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Hyundai Sonata by model year

22,355 owner complaints are on file with NHTSA for the Hyundai Sonata across 38 model years. Choose a year for problems, recalls, fuel economy and crash ratings in one place.

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Complaints by model year

Total NHTSA complaints by model year, Hyundai Sonata 0 2,500 5,000 1990: 25 '90 1991: 41 1992: 43 1993: 46 '93 1994: 7 1995: 93 1996: 37 '96 1997: 74 1998: 68 1999: 187 '99 2000: 378 2001: 293 2002: 408 '02 2003: 249 2004: 288 2005: 217 '05 2006: 1,422 2007: 906 2008: 554 '08 2009: 612 2010: 415 2011: 4,629 '11 2012: 2,283 2013: 2,668 2014: 1,088 '14 2015: 1,679 2016: 1,004 2017: 1,005 '17 2018: 556 2019: 215 2020: 281 '20 2021: 188 2022: 149 2023: 145 '23 2024: 75 2025: 24 2026: 3 '26
Older model years have had longer to collect complaints, so a taller bar on an older year is not necessarily a worse year. The best and worst years page corrects for this.
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Model yearComplaints
199025
199141
199243
199346
19947
199593
199637
199774
199868
1999187
2000378
2001293
2002408
2003249
2004288
2005217
20061,422
2007906
2008554
2009612
2010415
20114,629
20122,283
20132,668
20141,088
20151,679
20161,004
20171,005
2018556
2019215
2020281
2021188
2022149
2023145
202475
202524
20263

All model years

Model yearComplaintsMost reportedRecallsMPGSafety
2027 26 to 31
2026 3 1 27 to 32
2025 24 27 to 32
2024 75 Electrical system (24%) 1 27 to 29 5 stars
2023 145 Fuel system (30%) 2 27 to 32 5 stars
2022 149 Fuel system (20%) 3 27 to 32 5 stars
2021 188 Engine (19%) 4 27 to 32 5 stars
2020 281 Fuel system (21%) 4 31 to 32 5 stars
2019 215 Engine (45%) 26 to 31 5 stars
2018 556 Engine (41%) 1 26 to 31 5 stars
2017 1,005 Engine (40%) 3 24 to 31 5 stars
2016 1,004 Engine (47%) 6 24 to 31 5 stars
2015 1,679 Engine (39%) 9 24 to 31 5 stars
2014 1,088 Engine (30%) 7 24 to 27 5 stars
2013 2,668 Engine (29%) 9 26 to 27 5 stars
2012 2,283 Engine (25%) 8 26 to 27 5 stars
2011 4,629 Steering (25%) 14 26 to 27 4 to 5 stars
2010 415 Body & structure (40%) 2 22 to 25
2009 612 Brakes (16%) 2 22 to 25
2008 554 Air bags (25%) 3 22 to 25
2007 906 Air bags (29%) 5 21 to 25
2006 1,422 Air bags (31%) 9 21 to 25
2005 217 Air bags (26%) 1 20 to 23
2004 288 Suspension (19%) 1 20 to 23
2003 249 Air bags (18%) 6 20 to 23
2002 408 Body & structure (22%) 7 20 to 23
2001 293 Body & structure (24%) 3 20 to 22
2000 378 Body & structure (30%) 4 20 to 22
1999 187 Body & structure (20%) 4 21 to 22
1998 68 Fuel system (19%) 1 18 to 21
1997 74 Fuel system (26%) 2 18 to 21
1996 37 Engine (16%) 1 19 to 22
1995 93 Air bags (17%) 2 18 to 21
1994 7 1 18 to 21
1993 46 Electrical system (22%) 1 18 to 20
1992 43 Brakes (12%) 1 18 to 20
1991 41 Seat belts (22%) 1 18 to 21
1990 25 Transmission (24%) 3 18 to 21