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.
2013 HYUNDAI SONATA HYBRID
4 safety recall campaigns, 7 defect investigations (1 open), 169 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations71 open
Owner complaints169
Complaints citing a crash18
Complaints citing a fire5
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 4 of 4
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.
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
- 40ENGINE
- 22ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 16SERVICE BRAKES
- 14POWER TRAIN
- 12FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 10STEERING
- 9SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 9UNKNOWN OR OTHER
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2013 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.