Hyundai Palisade — model-year timeline & key facts
Published · Researched 2026-09-21
Compiled from the Hyundai Palisade deep-research dossier; researched 2026-09-21. UNVERIFIED flags from the source research are preserved verbatim.
Key facts
| Powertrain | ICE/Hybrid |
|---|---|
| Power | 329 |
| Range | - |
| Battery | - |
| 0–100 km/h | NA |
| Fast charge | NA |
| New price US | 38935-58280 (US 2026 incl hybrid; +1495 destination) |
| New price EU | UNVERIFIED (AU: AUD 66800-90000 for 2025 gen) |
| New price CN | UNVERIFIED / not sold in China |
| Used price signal | UNVERIFIED bands; 2023-2025 hold value well directionally |
| Value call | Used 2023-2025 gen 1 = the buy; 2026 hybrid for early adopters with warranty cover |
| Sweet-spot year | 2024 |
| Years to avoid | 2020 / 2021 |
| Reliability flag | Red for 2020-2021; green for 2023-2025; amber for 2026 (unproven) |
| Biggest risk | 2026 first-year redesign + brand-new hybrid powertrain |
| Community verdict | 2026: two early recalls plus shaking/accel-failure owner stories |
Model-year timeline 2021–2026
| Year | Generation / changes / reliability / used prices |
|---|---|
| 2021 | Gen 1 · Same V6 · Inherited most 2020 issues, less severe; wind noise persists; electrical gremlins · Wiper campaign expanded 2021–2023 (167,085 units) · UNVERIFIED |
| 2022 | Gen 1 · Same V6 · Improving; tow-hitch fire recall is the headline · Tow-hitch fire recall 22V-633 (244,980 units 2020–2022); park outside advisory · UNVERIFIED |
| 2023 | Gen 1 facelift · Same V6; refreshed styling/tech · Settled year — the gen-1 to buy · Brake booster vacuum leak (2023) · UNVERIFIED |
| 2024 | Gen 1 · Same V6 · Cleanest gen-1 stretch; complaints falling · UNVERIFIED |
| 2025 | Gen 1 (final year) · Same V6; started at $37,200 US · Best gen-1 record · UNVERIFIED |
| 2026 | Gen 2 redesign · 3.5L V6 287 hp (new, smaller) + NEW 2.5T hybrid 329 hp (6AT); longer wheelbase · First-year redesign: individual owner reports of shaking/acceleration failure; hybrid unproven long-term · Seat-belt status indicator; instrument-panel display failure · New only: ICE $38,935–$56,060; hybrid $43,660–$58,280 |
Sweet-spot year: 2024
Years to skip: 2020 / 2021