r/HyundaiPalisade

Leased a brand new 2026 Hyundai Palisade. Within a month the engine lost power and the car started violently shaking on the freeway at 70mph with my family inside. Took it to the dealer - they found fault codes, called it normal, and sent me home.

Same thing happened again on the freeway weeks later.

Dropped it off at the dealer. They had it for 44 days.

In those 44 days — they could not reproduce the problem, they blamed my gas without properly testing it, they tried to charge me to drain fuel that actually tested fine, and Hyundai corporate engineers got involved and applied a mystery software update to the engine computer that even the dealer has no access to and cannot explain.

Car came back 44 days later. No one knows what caused it. No one knows what was actually fixed. The dealer's own notes say zero misfires were found during testing and hyundai field rep put a special update to the ECM. They put me and my family twice at risk and potentially again.

Any advice on next steps is highly appreciated.

I'm considering buying a 2026 Palisade and wanted to ask if anyone has the side steps option? With two car seats, I want to make getting the kids in and out easy as possible for my wife and I'm finding it's somewhat hard to find a vehicle with this option. Is this something that the dealer can install after the fact vs coming from the factory?

Thanks for the help!

Leak? Bad compressor (please no)? Anyone else had their AC crap out around this time?

As the title says, I drain and filled my Palisades transmission fluid for the first time. Like a jackass I over tightened the plastic transmission fill cap and snapped It off. First of all, how do I get the old one out? Secondly, is there a metal replacement? I know I'm not the first person to have done this considering how brittle that bolt is, but how fucked am i?

I’m looking for some clarity on the maintenance schedule for my Palisade. Based on my driving habits and the manual, I believe I qualify for the "Severe" maintenance schedule, but my Bluelink app is telling me otherwise.

I just went in for my first oil change, and my mechanic—after reviewing the manual's severe service requirements—recommended a list of immediate "milestone" services including:

• Brake fluid flush
• Spark plug replacement
• Coolant flush
• Differential fluid service
• Possibly other things ...

He saw the "R" next to codes and said that meant replacement.

The estimate for all of this is roughly $1,400, which was a massive shock for a first visit.

I have already emailed Hyundai Warranty for official clarification, but while I wait:

1. For those in the "Severe" category, what are the real requirements to honor the warranty?
2. Are there specific items in that list that are incorrect from my mechanic?