NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2018 Hyundai Sonata has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on August 6, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 Hyundai Sonata. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 375
- Crashes reported
- 18
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 Hyundai Sonata, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2018 Hyundai Sonata
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 Sonata, 3 other models
2018 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 375 owner complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 18 describe a crash (5%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the engine (57%), followed by the electrical system (16%) and the power train (11%).
The 2018 Hyundai Sonata's only recall does not concern the engine.
Where 2018 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (140 complaints), the median was 20,500 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine212
- Electrical System60
- Unknown Or Other58
- Power Train40
- Fuel/Propulsion System32
- Exterior Lighting22
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 17 | |
| 2019 | 61 | |
| 2020 | 18 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 37 | |
| 2023 | 55 | |
| 2024 | 44 | |
| 2025 | 82 | |
| 2026 | 38 |
Complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 82. 32% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Hyundai Sonata drew 1.0× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 11th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 375 complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2018 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted