2011 HYUNDAI SONATA — Complaint #2164255
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NHTSA Complaint about FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS filed January 8, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2164255 (ODI reference 11709592) concerns a 2011 HYUNDAI SONATA and was filed on January 8, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on January 8, 2026. The report was geocoded to Florida based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings, 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 fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings 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.
Complaint Description
The contact owns a 2011 Hyundai Sonata. The contact stated that while attempting to start the vehicle, the vehicle failed to start as intended, and the contact noticed a strong fuel odor coming from underneath the hood. Upon inspecting underneath the hood, the contact noticed a leak. An independent mechanic diagnosed the vehicle and determined that the fuel line was leaking. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to an unknown recall. The manufacturer was contacted, but only the automated system was available. The failure mileage was unknown.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2164255 |
| ODI Number | 11709592 |
| Date Filed | January 8, 2026 |
| Failure Date | January 8, 2026 |
| VIN | 5NPEB4AC0BH |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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