NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2009 Hyundai Sonata has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 12, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Hyundai Sonata. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 460
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Hyundai Sonata, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2009 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Sonata, 11 other models
2009 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 460 owner complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on June 4, 2026. Of these, 21 describe a crash (5%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the service brakes (14%), followed by the electrical system (13%) and the engine (12%).
None of the 2009 Hyundai Sonata's 2 recalls concerns the service brakes.
Where 2009 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (374 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes64
- Electrical System61
- Engine56
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)51
- Unknown Or Other48
- Power Train41
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 12 | |
| 2010 | 24 | |
| 2011 | 38 | |
| 2012 | 28 | |
| 2013 | 65 | |
| 2014 | 49 | |
| 2015 | 45 | |
| 2016 | 55 | |
| 2017 | 33 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 27 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 7 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 4 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 65. 23% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Hyundai Sonata drew 1.6× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 7th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 460 complaints about the 2009 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2009 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: June 4, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted