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2011 Hyundai Sonata cruise control problems

96 complaints about cruise control have been filed for the 2011 Hyundai Sonata, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
96 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
60,000 miles 67 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
18 and 1
Injuries and deaths
9 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When cruise control problems show up

Cruise control complaints by mileage, 2011 Hyundai Sonata Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 60,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 14 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 8 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 11 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 7 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 9 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 7 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 8 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 60,000 miles
Based on 67 complaints that include mileage. 49% 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 miles14
20k to 40k miles8
40k to 60k miles11
60k to 80k miles7
80k to 100k miles9
100k to 120k miles7
120k to 140k miles8
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 67 cruise control complaints that report mileage, the median is about 60,000 miles, and 49% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 18 crashes, 1 fire, 9 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was driving into a parking space in a parking lot and came to a stop when the car suddenly accelerated, jumped a curb which was five inches high and five inches wide, smashed into a fence and came to rest on a scattered pile of bricks. I hurt my knee which hit the dashboard. This injury did not require hospitalization although I was in a state of shock.there was considerable damage to the car which is now in the body shop. It will take three weeks at least to repair the car.

Reported at 1,200 miles, March 2012 CrashInjury

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while sitting at a traffic light, there was an abnormal increase in engine rpms. The contact mentioned that he felt as if the vehicle wanted to lunge forward every time the failure occurred. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the vehicle was test driven by a technician. The failure recurred while being test driven and the vehicle independently accelerated up an embankment, crashed into a tree and then rolled over.

Reported at 36,000 miles, April 2013 CrashInjury

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