Safety Score
91
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
49
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1998 Hyundai Sonata.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-11-28 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CRACK IN GAS TANK DISCOVERED AFTER SEVERAL REMOVALS OF TANK TO REPLACE HOSES, THEN CLAMPS. REPLACED 1998 TANK WITH USE… |
| 2007-06-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CONTACT SMELLED GAS AND NOTICED A GAS LEAK COMING FROM THE FUEL TANK. … |
| 2006-07-31 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE | No | 0 | WE PURCHASED A USED 1998 SONATA GL FOR MY DAUGHTER IN MAY 2006. IN ABOUT JULY 2006 SHE NOTICED THAT SHE SEEMED TO BE US… |
| 2006-05-01 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS NOT FUNCTIONAL AND THAT THE THE OBD TO THE SYSTEM IS NOT COMMUNICATING… |
| 2006-03-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING OUT OF MY PARKING LOT, TWO PIECES OF EQUIPMENT FELL OFF OF MY VEHICLE. ONE LOOKED LIKE A BELT AND THE OTH… |
| 2005-06-01 | STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK | No | 0 | MY 1998 HYUNDAI SONATA HAS BEEN A CHALLENGE TO MAINTAIN. TWICE THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR SPRING HAS RUSTED THROUGH AND W… |
| 2005-04-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CALLER STATED: BROUGHT CAR IN FOR INSPECTION. WHEN THE CAR WAS HOOKED UP THE MONITOR STATUS WITH THE ONBOARD COMPUTER… |
| 2005-04-21 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THE PASSENGER WINDOW WOULD NOT ROLL UP, IT GOT STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A RAIN STORM. THE PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN F… |
| 2005-01-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | DT: THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR LATCH BROKE. CALLER HAD TO ROLL DOWN THE WINDOW TO GET THE DOOR OPENED. FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS … |
| 2004-12-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | FOLLOW UP TO COMPLAINT #10102430, PASENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM INSIDE/OUTSIDE, AFTER REMOVING INSIDE DOOR PANEL FIS… |
| 2004-12-08 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | AFTER CLOSING PASSENGER DOOR IT WILL NOT REOPEN, INSIDE DOOR HANDLE APPEARS NOT TO ENGAGE LINKAGE, PASSENGER WOULD NOT … |
| 2004-11-16 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | PASSENGER WINDOW AND DRIVER'S DOOR INOPERABLE. *AK |
| 2004-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY HYUNDAI IN 2004. MY 1998 HYUNDAI SONATA VEHICLE DRIVER AND PASSENGER INTERIOR PART OF DOORS ARE STUCK. I HA… |
| 2004-04-24 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT HAVE OCCURRED TO MY HYUNDAI SONATA 98 SINCE I GOT THE CAR AS OF SEPTEMBER 2003. I'VE HAD TO… |
| 2004-01-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | FUEL TANK CRACKED. A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED ON THIS MAKE/MODEL AND YEAR. HOWEVER, THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN TH… |
| 2003-10-23 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WITH 39,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED.*AK |
| 2003-07-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE) | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED EGR LIGHT STAYS ON. DEALER EXAMINED THE VEHICLE TWICE, AND REPLACED THE EGR VALVE AND THE EG… |
| 2003-06-15 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH | No | 0 | SAME AS ODI ID NUMBER: 1003666 . FRONT DOORS DO NOT UNLOCK FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE AND MUST CRAWL THROUGH BACK SEAT TO G… |
| 2003-05-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | A CRACK ON THE GAS TANK. ALSO, DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND HAS FIXED THE PROBLEM. WAS NOT CONTACTED AT THE TIME OF THIS C… |
| 2002-06-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TURN SIGNALS AND HAZARDS FAILED. ALL FUSES, CONTROL BOX, AND WIRING WERE CHECKED AND PROBLEM COULD NOT BE FOUND. IN … |
| 2002-03-25 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | MARCH 25, 2002 MY DRIVER SIDE WINDOW WOULD NOT CLOSE. I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED SERVICE CONTRACT WHEN I PURCHASED TH… |
| 2001-10-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | CONSUMER STATES THAT FORNT DOORS DO NOT UN LOCK.DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK |
| 2001-09-21 | STEERING:GEAR BOX:SHAFT PITMAN | No | 0 | I HAD JUST EXITED THE HIGHWAY (70MPH), PULLE OFF ONTO EXIT RAMP. WHEN I CAME TO THE STOP SIGN MY STEERING WHEEL "FREE S… |
