NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2020 Hyundai Sonata has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Hyundai Sonata. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 181
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Hyundai Sonata, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2020 Hyundai Sonata
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 25V796000
- Reported
- November 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 85,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2021–2023 Sonata
Latches/locks/linkages: trunk lid: latch
- Campaign
- 22V196000
- Reported
- March 28, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 63,461
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 401, interior trunk release
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: software
- Campaign
- 20V213000
- Reported
- April 9, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 11,870
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 20V122000
- Reported
- February 28, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,044
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Hyundai Sonata
2020 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 181 owner complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (3%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the fuel/propulsion system (26%), followed by the electrical system (22%) and the engine (18%).
1 of the 2020 Hyundai Sonata's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2020 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (54 complaints), the median was 2,700 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Fuel/Propulsion System47
- Electrical System40
- Engine32
- Unknown Or Other28
- Power Train24
- Structure17
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 16 | |
| 2022 | 13 | |
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 40 | |
| 2025 | 33 | |
| 2026 | 40 |
Complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 40. 38% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Hyundai Sonata drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 14th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 181 complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2020 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted