NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Recalls
The 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 24, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 133
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 21V749000
- Reported
- September 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 469,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2017 Sonata Hybrid, 1 other model
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 21V619000
- Reported
- August 6, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 348,158
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018 Sonata Hybrid, 3 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V746000
- Reported
- December 1, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 128,948
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011–2013 Sonata Hybrid, 2 other models
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 16V726000
- Reported
- October 11, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 62,811
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015 Sonata Hybrid, 1 other model
Air bags: frontal
- Campaign
- 16V232000
- Reported
- April 21, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 33
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 133 owner complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (3%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the component group named most often is the engine (55%), followed by the electrical system (27%) and the power train (11%).
1 of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid's 5 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid owners gave the mileage (86 complaints), the median was 62,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine73
- Electrical System36
- Unknown Or Other19
- Power Train14
- Exterior Lighting7
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 15 | |
| 2020 | 12 | |
| 2021 | 31 | |
| 2022 | 22 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 6 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 31. 30% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid drew 1.8× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata Hybrid year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 133 complaints about the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid crash tests and safety technology
For the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, NHTSA lists electronic stability control as standard and forward collision warning and lane departure warning as an option. None of the 8 Sonata Hybrid years NHTSA rated (2011–2018) lists forward collision warning as standard.
NHTSA puts the chance that the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid rolls over in a single-vehicle crash at 10.5% (4 stars). That is tied for the highest of the 8 Sonata Hybrid years NHTSA rated from 2004 on (9.7%–10.5%); the 2011 had the lowest, 9.7%. Of 63 other 2016 cars with NHTSA ratings on this site, 20 (32%) had a lower rollover risk; their median was 10.7%.
Ratings, rollover risk and technology of the 2016 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings API, retrieved October 28, 2026; NHTSA terms of use. How the tests work
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid by model year
Other 2016 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted