154 of the 1,243 complaints about the Hyundai Sonata (12.4%) concern Electrical, making it the model's second-largest problem area. That share is 0.8× the Electrical share across all tracked vehicles.
154Complaints · Electrical
12.4%Share of complaints
0.79×vs. all vehicles
44Last 12 months
5.8%Share involving a crash or fire
2Related recalls
Analysis
44 Electrical complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 37 in the 12 months before — up 19%.
9 of these reports (5.8%) describe a crash or fire, with 4 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.
2 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 26V047000 (2026-01-27, model year 2026).
Fuse for A/C was blown, caught on fire, and melted components.
Electrical · 2026-09-20 · ODI 11765593 · Fire
Parking malfunction. Parked, running car moved itself to reverse and backed up a driveway crossing a dirt road and hitting a fence and post. This car could have hit and severely injured anyone who was in the path while it was reversing on its own.
Electrical · 2026-08-26 · ODI 11759884 · Crash
The passenger compartment climate control blower motor circuit suffered a severe thermal overload. The terminal overheated, shorted out, and physically melted the primary engine wiring harness (Part #91400-L0051) inside the main fuse block connector housing…
Electrical · 2026-10-03 · ODI 11768694
A/C blower motor fan would stop working. Happened twice within less than a year apart. Upon further inspection, multi fuse wiring overheated and melted, ruining fuse and making A/C stop working during 100 temperatures outside.
Electrical · 2026-09-07 · ODI 11762639
Blower motor malfunction at night. Smelled something burning. Extremely hot and humid outside. Windows fogged up inside which greatly reduced visibility. Checked the multifuse which controls the ABS, oil pump, cooling fan, & Blower.
Electrical · 2026-08-23 · ODI 11758874
The reverse camera only shows a black screen and will put drivers in danger while not being able to see behind them while reversing. This needs to be recalled and repaired.
Electrical · 2026-08-23 · ODI 11758919
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Summary: Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Tucson Hybrid, Tucson Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 IONIQ 5, Santa Cruz, Kona, Palisade, Palisade Hybrid, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, Sonata, Sonata Hybrid, and Tucson vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 101, "Controls and Displays."
Remedy: The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai's customer service at 855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 293. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on January 28, 2026.
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE Campaign 20V213000 · 2020-04-09 · Model years: 2020
Summary: Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2020 Nexo and Sonata vehicles. The Remote Smart Parking Assist (RSPA) software may fail to prevent vehicle movement upon detection of an RSPA system malfunction.
Remedy: Hyundai will notify owners, and dealers will reprogram the RSPA software, free of charge. The recall began June 3, 2020. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 191.
