23V651000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID
6 safety recall campaigns, 7 defect investigations (1 open), 217 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations71 open
Owner complaints217
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire9
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
20V746000
ENGINE
A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
20V393000
EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL
An overheated accessory outlet increases the risk of fire.
18V137000
AIR BAGS
If the frontal air bags, seat belt pretensioners, and side air bags are disabled, there is an increased risk of injury to the vehicle occupants in the event of a vehicle crash that necessitates deployment of these safety systems.
17V617000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
If the seat belt linkage detaches from the seat belt anchorage, it can not properly restrain the occupant in the event of a crash, increasing the risk of injury.
17V152000
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
In the event of a crash, if the seat belts detach from the anchor pretensioners, it can increase the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 67ENGINE
- 29POWER TRAIN
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 15UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 13VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
- 11SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 10STEERING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2012 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRIDs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.