Is This A Lemon?

Year · Make · Model

1996 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
23
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
41
Service bulletins

NCAP safety

Overall
Not rated
Frontal
Not rated
Side
Not rated
Rollover
Not rated

Consumer complaints

23 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
1
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Engine AND Engine COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE
    5
  • Power TRAIN:AUTOMATIC Transmission
    4
  • AIR Bags
    3
  • Electrical SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
    2
  • Service BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC Limited Slip
    2
  • EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR Conditioner
    2
  • Electrical SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
    1
  • VISIBILITY:DEFROSTER/DEFOGGER/HVAC System
    1

Recalls

1 campaign
97V026000·VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD WIPER/WASHER:MOTOR1997-02-26

THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER ELECTRICAL CONTACTS WERE CONTAMINATED DURING ASSEMBLY.

RiskTHIS CONTAMINATION INTERFERES WITH THE ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT CONTINUITY AND PREVENTS THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR FROM OPERATING. INOPERATIVE WINDSHIELD WIPERS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO REDUCED VISIBILITY DURING INCLEMENT WEATHER INCREASING THE RISK OF A VEHICLE CRASH.

FixDEALERS WILL REMOVE THE CONTAMINANTS FROM THE WINDSHIELD WIPER MOTOR CIRCUIT BREAKER CONTACTS.

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