2007 Hyundai Sonata problems
Owners have filed 906 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Hyundai Sonata. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 29% of complaints. Next are wipers, windshield & visibility (16%) and brakes (12%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 906 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 29% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 45 and 13
- Injuries and deaths
- 25 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 67,000 miles 734 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 | 101 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 100 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 103 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 127 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 114 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 66 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 52 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 37 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 15 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 15 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Of the 734 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 67,000 miles. For air bags specifically, the median reported mileage is about 75,000 miles (211 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 45 complaints mention a crash; 13 complaints mention a fire; 25 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 8th most-complained-about out of 34 model years of the Hyundai Sonata with enough data (420 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 5 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.
Tl* the contact owned a 2007 hyundai sonata. While the vehicle was idling at a traffic light, the driver side turn signal exploded. The contact sustained injuries that required medical attention. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where the vehicle was deemed destroyed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the incident. The failure mileage was 150,000. ..updated 02/02/17
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 hyundai sonata. While driving 10 MPH, the contact's vehicle was struck head on by another vehicle. None of the air bags deployed. The vehicle was unable to be driven. The contact was wearing his seat belt at the time of the crash; however, two occupants were injured. There was no maintenance or service performed on the air bags. A police report was filed. The failure mileage was 29,000. The consumer stated he was involved in 2 accidents and the airbags did not deploy either time.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 hyundai sonata. The contact was driving 5 MPH when the brakes were depressed and the vehicle accelerated unexpectedly, crashing into a wall. The crash caused the air bags to deploy. The contact and passenger suffered injuries to their chest areas as a result of the crash. The police were notified and a report was on file. The vehicle was then towed to a local repair shop. The manufacturer was notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 78,060.
I noticed the air bag warning light was constantly on several weeks prior to servicing. 1/21/12 (97,624 mileage), code causing air bag light was cleared (code not indicated to owner). On 8/18/12 (111,685 mileage) the air bag warning light was constant again. Dealer reset the light. On 1/17/14 (141,400 mileage approximate) vehicle was brought in for ocs and brake light recall. Again air bag light was on code b1706 (passenger pretensioner) was scanned.
On october 18, 2019 my fuel pump broke it happened at a plaza parked and then on february 10, 2019 was involved in a car crash due to a ball joint from the front end passenger side. My ball joint broke and everything else detached it happened on the highway I was with my kids and thank god I didn't crash into a car but it was a very scary traumatic moment for all of us. I keep replacing the inner and outer tie rod, also the ball joint and now it makes sense why, it has to do with the control arm.