1991 Hyundai Sonata problems
Owners have filed 41 complaints with NHTSA about the 1991 Hyundai Sonata. Seat belts is the most reported problem area, at 22% of complaints. Next are electrical system (17%) and engine (17%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 41 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Seat belts 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 3 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 5 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
What the data shows
Safety-related details: 3 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 5 injuries reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 91% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 1991 ranks 33rd most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Sonata with enough data (24 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
While driving highway, accelerator stuck; tried to stop; lost control; spunout 6 times; lurched backwards/forwards across highway; hit 2 trees; speed 80 mp.
Ltr expressing his dissatisfaction with the way NHTSA processed his petition for a hearing... The consumer sent a petition for defective airbags.. The consumer stated the air bag recall was performed on the vehicle, however the air bag light continued to illuminate and the vehicle was serviced three times to correct the problem. The consumer's wife was involved in a one car accident in which the air bags failed to deploy.
Driver noticed smoke coming from car, turned off ignition, restarted the car and the key got stuck in the ignition and would not turn. A few minutes later, the car caught on fire in the engine compartment. Owner was able to put out fire, but the key would not come out of the ignition. The vehcle is being repaired.