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2013 HYUNDAI SONATA — Complaint #1764867

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NHTSA Complaint about EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:BULBS filed August 24, 2021

NHTSA complaint #1764867 (ODI reference 11430387) concerns a 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA and was filed on August 24, 2021. The owner reports the failure occurred on August 24, 2021. The report was geocoded to South Carolina based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as exterior lighting:brake lights:bulbs, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI SONATA cohort independently describe similar exterior lighting:brake lights:bulbs failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2013 HYUNDAI SONATA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2013 HYUNDAI SONATA
Component
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:BULBS
State
South Carolina

Complaint Description

The lights bulbs have burned out multiple times. The hole where the bulb fits is misshapen and is very hard to install new light bulbs (practically impossible). Reported to dealership. They said it is a known issue and that Hyundai will not fix it now. Told me to buy new lights. I did that and the bulbs are still burning out. The socket the bulb goes into is melted, the spot the light bulb goes into the light is melted. This is not safe. I have put over 10 light bulbs in the trail lights in a little over 3 years.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1764867
ODI Number 11430387
Date Filed August 24, 2021
Failure Date August 24, 2021
VIN 5NPEB4AC5DH

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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.