21V619000
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:TRUNK LID:LATCH
A person inside the trunk compartment may become trapped, increasing their risk of injury.
2018 HYUNDAI SONATA
1 safety recall campaign, 2 defect investigations, 544 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns1
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints544
Complaints citing a crash26
Complaints citing a fire19
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 1 of 1
What owners report most
- 206ENGINE
- 58UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 56ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 39POWER TRAIN
- 30FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 21EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 17VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 14SERVICE BRAKES
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.