Model years Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
2015 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid
Complaints about this year name who far more often than the model's other years — 18% of them, about 44× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 51 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 19 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 37 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- brakes — 23.5% of this year's complaints, against 7.9% across the model's other years (3×).
- who — 17.6% of this year's complaints, against 6.5% across the model's other years (2.7×).
- died — 9.8% of this year's complaints, against 3.2% across the model's other years (3.1×). Owners wrote it as: died, stuttered, about mph, railroad.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
Also unusual this year
- manufacturer made — 18% of complaints, 44× usual
- made — 31% of complaints, 7× usual
- made aware — 20% of complaints, 21× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND LOST POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE [VIN] WAS MADE AWARE OF TH…
THE VEHICLE SHUT DOWN SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT WARNING WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT WAS UNCERTAIN AS TO WHAT CAUSED THE FAILURE, BUT FELT IT MAY BE RELATED TO TSB NUMBER: 06-01-004-1. KEFFER HYUNDAI (9010 E INDEPENDENCE BLVD, MATTHEWS, NC 28105, (704…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 17V617000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 16V726000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 17V152000 SEAT BELTS Fixed free of charge.
- 23V651000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Sonata Hybrid was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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