14V368000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
If a brake caliper fractures, brake effectiveness would be reduced, lengthening to distance required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
2015 HYUNDAI SONATA
9 safety recall campaigns, 2 carrying NHTSA's "park it" advisory, 4 defect investigations, 1,646 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
Do not drive
2 campaigns covering the 2015 HYUNDAI SONATA carry NHTSA’s “park it” advisory — the federal government telling owners to stop driving the vehicle until the remedy has been performed. Whether it was performed on any particular car is not something NHTSA publishes in a form anyone can query; a franchised dealer can run the VIN and print the record in a minute, and the repair is free.
The record
Recall campaigns9
Park it2stop driving until repaired
Investigations4
Owner complaints1,646
Complaints citing a crash61
Complaints citing a fire80
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 9
14V325000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
The reduction of power steering assist can increase the steering effort needed, increasing the risk of a crash.
21V749000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE
A turn signal that activates in the opposite direction of what was intended by the driver increases the risk of a crash.
17V359000
PARKING BRAKE:INDICATOR LIGHT
If the parking brake indicator is not illuminated when the parking brake is applied, the driver may operate the vehicle with the parking brake partially engaged, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V726000
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
If the sunroof detaches from the vehicle it could become a road hazard, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V232000
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
An air bag that does not inflate increases the risk of injury.
What owners report most
- 612ENGINE
- 162UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 160ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 133POWER TRAIN
- 72FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 72SERVICE BRAKES
- 72STEERING
- 58VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2015 HYUNDAI SONATAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.