Hyundai Sonata: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 65 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Sonata, model years 1987 to 2026. NHTSA has 2,019 complaints on file for this model line. 30 of the 37 model years have a page on this register.

Select a model year NHTSA VIN lookup

Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on 1 Oct 2026. Complaint file through 29 Mar 2018. Recall file through 30 Sep 2026.

Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Hyundai Sonata: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	1	0	0%	41,651
2024 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	1	0	0%	38,331
2023 Hyundai Sonata	2	0	0%	137,152
2022 Hyundai Sonata	3	0	0%	156,943
2021 Hyundai Sonata	3	0	0%	156,943
2020 Hyundai Sonata	4	0	0%	165,418
2018 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	1	0	0%	348,158
2017 Hyundai Sonata	3	0	0%	817,645
2016 Hyundai Sonata	6	0	0%	759,070
2015 Hyundai Sonata	9	0	0%	906,089
2014 Hyundai Sonata	7	0	0%	3,459,023
2013 Hyundai Sonata	9	0	0%	4,068,848
2012 Hyundai Sonata	8	0	0%	3,839,778
2011 Hyundai Sonata	14	66	121%	6,000,886
2010 Hyundai Sonata	2	15	27%	2,076,838
2009 Hyundai Sonata	2	37	68%	2,076,838
2008 Hyundai Sonata	3	96	176%	2,470,146
2007 Hyundai Sonata	5	207	379%	3,005,790
2006 Hyundai Sonata	9	340	623%	1,463,042
2005 Hyundai Sonata	1	47	86%	3,011
2004 Hyundai Sonata	1	68	125%	188,282
2003 Hyundai Sonata	6	112	205%	552,916
2002 Hyundai Sonata	7	210	385%	596,078
2001 Hyundai Sonata	3	162	297%	420,150
2000 Hyundai Sonata	4	252	462%	586,127
1999 Hyundai Sonata	4	114	209%	586,127
1998 Hyundai Sonata	1	49	90%	66,086
1997 Hyundai Sonata	2	47	86%	141,051
1996 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	1	23	42%	74,965
1995 Hyundai Sonata	2	66	121%	5,198
1994 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	1	3	5%	100,000
1993 Hyundai Sonata	1	26	48%	100,000
1992 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	1	22	40%	100,000
1991 Hyundai Sonata	1	29	53%	100,000
1990 Hyundai Sonata	3	16	29%	182,951
1989 Hyundai Sonata	3	11	20%	182,951
1987 Hyundai Sonata NHTSA page	0	1	2%

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

2,612 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Hyundai Sonata: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Air Bags	180.7	472
Structure	116.4	304
Visibility	97.2	254
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	80	209
Engine and Engine Cooling	79.2	207
Electrical System	76.2	199
Power Train	68.9	180
Suspension	50.9	133
Steering	31.4	82
Vehicle Speed Control	31.4	82

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Hyundai Sonata, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2009, with 5 campaigns.

Complaints about the Hyundai Sonata, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2010, with 466 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Elantra56 campaigns
Santa FE45 campaigns
Accent25 campaigns
Tiburon17 campaigns
Excel9 campaigns
Tucson36 campaigns
XG3503 campaigns
Azera11 campaigns
XG3004 campaigns
Entourage6 campaigns
Sonata GLS0 campaigns
Veracruz6 campaigns
XG 3500 campaigns
Genesis10 campaigns
Genesis Coupe6 campaigns
Elantra Touring4 campaigns
Sonata Hybrid13 campaigns
Palisade16 campaigns
Santa FE Sport11 campaigns
Ioniq 515 campaigns
Veloster10 campaigns
Santa FE Hybrid9 campaigns
Ioniq 66 campaigns
Kona9 campaigns
Nexo5 campaigns
Santa Cruz9 campaigns
Elantra Hybrid6 campaigns
Kona Electric5 campaigns
Tucson Hybrid4 campaigns
Tucson Plug-In Hybrid4 campaigns
Elantra N5 campaigns
Equus3 campaigns
Ioniq Hybrid4 campaigns
Santa FE Plug-In Hybrid4 campaigns
Veloster N2 campaigns
Ioniq Electric3 campaigns
Sonata Plug-In Hybrid2 campaigns
Venue3 campaigns
Ioniq 93 campaigns
Kona N2 campaigns
Palisade Hybrid3 campaigns

Hyundai: all 42 model lines

Follow by RSS:Hyundai recallsVehicle recalls

Official channels

NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.

Cite this page

Recall Register. Hyundai Sonata: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/hyundai/sonata/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 29 Mar 2018
Manufacturer in the recall file: HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Hyundai Sonata model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2011 with 14, 2015 with 9, 2013 with 9. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Hyundai Sonata model year has the most complaints?: The 2006 model year, with 340 of the 2,019 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Hyundai Sonata name?: Air Bags: 180.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Structure: 116.4 per 1,000 component mentions. Visibility: 97.2 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Hyundai Sonata?: 22 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.