Federal complaint record · Hyundai Sonata · model year 1999

1999 Hyundai Sonata

Owners submitted 124 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 29th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1997 to 2001 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is structure. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Structure · 20% · group n = 37Airbags · 17% · group n = 31Engine · 12% · group n = 23Suspension · 9% · group n = 17Electrical · 8% · group n = 15
124
Complaint records on file
98,723
Median mileage at the reported problem · 73 complaints reported mileage
20%
Of classified component reports name structure · group n = 37
29th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 36 model years

Structure · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Structure20%

Structure reports

Hyundai Sonata · model year 1999

Reports in this group37
Share of classified reports20%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 21 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 31999 Hyundai Sonata
Stalling or shutdown · 15 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 31999 Hyundai Sonata
Steering effort · 12 reports

Reports describe steering effort or control concerns

Cluster 3 of 31999 Hyundai Sonata

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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