Hyundai SONATA — All Years
Reliability and problems by year based on NHTSA complaint data.
Best Years to Buy
| Year | Complaints | Top Issue | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 20 | I recently purchased a 2025 Hyundai Sonata. I’m wr... | Excellent Reliability |
| 2024 | 69 | This has happened three or four times now while I ... | Average |
| 2023 | 136 | While on the highway, my car suddenly started shak... | Below Average |
| 2022 | 137 | Loss of power while accelerating. Engine overheat ... | Below Average |
| 2021 | 167 | The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Sonata. The contac... | Below Average |
| 2020 | 251 | AS THE VEHICLE WAS AT A COMPLETE STOP AND WAITING ... | Avoid This Year |
| 2019 | 205 | I HAVE LEASE THIS CAR SINCE 1/16/2019 UNTIL 4/14/1... | Avoid This Year |
| 2018 | 540 | PURCHASED NEW 2018 SONATA SEL MODEL IN CALIFORNIA.... | Avoid This Year |
| 2017 | 989 | WHILE I WAS DRIVING I HAD COME TO A STOP AT THE ST... | Avoid This Year |
| 2016 | 991 | WHILE DRIVING 65MPH AT 10PM ON A THE INTERSTATE, I... | Avoid This Year |
| 2015 | 1634 | THIS IS A NEW HYUNDAI SONATA 2015. THE ENGINE CHEC... | Avoid This Year |
| 2014 | 1071 | AT APPROXIMATELY 5PM ON OCTOBER 10TH 2014 I PULLED... | Avoid This Year |
| 2013 | 2635 | PURCHASED 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA GLS AT STREETBORO OH... | Avoid This Year |
| 2012 | 2271 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA. THE CO... | Avoid This Year |
| 2011 | 4605 | I OWNED THE CAR FOR A WEEK. THERE WAS NO WARNING. ... | Avoid This Year |
| 2010 | 415 | SINCE AUGUST 2010, I HAVE HAD THREE EXTERIOR DOOR ... | Avoid This Year |