2000 Hyundai Sonata problems
Owners have filed 378 complaints with NHTSA about the 2000 Hyundai Sonata. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 30% of complaints. Next are suspension (17%) and air bags (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 378 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 30% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 22 and 9
- Injuries and deaths
- 15 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 108,000 miles 240 complaints with mileage
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%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 14 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 6 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 14 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 31 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 38 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 39 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 38 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 27 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 23 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 7 |
| 200k+ miles | 3 |
What the data shows
Of the 240 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 108,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 116,000 miles (100 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 22 complaints mention a crash; 9 complaints mention a fire; 15 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2000 ranks 20th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Sonata with enough data (138 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
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 traveling 55 to 60 MPH, the consumer hit an animal that had stopped in the road and none of the airbags deployed. All five passengers were injured in the accident. It was a horse, which died upon impact.
Dt: the contact's daughter was involved in an accident. The accident occurred during rainy conditions. The contact's daughter hydro planed and hit another vehicle. Upon impact the front air bags failed to deploy. The vehicle received damage to both front doors and the front end. Injuries were sustained by both the contact and a passenger in the rear of the vehicle. The air bag light illuminated after the impact. A police report was taken at the scene.
Consumer was involved in a collision whiletraveling 40MPH, and safety belt did not restrain consumer. Consumer sustained head injury.
When I was at the grade school picking up my daughter, the car started to lurch and then stopped. I got out and the front tire on the passenger side was twisted to the side. The right axle had blown out. I could no longer drive the car. I was in the process of moving back to illinois at the end of may I had to rent a car dolly to tow the car behind the u-haul. Upon taking it to our automotive repair shop, he called us the next day to say that the front right frame cradle had rusted in half.
Car stalls out in low speed driving, idling, and or when back up. I have been able to avoid an accident with passengers in the vehicle or not in the vehicle while I was driving. I have had oil changed, fluids checked, alternator changed, spark plugs and wires also checked. The car has also had fuel system flushed and problem with stalling persist.