Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1991 Hyundai Sonata

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

1
Open recalls
29
NHTSA complaints
2
Defect investigations
11
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

29 filed
3
Crashes
6
Fires
5
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Seat Belts
    7
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    5
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:CATALYTIC Convertor
    3
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:STARTER Assembly
    2
  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    2
  • Unknown OR Other
    2

Recalls

1 campaign
93V196000·SEAT BELTS1993-11-29

THE MOTORIZED SHOULDER BELT CAN TRAVEL SLOWLY OR CHATTER IN THE TRACK AND MAY EVENTUALLY STOP TRACKING AND BECOME INOPERATIVE.

RiskSLOWING, CHATTERING, OR FAILURE OF THE MOTORIZED SHOULDERBELT MAY DISCOURAGE USE OF THE RESTRAINT SYSTEM, INCREASING THE RISK OF INJURYIN THE EVENT OF A SUDDEN STOP OR ACCIDENT.

FixDEALERS WILL LUBRICATE THE TRACK ASSEMBLY AND, IF ANY SYSTEMS ARE FOUND INOPERATIVE, THE SYSTEM WILL BE REPAIRED OR REPLACED, AS REQUIRED.

NHTSA investigations

2 actions
PE94043·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM1994-05-27 → 1994-10-31

CHARGING SYSTEM FAILURES

PE93061·SEAT BELTS1993-07-08 → 1993-11-30

PASS.RESTRAINT SYSTEM FAIL

Led to recall93V196000

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