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2006 Hyundai Sonata lighting problems

46 complaints about lighting have been filed for the 2006 Hyundai Sonata, which is 3% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
46 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When lighting problems show up

Lighting complaints by mileage, 2006 Hyundai Sonata Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 5 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 11 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 3 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 34 complaints that include mileage. 35% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles4
40k to 60k miles5
60k to 80k miles11
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles3
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 34 lighting complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 35% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the lighting complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

I recently purchased a new 2006 hyundai sonata. I have had the vehicle to the dealer several times because of headlight issues. Vehicle from factory was blinding oncoming traffic. Dealer adjusted headlights so low that they did not illuminate the road for any reasonable distance. Return trip to dealer resulted in headlights that did an effective job of lighting the trees above. Third trip to dealer has resulted in headlights that do not properly light the road for any distance.

Reported at 5 miles, January 2006

I bought a 2006 hyundai sonata at the beginning of the model year in august 2005. Since that time, I have replaced the low beam headlamps at least 4 times. On two of those four occasions, the headlamps burned out after only a few months of use. This seems to be a systemic problem and hyundai refuses to acknowledge it.

Reported at 24,000 miles, April 2007

Other problems reported for the 2006 Hyundai Sonata

Lighting problems in other years

Lighting problems across all Hyundai models