NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Hyundai Sonata Recalls
The 2021 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 2021 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
- 134
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
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On a 2021 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 2021 Hyundai Sonata
Fuel system, gasoline
- Campaign
- 25V796000
- Reported
- November 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 85,043
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2020, 2022–2023 Sonata
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 22V746000
- Reported
- October 6, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 56,148
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Sonata, 5 other models
Visibility: windshield
- Campaign
- 21V00M000
- Reported
- December 28, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,413
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 21V524000
- Reported
- July 9, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 15,752
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2022 Sonata, 1 other model
2021 Hyundai Sonata complaints by year
NHTSA has received 134 owner complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Sonata, the newest on September 28, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (5%); owners reported 13 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Sonata, the component group named most often is the engine (25%), followed by the power train (19%) and the fuel/propulsion system (16%).
1 of the 2021 Hyundai Sonata's 4 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2021 Hyundai Sonata owners gave the mileage (25 complaints), the median was 41,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine34
- Unknown Or Other32
- Power Train25
- Fuel/Propulsion System21
- Electrical System17
- Fuel System, Gasoline13
Complaints received, by year
| 2021 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | |
| 2023 | 22 | |
| 2024 | 15 | |
| 2025 | 29 | |
| 2026 | 41 |
Complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Sonata peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 41. 48% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Hyundai Sonata drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Hyundai Sonata year in the same window: 16th highest of the 23 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 134 complaints about the 2021 Hyundai Sonata are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Sonata by model year
Other 2021 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: September 28, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted