NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2017 Hyundai Sonata 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. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 766
- Crashes reported
- 28
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 Hyundai Sonata, 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
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 21V749000
- Reported
- September 24, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 469,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015–2016 Sonata, 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 2018 Sonata, 3 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 16V956000
- Reported
- December 30, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 110
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
2017 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 766 owner complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 28 describe a crash (4%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the engine (50%), followed by the steering (23%) and the electrical system (8%).
None of the 2017 Hyundai Sonata's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2017 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (233 complaints), the median was 55,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine385
- Steering173
- Unknown Or Other102
- Electrical System65
- Power Train56
- Structure37
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 22 | |
| 2018 | 23 | |
| 2019 | 59 | |
| 2020 | 65 | |
| 2021 | 88 | |
| 2022 | 131 | |
| 2023 | 122 | |
| 2024 | 113 | |
| 2025 | 92 | |
| 2026 | 49 |
Complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 131. 22% 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 drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 8th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 766 complaints about the 2017 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2017 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted