Hyundai recalls, problems & repair manuals

Pick your Hyundai for the deets: 52 models, 55,687 owner complaints to NHTSA. The most-complained-about are Sonata, Elantra, Santa Fe (they also sell in big numbers).

Current & recent models

Sonata1990–2026 · 16,077 complaints · 132 recalls

Elantra1992–2026 · 8,718 complaints · 102 recalls

Santa Fe2001–2026 · 7,664 complaints · 89 recalls

Tucson2005–2026 · 6,294 complaints · 70 recalls

Palisade2020–2026 · 2,454 complaints · 32 recalls

Accent1991–2022 · 2,032 complaints · 50 recalls

Ioniq 52022–2026 · 1,340 complaints · 21 recalls

Veloster2012–2021 · 1,293 complaints · 18 recalls

Kona2018–2026 · 803 complaints · 13 recalls

Sonata Hybrid2011–2026 · 795 complaints · 34 recalls

Tucson Hybrid2022–2026 · 364 complaints · 7 recalls

Santa Cruz2022–2026 · 323 complaints · 13 recalls

Santa Fe Hybrid2021–2026 · 260 complaints · 18 recalls

Kona Electric2019–2025 · 149 complaints · 10 recalls

Venue2020–2026 · 145 complaints · 5 recalls

Elantra Hybrid2021–2026 · 135 complaints · 12 recalls

Ioniq 62023–2025 · 130 complaints · 13 recalls

Ioniq Hybrid2017–2022 · 125 complaints · 6 recalls

Elantra Gt2013–2020 · 118 complaints · 2 recalls

Veloster N2019–2022 · 62 complaints · 6 recalls

Santa Fe Plug-in Hybrid2022–2023 · 47 complaints · 7 recalls

Elantra N2022–2026 · 40 complaints · 6 recalls

Ioniq 92026–2026 · 37 complaints · 3 recalls

Ioniq Plug-in Hybrid2017–2022 · 27 complaints · 2 recalls

Ioniq Electric2017–2021 · 24 complaints · 5 recalls

Tucson Plug-in Hybrid2022–2026 · 24 complaints · 7 recalls

Nexo2019–2024 · 22 complaints · 13 recalls

Ioniq 5 N2025–2025 · 18 complaints · 0 recalls

Kona N2022–2023 · 11 complaints · 3 recalls

Palisade Hybrid2026–2027 · 9 complaints · 3 recalls

Ioniq2020–2020 · 1 complaints · 0 recalls

Genesis G702020–2020 · 0 complaints · 1 recalls

Older models

Accent Gt1997–1997 · 1 complaints · 1 recalls

Azera2005–2017 · 713 complaints · 39 recalls

Elantra Coupe2013–2015 · 12 complaints · 3 recalls

Elantra Touring2008–2013 · 175 complaints · 11 recalls

Entourage2006–2008 · 288 complaints · 11 recalls

Equus2011–2016 · 96 complaints · 6 recalls

Excel1990–2001 · 182 complaints · 7 recalls

Genesis2008–2018 · 1,244 complaints · 20 recalls

Genesis Coupe2010–2016 · 222 complaints · 22 recalls

Santa Fe Sport2013–2018 · 1,188 complaints · 22 recalls

Santa Fe Xl2019–2019 · 25 complaints · 1 recalls

Scoupe1991–1995 · 61 complaints · 0 recalls

Sonata Gls1999–1999 · 46 complaints · 0 recalls

Sonata Plug-in Hybrid2016–2019 · 63 complaints · 5 recalls

Tiburon1997–2008 · 762 complaints · 27 recalls

Tucson Fuel Cell2015–2015 · 0 complaints · 1 recalls

Veracruz2007–2012 · 661 complaints · 23 recalls

XG3002001–2004 · 75 complaints · 7 recalls

XG3502001–2006 · 319 complaints · 8 recalls

Xg300l2001–2002 · 13 complaints · 0 recalls