51 complaints reported

2017 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
51
Crashes
1
Fires
2
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Feb 2026

Sun roof flew off while driving, the metal framing was twisted and dent. Sun Roof was closed at the time. Pictures were sent to insurance company but no one has looked at it yet. No warning. Sun roof was working properly.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Feb 2026
Jul 2025

1.Sunroof disengaged from car. yes 2. Glass falling from car. Glass could have landed inside car, killing or injuring driver. Glass could have landed on any car behind the sonata killing or injuring occupants in that car. 3. Unknown 4. No 5. No

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jun 2025
May 2025

My car is burning a lot of oil to the point I have no oil in my car and that’s bad

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2025
May 2025 Crash

The contact is a death investigator calling on behalf of the owner of a 2017 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated while he was driving at an undisclosed speed, another vehicle failed to yield causing the front of the vehicle to crash into the front end of another vehicle. The events leading to the crash were unknown. The air bags were deployed. The owner of the 2017 Hyundai Senata was pronounced deceased at the scene; the cause was presumed to have been caused by the wheel hub dislodging. The death investigator arrived at the scene and discovered the wheel hub in the back of the neck of the driver possibly leading to the fatality. The other vehicle involved in the crash was able to drive off the scene. No further information was available on the other vehicle in the crash. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2025
Mar 2025

Paint peeling on hood and roof

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2025
Dec 2024

Shark fin antenna came off

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Dec 2023
Nov 2024 Fire

I heard a pop noise. My car started to smoke a few seconds later full fire. The whole dashboard radio was gone. Burned. No light indicating there was a problem. Car was not running hot.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Nov 2024
May 2024

Key is stuck in ignition and won't come out. Key comes out maybe a half inch but won't turn either way. Steering wheel is not in locked position.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2024
May 2024

My trunk will not unlatch and open. Trunk opening buttons are functional, however the trunk will not open

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2024
Oct 2023

My engine oil consumption is more. I have driven 70 miles the oil comes from full to low level

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Oct 2023
Jul 2023

Several weeks ago, the trunk would not open. The latch was determined to be defective. I paid for a repair and replacement at a local garage. I had discovered there was a recall but phone calls to the dealership service department were not returned. I paid $149.79 for the part and part of $150.00 labor charge to replace the trunk latch. Can I get a reimbursement for this part replacement and labor to repair?

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Feb 2023
May 2023

Check Hybrid system. Turn off engine. Driving one hour in 90 degree temperature and this warning appeared on dash with VERY loud warning. Warning continued until I found a safe spot to pull off the road out of traffic note loud warning continued until I was able to shut off the engine.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2023
Apr 2023

At the beginning of March 2023, I observed that the white paint on the roof top is peeling off. Since Hyundai sent a extended warranty at the end of last year I took it to the dealership when I went for fixing a recall (Anti-theft software upgrade). They said that they don’t do paint job and asked me to call Hyundai US. Hyundai US said that the dealership is supposed to coordinate with a body shop to get this completed and file a reimbursement to Hyundai US. My contact person in Hyundai US called Hyundai dealership in Kirkland, WA and responded saying, this is only a cosmetic fix, and I should focus on completing the 60K service mileage, including brake change. I see that the paint is starting to peel off in more places and I am concerned that in few months it’ll spread all over the car.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Apr 2023
Mar 2023

Antana cover jest came off car on highway and almost hit a car behind me the car sward so it didn't get hit could have broke a windshield or cause the to hit a car in next lane

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Feb 2023
Jan 2023

My Hyundai sonata hybrid has always experienced issues with a loss of power as well as warnings illuminating on the dashboard which also would result in a check engine light and occasionally a complete shutdown of the car. When this issue was experienced a simple restart of the car would make it run normal again-even the trouble codes would clear out of the system after the 3rd reset (also completely wiping the code history)I was lucky and the car began to β€œlimp” and throw the check hybrid system warning within 5 minutes of a local dealership. They found that the HSG β€œhybrid starter generator” was faulty via a voltage test. They explained that the HSG would cause the complete shutdown and poor performance of my vehicle due to incorrect voltage. This issue existed for many years and the dealership was unable to identify the source of the issue. This is extremely dangerous and seems to be a common occurrence. I complained about this issue directly to the dealer’s maintenance managers as well as escalated the issue to Hyundai Corp they also were unable to determine the part was faulty over many years and even told me to just β€œreset and keep driving”. Please investigate this issue it can be found all over the internet with a simple google search. I have even met a gentleman in the dealership with the same year Hyundai sonata hybrid limited and he also was experiencing the same issue-they were unable to identify or replicate the issue when the car was left with the dealer.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2023
Dec 2022

2017 Hyudai Sonata. Paint peeling off roof right above front window - paint is listed as W8 - white color. It has about 44k miles. Numerous complaints about the paint on the internet and hyundai forums.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Oct 2022
Nov 2022

Paint and clearcoat have separated from body on roof of car.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Dec 2022
Aug 2022

Paint is peeling badly all over car

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2022
Aug 2022

I have had my 2017 since July of 2017. Specifically, I have a petal white Hyundai Sonata sport. Over this past summer I started to notice that there was paint chipping on my roof directly above the passenger side window. It has progressively gotten worse. The paint is peeling off in sheets as I am driving down the high way. I explored my options on how I can go about fixing this and have notice that this is a country wide issue with this specific color and make of car. I have been compiling information because I am currently over the 36,000 warranty. I see similar cars in my neighborhood and we all have the same issue. Additionally, my dolphin antenna flew off while driving. Which could have caused damage to others around me. Prior to this, it was a bit lose. But again this is another issue that seems to be more common in this model and make of car.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Aug 2021
Jun 2022

The power steering stopped working. I am unsure if this is powertrain, electrical or something else. My wife was driving the vehicle without an issue and then the steering became very difficult to the point of not being able to control the car.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jun 2022
Jun 2022

Trunk latch will not latch. Trunk will not close.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jun 2022
May 2022

I was driving north bound on I-95 north in Georgia when I heard a loud bang and then at same time looked out my driver side mirror when I see the cover of my antenna flying down the road, which was dangerous since it could have it a car behind me, a car could have run it over and gotten a flat time, or a car could have seen it and made it swerve and caused an accident. When I went to look for a replacement Hyundai makes you buy the whole antenna at over $600 and when I went to look online, I found a lot of other Hyundai customers had same problem of their antenna cover just breaking off and, in my search, found cars Hyundai made by them had a recall on same thing in the year before mine was made.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: May 2022
Mar 2022

Trunk latch recall - was told the Hyundai dealership couldnt get me in for over a month to fix it

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Mar 2022
Feb 2022

Check Engine light on,, throttle stuck/revving high in idle. Vehicle lunges forward without touching the gas pedal. Difficult to keep brake applied to stop it from lunging forward. Yet, little to no power over 25mph. Vehicle still under manufacturer, dealer and wrap warranty which was purchased at the dealership at point of sale. Vehicle affected by theta II engine safety campaign. Hyundai extended the powertrain warranties for all affected vehicles. Manufacturer and dealer notified of the safety issue on vehicle. Both unconcerned and uncooperative. Upon attempting to get my vehicle serviced; Was first told 8 weeks before my car can even be looked at. That no loaners are available(I am entitled to a loaner of a vehicle in the same class as mine per my warranty)I reiterated the safety concern. Hyundai and dealership failed & continue to fail to make this issue a priority. Explained that I could not drive the car for 8weeks. That it's dangerous, its going to kill myself or someone else. At the very least it will cause injury. Still no solution offered by manufacturer or dealership. Hyundai representative gave me an itinerary #(?) for reference. Also, attempted to sell me another warranty. I explained that my vehicle was covered by THREE warranties. I don't NEED another warranty. I NEED my car fixed and for someone to make this safety issue a priority! My car was a CPO purchased 5/28/20. Less than 30days after sale the check engine light came on & the car started misfiring. It was able to be serviced quickly, a loaner was given to me promptly and the issue was "fixed". This has now reoccured 6 times. Each of those 6 times my car was able to be brought in and serviced quickly, a loaner given to me. The dealership nor the manufacturer will resolve the current safety issue. The car is going to cause bodily harm and/or a fatality & they will have blood on their hands.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2022
Jan 2022

For the past several months, my vehicle has been burning oil. The oil lamp would only come on when the oil was completely gone and that would happen at least a month before I was set to get another oil change. This morning my check engine light came on for the first time and I was barely able to make it to work without my car stalling. I have not been able to have it checked because it just happened and I'm not even sure it will start when I leave work today. After just a short search online, I have found that other vehicles of the same year, make, and model have been recalled for similar things happening. Unfortunately, my car was not included in that recall even though I am experiencing the same issues.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA, Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America
Incident: Jan 2022

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The 2017 Hyundai Sonata has 51 UNKNOWN OR OTHER complaints on file. 1 crashes have been reported. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.