2017 HYUNDAI SONATA — Complaint #1854147
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:COIL:SPARK PLUGS filed November 16, 2022
NHTSA complaint #1854147 (ODI reference 11493842) concerns a 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA and was filed on November 16, 2022. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 13, 2022. The report was geocoded to Alabama based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:ignition:coil:spark plugs, 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 electrical system:ignition:coil:spark plugs 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 2017 HYUNDAI SONATA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2017 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated while her son was driving at an undisclosed speed, the check engine warning light, the battery warning light, and the oil pressure warning light illuminated, and the vehicle stalled. The contact's son veered to the side of the road. The contact stated that her son was able to restart the vehicle; however, the vehicle was jerking while driving. The contact's son pulled into a gas station where he added oil in the vehicle. However, upon starting the vehicle and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle failed to respond and would not move. The vehicle was towed the residence of the contact's mother. The vehicle was then towed to a local Pep Boys where it was diagnosed that oil had leaked onto the spark plugs and cylinders. The dealer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1854147 |
| ODI Number | 11493842 |
| Date Filed | November 16, 2022 |
| Failure Date | November 13, 2022 |
| VIN | 5NPE24AF0HH |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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