NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2008 Hyundai Sonata has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 12, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Hyundai Sonata. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 425
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Hyundai Sonata, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Hyundai Sonata
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 13V354000
- Reported
- August 12, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 364,502
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 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 2007, 2009–2011 Sonata, 11 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 2006–2007 Sonata
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 08E021000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Sonata, 1 other model
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007 Sonata, 57 other models
2008 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 425 owner complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on March 21, 2026. Of these, 19 describe a crash (4%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the air bags (32%), followed by the visibility (16%) and the engine (11%).
1 of the 2008 Hyundai Sonata's 5 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (343 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags137
- Visibility67
- Engine48
- Electrical System32
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)30
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic30
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 17 | |
| 2009 | 25 | |
| 2010 | 53 | |
| 2011 | 37 | |
| 2012 | 39 | |
| 2013 | 45 | |
| 2014 | 50 | |
| 2015 | 28 | |
| 2016 | 32 | |
| 2017 | 26 | |
| 2018 | 20 | |
| 2019 | 20 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 53. 32% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Hyundai Sonata drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 9th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 425 complaints about the 2008 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2008 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: March 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted