36 complaints reported

2016 Hyundai Sonata UNKNOWN OR OTHER

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
36
Crashes
2
Fires
2
Injuries
2

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Sep 2021

Multiple peeling paint issues.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2021
Aug 2021 Crash Fire Injury

As I was driving the car to a vacation resort, the car caught fire and was completely destroyed. Myself, adult son, and wife were in the car at the time. We were luckly to get out of the car before it blew up and killed us all. The car was melted down and completed destroyed. This event happened on May 2, 2021 near Pooler, GA. The only warning sign was smoke, then flames. We lost engine, brakes and control. We hit a light pole to stop the car. Police reports and fire department reports were filed.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Feb 2021
Aug 2021

Driving down the highway and engine stalls next to semi after safety inspection from dealer. Already took to dealer and told there is nothing they can do.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2021
Mar 2020

VEHICLE BEGINS TO SPUTTER WHILE DRIVING, RESULTING IN ENGINE SHUTTING DOWN. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TURNS ON. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES WHILE DRIVING ON BOTH RESIDENTIAL STREETS AND HIGHWAYS. WAS TOLD BY DEALER IT WAS SPARK PLUG ISSUE, SO HAD ALL SPARK PLUGS REPLACED, BUT PROBLEM IS CONTINUING LESS THAN 1 YEAR LATER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2020
Nov 2019

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WITH SLIGHT HESITATION AND REDUCED POWER DURING ACCELERATION. CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY WITH IN TEN MINUTES FROM HOME FROM MY RESEARCH INDICATE THIS CARE ISSUE COULD BE CAUSED FROM HYUNDAI SONATA SOFTWARE ISSUE.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Nov 2019
Mar 2019

MY CAR WAS BROKEN INTO ON 3/3/2019, NOT ONLY DID MY ALARM NOT GO OFF WHEN THE WINDOW WAS SMASHED WHEN I SET MY ALARM ON THE CAR AND OPENED THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE THE CAR DID NOT GO OFF. THE POLICE OFFICER STATED THAT THIS IS A HAZARD ESPECIALLY ON A NEWER MODEL VEHICLE. THE POLICE OFFICER EVEN TESTED OUT THE ALARM WHILE THEY WERE HERE AND IT DID NOT GO OFF. I DONT UNDERSTAND AND I WOULD LIKE FOR THIS ISSUE TO BE FIX.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2019
Feb 2019

ENGINE DYING WHILE IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY, IT HAS ALSO HAPPEN 01/28/2019

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2019
Nov 2018

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND HEARD A GUNSHOT SOUND THEN GLASS STARTED FALLING. MY SUNROOF EXPLODED. HYUNDAI IS TRYING ALL THEY COULD TO NOT COVER THE ISSUE

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Nov 2018
Jun 2017

MY 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA MISFIRE SOMETIMES AT STARTING. HERE IS A LITTLE DESCRIPTION. TODAY JUNE 28 2016 I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND NOTICED IT WAS RUNNING A LITTLE HARDER MAKING AN UNUSUAL SOUND AS I ENGAGED THE REVERSE THE VEHICLE STARTED ROLLING BACK SLOWLY AND CHECKING LIKE IT WAS GOING TO STALL AND STOP. IT ALL SOUNDS LIKE THE VEHICLE HAS MISFIRED AND IS RUNNING ROUGH. I IMMEDIATELY STOPPED THE ENGINE AND STARTED ONE MORE TIME AND THIS TIME THE VEHICLE STARTED IMMEDIATELY. THIS SAME ISSUE HAS HAPPENED ABOUT A MONTH AGO AS I WAS LIVING THE LIBRARY.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jun 2017
Apr 2017

WHILE I WAS ENTERING THE FREEWAY TRYING TO MERGE IN THE TRAFFIC USING LEFT SIGNAL AND DEPENDING ON MY CAR LANE CHANGE ASSISTANCE THAT FAILED TO DETECT THE CAR ON MY LEFT BLIND ZONE, FORCED ME TO TURN AWAY FROM THE CAR TO THE RIGHT SIDE CAUSED BODY DAMAGE TO MY CAR PASSENGER SIDE DUE TO THE STREET GUARD RAILS. THE LANE CHANGE ASSISTANCE FAILED TO DETECT CARS MANY TIMES, I WILL TAKE THE CAR TO THE DEALER.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jun 2017
Mar 2017

SUNROOF RECALL. I GAVE HAD A TOTAL OF THREE ISSUES WITH THE SUNROOF OF MY VEHICLE. WHILE DRIVING THIS LAST TIME ON THE HIGHWAY THE WIND NET POPPED UP AND MY ENTIRE SUNROOF FLEW OFF OF MY CAR. THE FIRST TIME THE WIND NET FLEW UP (FEB 2017), SECOND TIME THE WIND NET BLEW UP AGAIN (MAY 2017) AND FINALLY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND THE WIND NET BLEW UP AND TOOK THE ENTIRE SUNROOF WITH IT ALL WHILE DRIVING. MY CAR JUST TURNED 1 YR OLD ON MAY 2017.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2016 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2017

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Quick Summary

The 2016 Hyundai Sonata has 36 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 2 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.