Hyundai Tucson, model years 2011 to 2013. Filed by Hyundai Motor America and reported to NHTSA on 5 February 2019. 120,000 vehicles potentially affected.
What the notice says Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2013 Tucson vehicles. The engine oil pan may leak and, if not addressed, the loss of oil may result in engine damage.
Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA, or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on.
Hyundai's own number for this recall: 181. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 19V063 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways.
What owners ask about this recall
- Which vehicles does recall 19V063 cover?
- Hyundai Tucson, model years 2011-2013.
- What is wrong with them?
- Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2011-2013 Tucson vehicles. The engine oil pan may leak and, if not addressed, the loss of oil may result in engine damage.
- What can happen if it is not put right?
- A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
- Is there a fix yet?
- Yes, and it is free. Hyundai has notified owners, and dealers will inspect for an oil pan leak, replacing it if necessary, and install an updated oil pressure switch, free of charge. The recall began August 19, 2019. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 181.
- What should I do now?
- Check your own vehicle by its VIN with NHTSA, which is the record to act on. Hyundai calls this recall 181, which is the number on the owner letter and the dealer paperwork.
Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on.
What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.”
affected
in the notice
caught
| Campaign | 19V063 |
|---|---|
| Filed by | Hyundai Motor America |
| System at fault | Engine And Engine Cooling:Engine |
| Reported to NHTSA | 5 February 2019 |
| Model years | 2011-2013 |
| Vehicles named | HYUNDAI TUCSON |
What the notice says today
The consequence
A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
The remedy
Hyundai has notified owners, and dealers will inspect for an oil pan leak, replacing it if necessary, and install an updated oil pressure switch, free of charge. The recall began August 19, 2019. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 181.
What it said before
This campaign is in the register but not yet in the dated wording archive, so we cannot yet say whether its text has moved. It enters the archive on the next pass.
This is one of 588 notices in the record whose component field names engine and engine cooling. Across that group the median wait before owners were written to was 47 days.
Last checked . No change has been recorded in the wording.
The models named here, across their whole recall history
How to cite this record
Quoting the wording on this page means quoting a version, so the date belongs in the citation:
CarsMultiverse, recall 19V063, wording as read on 16 September 2026. https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/19v063/
The cross-border matches used on this site are deposited as a citable dataset: doi:10.5281/zenodo.22087136. The recall wording itself is published by the national authority named above and is theirs, not ours.
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The fingerprint of this notice
We take a SHA-256 of each of the three blocks of text the authority publishes and keep the first eight characters. As we last read campaign 19V063 on 23 August 2026, they were:
- Defect summary
15811985 - Consequence
c67122c2 - Remedy
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We first read this notice on 21 August 2026. It has not moved since. If it ever does, these characters will not match, and the change will be dated here.
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