Model overview · 25 published model years
Hyundai Sonata complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Hyundai Sonata model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
15,604
Matched complaint incidents
2011
Highest signal in this published set
9.7
Signal for that model year
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2023Sonata2021 to 2025 midsize sedan7.8interval 6.2 to 8.283matched incidents2022Sonata2020 to 2024 midsize sedan5.4interval 4.3 to 6.888matched incidents2021Sonata2019 to 2023 midsize sedan5.5interval 4.2 to 6.5119matched incidents2020Sonata2018 to 2022 midsize sedan5.2interval 4.5 to 6.9168matched incidents2019Sonata2017 to 2021 midsize sedan3.6interval 3.3 to 4.2154matched incidents2018Sonata2016 to 2020 midsize sedan6.4interval 5.7 to 6.4364matched incidents2017Sonata2015 to 2019 midsize sedan7.7interval 7.4 to 8.7758matched incidents2016Sonata2014 to 2018 midsize sedan6.7interval 6.7 to 7.1718matched incidents2015Sonata2013 to 2017 midsize sedan8.3interval 8.3 to 8.51,128matched incidents2014Sonata2012 to 2016 midsize sedan5.7interval 5.3 to 6.1742matched incidents2013Sonata2011 to 2015 midsize sedan9.1interval 8.9 to 9.11,898matched incidents2012Sonata2010 to 2014 midsize sedan8.5interval 8.1 to 8.51,552matched incidents2011Sonata2009 to 2013 midsize sedan9.7interval 9.7 to 9.73,369matched incidents2010Sonata2008 to 2012 midsize sedan3.7interval 3.5 to 4.1345matched incidents2009Sonata2007 to 2011 midsize sedan5.1interval 4.7 to 5.3460matched incidents2008Sonata2006 to 2010 midsize sedan4.7interval 4.1 to 4.9425matched incidents2007Sonata2005 to 2009 midsize sedan6.0interval 5.6 to 6.4696matched incidents2006Sonata2004 to 2008 midsize sedan8.2interval 7.6 to 9.11,047matched incidents2005Sonata2003 to 2007 midsize sedan2.4interval 1.2 to 3.3165matched incidents2004Sonata2002 to 2006 midsize sedan3.7interval 2.8 to 3.9202matched incidents2003Sonata2001 to 2005 midsize sedan3.6interval 2.9 to 4.3199matched incidents2002Sonata2000 to 2004 midsize sedan5.0interval 4.5 to 5.0319matched incidents2001Sonata1999 to 2003 midsize sedan3.7interval 3.2 to 3.7205matched incidents2000Sonata1998 to 2002 midsize sedan4.2interval 3.9 to 4.5276matched incidents1999Sonata1997 to 2001 midsize sedan2.9interval 2.1 to 3.5124matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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