NHTSA Safety Recalls
Hyundai Recalls
Hyundai has 788 model-year recall listings with NHTSA across 41 models and 2000–2025 model years. The model with the most is the Sonata, with 120.
Owners have filed 51,126 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai model years listed here; the most, 3,378, concern the 2011 Sonata.
12 Hyundai models have enough complaint data for a years-to-avoid ranking; 8 of them have at least one year that stands out.
Complaints about Hyundai vehicles most often name the engine (at least 13,759), then the electrical system (7,267).
The Hyundai model with the most owner complaints is the Sonata: 15,508 across 24 model years listed here.
The newest Hyundai recall here, 26V452000, was reported on July 14, 2026 and concerns the seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly.
Hyundai recalls most often concern the service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module (71 model-year listings), then the exterior lighting: brake lights: switch (69).
- Models
- 41
- Recall listings
- 788
- Model years
- 2000–2025
- Pages on file
- 252
campaign × model year
year + model
Hyundai models, most recalls first
What gets recalled most on Hyundai vehicles
- SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE71
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH69
- ENGINE25
- TRAILER HITCHES24
- AIR BAGS:FRONTAL23
- EXTERIOR LIGHTING18
- AIR BAGS17
- SEAT BELTS:PRETENSIONER17
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE16
- SEAT BELTS:FRONT16
- SUSPENSION:REAR14
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE14
Hyundai years to avoid, by model
- Hyundai Accent2001, 2002
- Hyundai Azerano year stands out
- Hyundai Elantra2012, 2013, 2017
- Hyundai Genesisno year stands out
- Hyundai Konano year stands out
- Hyundai Santa Fe2017
- Hyundai Santa Fe Sport2017, 2018
- Hyundai Sonata2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Hyundai Sonata Hybridno year stands out
- Hyundai Tiburon2003
- Hyundai Tucson2005, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022
- Hyundai Veloster2012, 2013, 2016
Models sold in large numbers over many years collect more recalls and complaints than niche ones.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted