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2018 Hyundai Sonata engine problems

The 2018 Hyundai Sonata has 218 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 40% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

218

Engine complaints

40%

Share of year

3

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Engine complaints by year

Sonata engine complaints by model year1,008 complaints1987: 1 complaints1989: 7 complaints1991: 8 complaints1992: 5 complaints1993: 12 complaints1994: 1 complaints1995: 9 complaints1996: 6 complaints1997: 9 complaints1998: 4 complaints1999: 23 complaints2000: 33 complaints2001: 25 complaints2002: 22 complaints2003: 17 complaints2004: 10 complaints2005: 11 complaints2006: 74 complaints2007: 49 complaints2008: 50 complaints2009: 62 complaints2010: 29 complaints2011: 1,008 complaints2012: 573 complaints2013: 764 complaints2014: 319 complaints2015: 627 complaints2016: 459 complaints2017: 397 complaints2018: 218 complaints2019: 90 complaints2020: 28 complaints2021: 34 complaints2022: 23 complaints2023: 28 complaints2024: 3 complaints2025: 2 complaints
Sonata engine complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“THIS CAR HAS A MIND OF IT ON WHEN I TURN ON HEAT THE RADIO STATION GOES STATIC VERY BAD ENGINE LIGHT KEEP COMING ON GO TO DEALERSHIP THEY KEEP ON RESET INSTEAD OF FIXING IT YESTERDAY MY STARTER BURN OUT .JUST OUT THE BLUE WITH NO WARNING SIGN IT WAS GOING OUT”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · January 22, 2020 · fire

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2018 Hyundai Sonata have?

NHTSA has 218 complaints about the 2018 Hyundai Sonata engine — 40% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.