NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid Recalls
The 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 24, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 81
- Crashes reported
- 1
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2017 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 2016 Sonata Hybrid, 1 other model
Engine
- Campaign
- 21V727000
- Reported
- September 17, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 95,515
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 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 2016, 2018 Sonata Hybrid, 3 other models
2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid complaints by year
NHTSA has received 81 owner complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the newest on October 16, 2026. Of these, 1 describe a crash (1%) and 4 a fire.
In complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, the component group named most often is the engine (57%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the power train (12%).
1 of the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid's 3 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 66,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine46
- Electrical System18
- Unknown Or Other11
- Power Train10
- Steering8
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 16 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 16. 21% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata Hybrid year in the same window: 6th highest of the 10 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 81 complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata Hybrid by model year
Other 2017 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted