Safety Score
87
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
49
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-02-26 | 97V026000 |
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | 74,965 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-02 | VISIBILITY | No | 0 | FAILURE/BREAKAGE OF PASSENGER SIDE SUN VISOR AS ADDRESSED IN HYUNDAI TSB 09-01-003 NHTSA ID:10028945 RESULTING IN VISO… |
| 2010-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | AFTER ATTEMPTING TO CALL HYUNDAI, I AM ABSOLUTELY FED UP WITH EVERYTHING THEY ARE DOING. I HAVE "REPAIRED" MY VEHICLE O… |
| 2005-06-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | 1997 HYUNDAI SONATA HAS DEFECTIVE FUEL TANK. LEAKING GAS FROM THE UPPER PART OF ON THE FUEL TANK. THERE WAS A RECALL … |
| 2005-05-29 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL # 00V314001 1997 HYUNDAI SONATA I HAD CALLED DEALER TO ASK OF RECALL THEY HAD INFORMED ME THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS… |
| 2005-03-06 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE POWER LOCKS ARE DEFECTIVE, WHEN PLACING THE KEY INTO THE LOCK THE PASSENGER LOCK WOULD NOT OPEN, WHEN THE CONSUME… |
| 2004-07-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL 00V314001 CONCERNING FUEL TANK. AFTER REFILLING THE FUEL TANK CONSUMER SMELLED STRONG GASOLINE ODOR. CONTACTED … |
| 2003-11-26 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE |
| 2003-11-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL 001V314001 CONCERNING FUEL TANK. AFTER HAVING RECALL REPAIRS DONE CONSUMER SMELLED GASOLINE ODORS, AND CHECK EN… |
| 2003-05-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEMS MAY APPLY EXCESSIVE VACUUM TO THE FUEL TANKS DURING THE CANISTER PURGE CYCLE. … |
| 2003-03-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE FUEL TANK CRACKED AND LEAKED GASOLINE. *JB |
| 2003-03-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:PRESSURE RELIEF DEVICES | No | 0 | FUEL TANK RECALLS BELOW HAVE NOT BEEN PROPERLY FIXED. FUEL TANK STILL TAKES ON TOO MUCH PRESSURE AND VEHICLE HAS ALSO F… |
| 2003-02-20 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM AS STATED IN RECALL #97V026000, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS … |
| 2003-01-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I AM WRITING TO COMPLAIN AGAINST DIFEO HYUNDAI, HUDSON MALL, RT. 440, JERSEY CITY, NJ. I HAD THE FOLLOWING RECALLS D… |
| 2002-09-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK WAS LEAKING GAS WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER, AND THE DEALER STATED THAT LEAK CAME FROM THE UPPER PART OF… |
| 2002-07-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | AFTER MAKING SEVERAL APPOINTMENTS TO HAVE THE FUEL TANK RECALL 00V314001 PERFORMED THE PARTS WEREN'T AVAILABLE. *AK |
| 2002-03-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY VEHICLES CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR WELL OVER A YEAR NOW. I BELIEVE THIS PROBLEM IS DUT TO A MANUFACTURER'S… |
| 2002-02-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL 00 V 314 001/FUEL TANK: RECALL REPAIRS WERE DONE IN APRIL 27, 2001, AND PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED. DEALER/MANUFACT… |
| 2002-02-23 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR BRAKES CAUSING VEHICLE UNABLE TO STOP. |
| 2001-09-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STAYS ON AFTER DEALERSHIPS TRIED TO FIX MULIPLE TIMES. I HAVE SPEND ABOUT 3,000 DALLORS OF MY MONEY … |
| 2001-06-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START, DEALER SAID TIMING BELT BROKE AND CAUSED THE CRANK SENSOR AND TIMING SENSO… |
| 2001-01-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON WHILE OPERATING VEHICLE. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT CLOCK SPRING NEE… |
| 2000-12-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK HAS DEVELOPED CRACKS AND A FUEL SMELL IS PRESENT. 1) IN DEC 2000 AND MAR 2001 FUEL TANK REPLACED BECAUSE OF … |
| 2000-10-23 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | OBSERVED GAS LEAKING FROM UNDER VEHICLE TOOK VEHICLE TO SHOP UPON INSPECTION TANK WAS FOUND TO HAVE A CRACK ON THE SIDE… |
| 2000-07-28 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | EXPERIENCING PROBLEM WITH ACCELLERATION ON HIGHWAY. WHEN VEHICLE REACHES 40 MPH OR MORE IT APPEARS TO BE SHIFTING IN … |
