clear coat, this is a claim, not a negotiation.

Almost every seat belt filing on the 2023 is about parts that do not exist. One is not, and it deserves its own line because it describes the repair going wrong rather than not happening. "Following a recall repair on the rear seatbelt assembly of a 2023 Hyundai Palisade, a severe safety design defect was discovered. The replacement buckle installed by the deale[r]" — the filing continues past the excerpt, but the shape is clear: a completed recall is not automatically a resolved problem. A second owner reports the underlying fault directly rather than as a notification: "The contact stated that the seat belts had become inoperable. There was no warning light illuminated." And a third describes the failure mode 25V607 exists for: "we've had occurrences where the buckle will come unlatched". The practical instruction on a used 2023 is short and physical. Do not accept a completed status on the seat belt recall as the end of the inspection. Buckle and unbuckle every belt in the car, including the third row, twice each, listening for the click and pulling hard against it, and watch whether each one retracts cleanly into its trim.

Three minor items specific to this end of the range. Hyundai has a 2023 bulletin instructing dealers to "inspect the rain sensor coupler to verify whether it is properly attached to the windshield glass and, if necessary, replace the rain sensor coupler" — the rain sensor is the pad behind the mirror that triggers automatic wipers, and a loose coupler is a cheap fix for wipers that behave oddly in light rain. Worth ruling out before anyone reaches for the wiper recall. Second, headlight condensation: one owner reports finding "packages of Dri-eaz to absorb the condensati[on]" inside a headlight assembly and cites a quote of "$1,500" for the part on an identical car. There is no Hyundai campaign for this, so it is a haggling point rather than a claim. Third, a general note on this car's paperwork: several of the useful Hyundai actions on the Palisade are service campaigns and bulletins rather than safety recalls, which means they do not appear on a standard VIN recall lookup. Ask a dealer to run service-campaign history as a separate query — it is free and it is the only way to see them.

Four things that hang over the earlier cars simply do not apply here, and saying so is as useful as listing the problems. The tow hitch harness fire recall, 22V633, stops at the 2022 model year — a 2023 with a hitch is outside it. The 2021-only brake master cylinder recall, 21V840, and the 2022-only instrument cluster recall, 22V353, are both behind you. The anti-theft exposure is gone: Hyundai's own campaign documents note that "in November 2021, engine immobilizers became standard on all Hyundai vehicles produced", and the immobilizer class settlement covers cars "manufactured without an engine immobilizer" with "traditional turn-key-to-start ignition systems" — a 2023 is outside all of it. And the interior odour bulletin, which is a real Palisade issue with a real Hyundai service procedure behind it, covers the 2020 and 2021 model years only; it is not claimed on this car. What remains from the earlier years is what is shared: the same engine on the same schedule, the same self-levelling shocks, the same wiper campaign, and the same two stalled recalls.