Hyundai Sonata problems by year
| Year | Common issues | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 2 |
| 2022 | 4 | 2 |
| 2021 | 3 | 3 |
| 2020 | 3 | 3 |
| 2019 | 6 | 0 |
| 2018 | 5 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 3 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3 |
| 2015 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 3 | 3 |
| 2013 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 3 | 3 |
| 2011 | 3 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 2 |
Top NHTSA complaint areas (2010–2025)
| Component | Complaints |
|---|---|
| Engine | 4493 |
| Steering | 2202 |
| Electrical System | 1586 |
| Unknown Or Other | 1155 |
| Exterior Lighting | 862 |
| Air Bags | 838 |
| Power Train | 837 |
| Service Brakes | 762 |
Source: NHTSA complaints API, per model year (linked on each year’s issue pages).
Hyundai Sonata problems by system (all years)
Systems with sourced problem pages in two or more model years. Pages list NHTSA owner complaints and CarComplaints.com reports for that year.
Engine (13 model years)
- 2022: Engine complaints (25 NHTSA reports)
- 2021: Engine complaints (35 NHTSA reports)
- 2020: Burning coolant smell from engine compartment
- 2020: Car stumbles all orange warning lights come on
- 2019: Crack in oil pan
- 2019: Engine complaints (94 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Check engine light on
- 2018: Engine complaints (224 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Engine complaints (400 NHTSA reports)
- 2017: Excessive oil consumption
- 2016: Check engine light on
- 2016: Engine complaints (460 NHTSA reports)
- 2016: Excessive oil consumption
- 2015: Engine stalls shuts down while driving
- 2015: Excessive oil consumption
- 2014: Engine knock
- 2014: Seized engine
- 2013: Dies while driving
- 2013: Engine running roughly
- 2013: Engine seized
- 2012: Engine failure
- 2012: Engine seized
- 2011: Engine seized
- 2011: Engine stalled cut-off while driving
- 2011: Excessive engine noise
- 2010: Car died
- 2010: Engine complaints (29 NHTSA reports)
Electrical (7 model years)
- 2025: Battery problem
- 2024: Electrical System complaints (18 NHTSA reports)
- 2022: Electrical System complaints (17 NHTSA reports)
- 2020: Blindspot collision warning system wire burnt or chewed
- 2019: Alarm goes off when entering car
- 2019: Electrical System complaints (12 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Electrical System complaints (60 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Rodents eating soy-based wires
- 2014: Wire harness broke
Transmission (4 model years)
- 2024: Power Train complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2022: Power Train complaints (24 NHTSA reports)
- 2021: Power Train complaints (25 NHTSA reports)
- 2018: Hard downshifts
Windows / windshield (3 model years)
- 2023: 3 cracked windshields in six months
- 2021: Whistling wind noise
- 2015: Panoramic sunroof has annoying noise
Brakes (2 model years)
Fuel system (2 model years)
Fuel/Propulsion System (2 model years)
- 2023: Fuel/Propulsion System complaints (37 NHTSA reports)
- 2022: Fuel/Propulsion System complaints (23 NHTSA reports)
Lights (2 model years)
- 2024: Exterior Lighting complaints (6 NHTSA reports)
- 2019: Exterior Lighting complaints (18 NHTSA reports)
Steering (2 model years)
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