| 2000-01-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION; WHEN APPLING GEAR IN REVERSE THERE IS A HARD BANGING NOISE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. TRANSMIS… |
| 1999-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | RECALL REGARDING GAS TANK PROBLEM.*MR WHILE DRIVING THE CONSUMER HIT A POTHOLE IN THE ROAD. SHORTLY AFTER ALL THE FUE… |
| 1999-11-25 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED AT LOW SPEED, UNDER 5 MPH, KILLING FRONT SEAT PASSENGER.*AK THE SONATA HIT THE REAR … |
| 1999-09-18 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | No | 0 | ON SEPTEMBER 18, 1999 WHILE DRIVING ON BALTIMORE/WASHINGTON PRKWY, I APPROACHED AN AREA OF HIGHWAY WERE WORK WAS BEING … |
| 1999-06-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK HAS CRACKED AT SEAMS, CAUSING FUEL LEAKAGE. DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL TANK TWICE.*AK |
| 1999-06-03 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 1 | WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 50 MPH VEHICLE HAD HIT ANOTHER VEHICLE ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE, AND NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED. *AK |
| 1999-06-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK IS LEAKING FUEL, DEALER HAS REPLACED FUEL TANK FIVE TIMES, PROBLEM HAS REOCCURRED, A RECALL HAS BEEN ISSUED.… |
| 1999-01-01 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING VEHICLE JERKS AND RPM LINE GOES UP IN DOWN. THEN VEHICLE STARTS SLOWING DOWN, AND WILL SHUTDOWN. ENGI… |
| 1999-01-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL:FLASHER UNIT | No | 0 | IN EXTREMELY COLD WEATHER, THE HYUNDAI SONATA'S TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS DO NOT FUNCTION. IN ORDER TO GET THEM TO ACTIVATE, … |
| 1998-12-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE NOISE AND LEAKAGE DUE TO THREE COLLAPSED LIFTERS AND FRONT CRANKS SEAL LEAKING, DAMAGE TO BELT FROM OIL. |
| 1998-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | SINCE WE HAVE OWNED VEHICLE - 9/98-TO PRESENT ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON CAUSING LACK OF POWER- SMOKE-VIBRATION - TAKEN … |
| 1998-09-16 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL IMPACT TRAVELLING ABOUT 15MPH, NEITHER AIR BAG DEPLOYED UPON IMPACT. CAR WAS TOWED, I… |
| 1998-07-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE HESITATES WHEN GOING ONTO RAMPSS AND WHEN SLOWING FOR TURNS. |
| 1998-06-02 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | AIR BAG DID NOT INFLATE CAUSING INJURY IN ACCIDENT. |
| 1998-01-27 | SUSPENSION:FRONT | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING AT ANY SPEED FRONT OF VEHICLE IS SHAKING REAL BADLY, AND FRONT TIRE IS VIRBATING. WHEN CONSUMER IS DRIVI… |
| 1997-12-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILURE. |
| 1997-12-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION FAILURE. |
| 1997-10-28 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HAZARD FLASHING WARNING LIGHTS | No | 0 | WHEN CONSUMER USES HAZARD LIGHTS AND THEN USE IT AGAIN SIGNAL LIGHTS GO OUT. TOOK TO DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED AT 3708,… |
| 1996-08-08 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION GEAR SHIFT WILL NOT LOCK INTO PLACE, ALSO SLIPS INTO NEUTRAL IF SLIGHTLY BUMPED. |
| — | STEERING:HYDRAULIC POWER ASSIST SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE TAKING AN EXIT RAMP OFF THE HIGHWAY STEERING LOCKED UP, CAUSING A LOSS OF CONTROL FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. … |
| — | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO FAILURE OF THE DASHBOARD WIRING. MJS |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER REAREND VEHICLE WITH A 25 MPH IMPACT WITH APPLYING BRAKES. DUAL AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AND SHOULDER SEATBELT D… |
| — | TIRES | No | 0 | TWO TIRES FAILED PREMATURELY (UNIROYAL). YH |
| — | POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES, THE CONSUMER FEELS THE VEHICLE IS DEFECTIVE. NLM |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 60 MPH TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT, CAUSING LOSS OF ACCELERATION. ALSO, VEHICLE W… |