Driver's rear passenger door. Locked and unable to open. Was functional then won't open. No safety lock engaged. I can hear the locks when trying to unlock with keyfob. Door handles are attached but can not use to open. Poses a safety issue in case of emergency child can not exit through the door. Will have to use other door to exit.
2013 Hyundai Tucson: doors won't lock, open or latch
12 of the 266 complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Tucson describe doors won't lock, open or latch.
- owner complaints
- 12
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? No recall or service bulletin covers this area of the car yet.
Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year
What owners say
Rear passenger door not opening even with door lock in the unlocked position. Child lock was is not activated. I've seen multiple Hyundai fourms regarding this. With door unable to open, presents a safety risk in an accident if the other doors become unoperable. My Hyundai service department has acknowledged the issue, but will not fix without charging.
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that the front passenger’s side door latch failed to unlock from outside the vehicle. Additionally, the passenger’s side rear door latch failed to unlock from inside or outside the vehicle. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000.
Driver side back door will NOT open from either inside or outside, for about a month. Passenger side front door will NOT open from outside, but will open from inside, for about a week.
Left rear door will not unlock. Numerous complaints of similar issue found online; youtube videos showing how to repair. Took our 2013 into Hyundai dealership and they wanted $800+ to repair (a known defect). Request the federal safety agency require Hyundai to recall the door locks and repair them at their expense.
My rear passenger door will not open from inside or outside. Safety issue
Rear Passenger door latch does not open from interior and/or from exterior. Just suddenly happened, no minor malfunction neither signal. This is a safety risk because the passenger in danger need to open the door to escape the vehicle.
The contact owns a 2013 Hyundai Tucson. The contact stated that the rear driver’s side door would not open from either the inside or the outside of the vehicle without warning. The contact also stated that the trunk latch had once failed to open as needed without warning. The contact had taken the vehicle to a dealer to service a recall and was given an estimate to repair the door. The manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.
We were taking a family trip to Disney, after an hour and a half trip on the turnpike. we arrived at the park. As we started to depart from the car, the rear passenger side door would not open. The door unlocked but when trying to open the door it wouldn't open. There was no warning that there was any problem, it worked fine when we left for the park but it was broken when we arrived. I would consider this a very serious problem. If we had got into an accident something could have seriously gone wrong, the child wouldn't have been able to evacuate the car because the door wouldn't open.
Drivers side door will not open from outside. Only opens from inside
Passenger rear door will not unlock from inside or outside therefore the door will not open making it a safety hazard. No accident just quit working one day. After reading the hyundai forum I see this has happened to quite a few people and feel this should be treated as a recall
I dropped my son off at school and when I came back to the car to put my other son back in the the rear driver side door will not open at all I have tried unlocking and tried to open from inside and out it just stopped opening all of a sudden
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
Questions about the 2013 Hyundai Tucson door locks
Is doors won't lock, open or latch a common problem on the 2013 Hyundai Tucson?
12 of 266 owner complaints about the 2013 Hyundai Tucson (5%) mention doors won't lock, open or latch. The model year with the most reports is 2016.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 2013 Hyundai Tucson?
There is no recall or service bulletin for this area of the car on record.
Other symptoms on the 2013 Hyundai Tucson
Engine failure 69Knocking 44Check engine light 31Stalling 31Loss of power 21Fire or smoke 14No deployment 10Hesitation 6Won't start 6Warning lights 5
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