NHTSA Safety Recalls
2010 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2010 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 2010 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
- 345
- Crashes reported
- 19
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2010 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 2010 Hyundai Sonata
Suspension: rear
- Campaign
- 13V354000
- Reported
- August 12, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 364,502
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2009 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
2010 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 345 owner complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on December 20, 2025. Of these, 19 describe a crash (6%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 19 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the structure (48%), followed by the engine (8%) and the service brakes (8%).
None of the 2010 Hyundai Sonata's 2 recalls concerns the structure.
Where 2010 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (281 complaints), the median was 65,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Structure164
- Unknown Or Other36
- Engine29
- Service Brakes28
- Power Train21
- Air Bags20
Complaints received, by year
| 2010 | 19 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 47 | |
| 2014 | 66 | |
| 2015 | 45 | |
| 2016 | 43 | |
| 2017 | 27 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 24 | |
| 2020 | 16 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 66. 23% arrived between 2009 and 2013, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2010 vehicles, the 2010 Hyundai Sonata drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 13th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 345 complaints about the 2010 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2010 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: December 20, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted