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2012 Hyundai Sonata suspension problems

36 complaints about suspension have been filed for the 2012 Hyundai Sonata, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
36 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 29 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When suspension problems show up

Suspension complaints by mileage, 2012 Hyundai Sonata Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 14 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 2 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 20,000 miles
Based on 29 complaints that include mileage. 69% 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 miles2
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 29 suspension complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 69% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2012 hyundai sonata. The contact stated that while driving 40 MPH, a loud, abnormal bang was heard from the front passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle then lost braking and steering abilities as the contact crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy and the contact was injured. The vehicle was destroyed. The contact stated that the loud bang was a result of either a tire blowing or a defective strut that caused the tire blow.

Reported at 20,000 miles, October 2012 CrashInjury

Vehicle pulls to the right all the time. Dealer indicates alignment is ok per their alignment calibration machine but the mechanic acknowledges it is still pulling to the right. The frustrating part of all of this is that the 2011 sonata we test drove also had the pulling to the right issue and the salesman just told us it needed an alignment.

Reported at 100 miles, September 2011

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