| 2001-07-31 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP | No | 0 | FUEL PUMP LEAKED FUEL INTO THE ENGINE AND CAUSED ENGINE TO SEIZE. *AK |
| 2000-12-18 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | ALTHOUGH AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR WAS PAID FOR AT 900.+ DOLLARS THE BELTS AND WHEELS STILL LOCK-UP. WHEN TAKEN BACK … |
| 2000-12-08 | VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS | No | 0 | WHILE ATTEMPTING TO OPEN/CLOSE POWER WINDOW, WINDOW WILL NOT WORK. PROBLEM HAD STARTED WITH DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW FIR… |
| 2000-04-07 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | 1998 HYUNDAI SONATA 4 CYLINDER WITH AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. REPEATEDLY WOULD GO INTO NEUTRAL IN CRITICAL SITUATIONS LI… |
| 2000-04-01 | VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD | No | 0 | WINDSHIELD MAKES A WHISTLING SOUND WHEN DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS. TAKEN VEHICLE TO DEALER WHO CANNOT FIND A REMEDY. *AK |
| 2000-01-28 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AT ABOUT 15 MPH, DRIVER IN FRONT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. IT WAS REALLY FOGGY OUTSIDE, AND… |
| 2000-01-09 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE DEALER WITH NO FRONT BRAKES AND TRANSMISSION THAT FAILD THE NEXT DAY. |
| 1999-11-17 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION BOTH TIMES WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. 1ST TIME UNDER WARRANTY, THIS TIME IT'S NOT AND APPARENTLY IT IS OKAY FO… |
| 1999-09-15 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO DRIVE THERE IS A REVING OF THE TACHOMETER SOMETIMES UP TO 4,000 RPM BEFORE THE SHIFT IS COMPL… |
| 1999-06-21 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO HESITATE AND MAY RESULT IN A CRASH … |
| 1999-05-30 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | ON TWO OCCASIONS THE TRANSMISSION FAILED WHILE PUSHING ON THE ACCELERATOR, VEHICLE SHIFTED IN NEUTRAL ON ITS OWN, ALMOS… |
| 1999-05-16 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WE HAD GOTTEN THE RECALL LETTER FOR SOMETHING OTHER THAN THE GAS TANK ON THE VEHICLE WE WERE TOLD IT HAD A CRACK IN IT … |
| 1999-04-09 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED FROM BUDGET CAR SALES, LESS THAN 3 MONTHS THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION WENT OUT, EARNHARDTS REPLACE… |
| 1999-03-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR THIS VEHICLE. |
| 1999-03-12 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE COMING TO A STOP SIGN, WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNIG, THE TRANMISSION DROPS, CAUSING THE VEHICLE NOT TO GO FORWARD AND… |
| 1999-02-20 | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH VEHICLE HAD NO FRONTAL IMPACT AND NO ACCIDENT, BUT DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIRBAGS DEPLOYED INAD… |
| 1999-01-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF AIR BAG CAUSING DRIVER TO PANIC. |
| 1999-01-26 | AIR BAGS | No | 1 | FALSE DEPLOYMENT OF BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIR BAG RESULTED IN THE DRIVER TO FEELING SICK AND DIZZY FROM THE SUB… |
| 1998-10-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AS SOON AS LOANER CAR WAS AVAILABLE - 6 DAYS. VEHICLE WAS RETURNED IN SATISFACTORY CONDITION. |
| 1901-01-01 | SEATS | No | 0 | CONSUMER LETTER REQUESTING ALL INFORMATION, INVESTIGATIONS AND RECALLS PERTAINING TO THE 1998 SONATA OR THE Y3 SEAT. *… |
| — | AIR BAGS:FRONTAL | Yes | 2 | CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A 5 MPH MINOR COLLISION IN WHICH THE DRIVER'S AND PASSENGER'S AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, BOTH DRIVER … |
| — | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:GEAR POSITION INDICATION (PRNDL) | No | 0 | OWNER HAS EXPERIENCED PROBLEMS WITH THE GEAR SHIFT INDICATOR GETTING JAMMED IN THE PARKING GEAR. THIS HAS BEEN AN INTE… |
| — | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | FRONT PASSENGER'S WINDOW DOES NOT ROLL DOWN ,IT IS STUCK POSSIBLY DUE TO WINDOW REGULATOR OR WINDOW TAPE. PLEASE PROVID… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FAILED. YH |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE IS BEING RECALLED FOR THE EVAPORATIVE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM, 00V-314, THE CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT SINCE HE… |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN JANUARY OF 1999. ON 2/26/99 I SENT THE VEHICLE TO JIM CLICK (520-292-3790) TO HAVE THE FUEL… |