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2011 HYUNDAI SONATA — Complaint #2041412

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NHTSA Complaint about STRUCTURE:BODY filed November 19, 2024

NHTSA complaint #2041412 (ODI reference 11626076) concerns a 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA and was filed on November 19, 2024. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 5, 2024. The report was geocoded to Mississippi based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as structure:body, 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 structure:body 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 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2011 HYUNDAI SONATA
Component
STRUCTURE:BODY
State
Mississippi

Complaint Description

The interior and exterior driver side door and driver side rear door handles are no longer functional on this vehicle. This is a well known problem with these vehicles that poses a grave safety hazard. In the event of a fire or accident, it would be impossible to exit or gain access to my vehicle without breaking the side glass. I have spoken to my Hyundai dealer and they agreed that it is a known, dangerous problem, however no TSB or recall has been issued. My only recourse is to pay to have this defect repaired. This is the first vehicle I have ever owned that has had this type of issue.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 2041412
ODI Number 11626076
Date Filed November 19, 2024
Failure Date January 5, 2024
VIN 5NPEC4AC2BH

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