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2023 Hyundai Sonata — Problems & Complaints

NHTSA has 87 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.

87
Complaints
filed with NHTSA
5
Involved a Crash
owner-reported
0
Involved Fire
owner-reported
0
Injuries
across all reports
Years to Avoid

Hyundai Sonata — Complaints by Model Year

Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.

725 complaints

765 complaints

374 complaints

162 complaints

180 complaints

134 complaints

94 complaints

87 complaints

46 complaints

17 complaints

0 complaints

Problem Areas

What Owners Complain About Most

Fuel/propulsion System 37 reports
Engine 28 reports
Power Train 16 reports
Electrical System 12 reports
Forward Collision Avoidance 9 reports
Fuel System 7 reports
Unknown Or Other 7 reports
Gasoline 6 reports
In Their Own Words

Recent Owner Reports

Unknown Or Other ODI 11632905 12/28/2024

Twice within the first 26k miles i had 2 individual fuel injectors go bad. Both times my check engine light came on in the middle of driving, and then my car would no longer increase in speed and left me stranded on the road. Luckily, i was able to pull over to the side of the road. The random malfunction of the vehicle could’ve caused an accident or put my life, as well as th…

Unknown Or Other ODI 11498015 12/19/2022

P074D73 is code showing up coming up and going off after sometime. This is code something related to the Transmission. Worried if it could cause the Transmission to fail which may result in loss of power during the drive which could potentially cause fatal accidents. It occured Multiple times. Attached the screenshots

Forward Collision Avoidance ODI 11497956 12/18/2022

On a highway cruising at 70mph with the ACC (Adaptive Cruise Control ) on and following distance set at max a car from another lane turned into my lane and then continued to an off ramp. My car initially braked and then downshifted from 8th to maybe 4th and accelerated hard - scaring me and my passengers. I did add to the actions of the car by pressing the following distance b…

Fuel/propulsion System ODI 11630937 12/16/2024

I bought the new car on 11/21/22. There have been two incidents with the same cause. Incident #1: On 1/25/23, while I was on a six lane highway with high speed traffic and rush hour level traffic, the car began to fail, with 'bucking', failure to respond to the gas pedal, loss of power, and difficulty steering. At that time, the check engine light also went on (it had not been…

Engine ODI 11704347 12/10/2025

My car was having an issue where it was losing all the coolant, causing my engine to overheat twice while driving down the highway. Unfortunately I couldn't find a leak anywhere and there was no fluid leaking in my garage. I lost an entire reservoir of coolant overnight. After taking my car to the dealership to get repaired, I was told that it was leaking my coolant into the e…

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Recalls & Crash Tests

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Questions

FAQ

Is the 2023 Hyundai Sonata reliable?
Owners have filed 87 safety complaints with NHTSA for the 2023 Hyundai Sonata, most often about fuel/propulsion system. Compare the complaint counts across model years above — a year with far more complaints than the model's average is the strongest 'avoid' signal in public data.
Which Hyundai Sonata years should I avoid?
The rule of thumb used by analysts: a model year whose complaint count is well above the model's own average (we flag 2× or more) usually had a real manufacturing or design problem — not just noisy reporting. Use the year-by-year strip on this page.
Where do these complaints come from?
Directly from NHTSA, the US government road-safety agency. Any owner can file a Vehicle Owner Questionnaire; NHTSA publishes them as public domain data. We cache each lookup for up to 7 days.
Do complaints mean a recall is coming?
Sometimes. NHTSA opens defect investigations when complaint patterns emerge, and investigations can end in recalls. Check the recalls page for this vehicle to see what has already been recalled.