Federal complaint record · Hyundai Sonata · model year 2000

2000 Hyundai Sonata

Owners submitted 276 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 42th percentile for complaint intensity within its 1998 to 2002 midsize sedan cohort. The largest reported component group is structure. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Structure · 30% · group n = 113Suspension · 17% · group n = 65Airbags · 12% · group n = 44Electrical · 10% · group n = 39Engine · 9% · group n = 33
276
Complaint records on file
104,696
Median mileage at the reported problem · 176 complaints reported mileage
30%
Of classified component reports name structure · group n = 113
42th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 37 model years

Structure · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Structure30%

Structure reports

Hyundai Sonata · model year 2000

Reports in this group113
Share of classified reports30%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Airbag concerns · 35 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 1 of 32000 Hyundai Sonata
Stalling or shutdown · 30 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32000 Hyundai Sonata
Brake performance · 15 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32000 Hyundai Sonata

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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