NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2005 Hyundai Sonata has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 21, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 Hyundai Sonata. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 165
- Crashes reported
- 26
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 Hyundai Sonata, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2005 Hyundai Sonata
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09V280000
- Reported
- July 21, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,011
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Sonata, 4 other models
2005 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 165 owner complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on June 1, 2025. Of these, 26 describe a crash (16%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 27 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the air bags (33%), followed by the structure (18%) and the suspension (16%).
The 2005 Hyundai Sonata's only recall does not concern the air bags.
Where 2005 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (127 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags55
- Structure30
- Suspension26
- Electrical System19
- Exterior Lighting17
- Engine6
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 6 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 5 | |
| 2007 | 13 | |
| 2008 | 5 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 16 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 13 | |
| 2018 | 14 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 18. 18% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Hyundai Sonata drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 22nd highest of the 23 ranked years.
That makes 2005 one of the three best-measured Hyundai Sonata years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 165 complaints about the 2005 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2005 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: June 1, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted