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2022 Hyundai Sonata engine problems

The 2022 Hyundai Sonata has 23 engine complaints filed with NHTSA — 17% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

23

Engine complaints

17%

Share of year

1

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

“My ITMS has failed. It’s happened 5 times now where My car will say it’s over heating and go into limp mode. Then within seconds it will act like nothing happened and drive normal. My fan runs constantly and my oil temp is always high. The dealer has refused to fix the problem even with…”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Engine · November 9, 2022

Common questions

How many engine complaints does the 2022 Hyundai Sonata have?

NHTSA has 23 complaints about the 2022 Hyundai Sonata engine — 17% 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.