Toyota Tundra vs Hyundai Sonata

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Toyota Tundra	Hyundai Sonata
Complaints on file	9,446	22,259
Model years covered	1999–2026	1987–2026
Worst model year	2007	2013
Best model year	2026	2025
Crashes reported	501	1,148
Fires reported	70	850
Injuries reported	260	740
Deaths reported	14	21
Most complained-about part	Body & Structure	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.9%	12.4%

Toyota Tundra by year

1 1,334 543 648 524 652 491 677 535 460 53 218 184 216 105 115 59 156 112 153 104 55 31 633 620 511 222 34

99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Body & Structure 1,779 18.8%

Brakes 1,068 11.3%

Engine & Cooling 1,053 11.1%

Suspension 854 9.0%

Transmission & Drivetrain 802 8.5%

Fuel & Propulsion 576 6.1%

Other & Unspecified 568 6.0%

Airbags 495 5.2%

Hyundai Sonata by year

4 18 25 41 43 46 7 93 37 74 68 187 378 293 407 249 288 217 1,422 906 554 612 415 4,621 2,280 2,651 1,080 1,660 996 1,000 548 212 268 180 142 140 74 21 2

87 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 5,099 22.9%

Steering 2,377 10.7%

Airbags 2,068 9.3%

Electrical System 2,003 9.0%

Other & Unspecified 1,327 6.0%

Brakes 1,258 5.7%

Body & Structure 1,087 4.9%

Fuel & Propulsion 1,087 4.9%