NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2007 Hyundai Sonata has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 12, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Hyundai Sonata. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 696
- Crashes reported
- 30
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Hyundai Sonata, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2007 Hyundai Sonata
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 13V354000
- Reported
- August 12, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 364,502
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008–2010 Sonata, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V113000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,712,336
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011 Sonata, 11 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09V280000
- Reported
- July 21, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,011
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Sonata, 4 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V122000
- Reported
- April 15, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 532,633
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Sonata, 7 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 08V161000
- Reported
- April 10, 2008
- Vehicles affected
- up to 393,308
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 208, occupant crash protection
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008 Sonata
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008 Sonata, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006, 2008 Sonata, 57 other models
2007 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 696 owner complaints about the 2007 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on April 1, 2026. Of these, 30 describe a crash (4%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the air bags (37%), followed by the visibility (15%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (9%).
1 of the 2007 Hyundai Sonata's 7 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2007 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (569 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags257
- Visibility107
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic62
- Seat Belts60
- Electrical System51
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)49
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 18 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 53 | |
| 2009 | 53 | |
| 2010 | 91 | |
| 2011 | 44 | |
| 2012 | 42 | |
| 2013 | 72 | |
| 2014 | 83 | |
| 2015 | 52 | |
| 2016 | 43 | |
| 2017 | 41 | |
| 2018 | 30 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 17 | |
| 2021 | 11 | |
| 2022 | 9 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2007 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 91. 31% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Hyundai Sonata drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 6th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 696 complaints about the 2007 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2007 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: April 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted