Owners have filed 16 complaints with NHTSA about this car, most about the acceleration and cruise control, backup camera, and fuel system. The 8 checks below target those problems, in the order you would do them at the car.
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0/8 checked
2025 Hyundai Sonata: inspection sheet
Before you go, or before you touch the car0/1
Engine off, key in hand0/2
Ask the seller not to warm the car up first0/1
At least 20 minutes, with some highway0/4
These checks are specific to this model year. For tires, body panels, fluids, and the other basics every used car needs, use the general inspection guide.
Nearby years usually share most parts, so their problems are worth checking on this car too.
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
Worth adding to your 2025 checks
EPA figures for each version of the 2025 Hyundai Sonata. Use them to confirm you are looking at the version that was advertised, and as a yardstick on the test drive.
| Version | Drive | EPA rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2.5L 4-cylGas | AWD, FWD | 28–32 mpg |
| 2.0L 4-cylHybrid | FWD | 47 mpg |
NHTSA complaints for the 2025 Hyundai Sonata, grouped by the part owners named. Open a row to read what goes wrong.
The speedometer reads faster than the car is actually going. Reported errors run 1-4 mph at some times and 6-8 mph at others, checked against GPS and roadside speed signs. One report says a dealer applied a speedometer update during a visit for a radio update recall and gave no paperwork for it. A separate complaint concerns the gear selector. Pushing it down selected reverse, which is the opposite of what the driver expected, and the car nearly backed off a drop. No crashes are recorded in this category.
Two problems appear here, and one led to a crash. A hybrid surged forward on its own at about 1 mph while switching from electric to gasoline power. It hit objects in a garage and suffered heavy front-end damage, with no warning and no automatic braking before impact. The other complaint involves the rear collision braking system. It stops the car from reversing when it detects an object, and it switches itself back on at every start even after the driver turns it off. That report lists an injury.
Two fuel complaints are on file. In one, the gas tank was found loose during a fill-up on a car that only the selling dealer had serviced. In the other, a heavy gasoline smell fills the cabin after topping off the tank or after any later fill-up, and it stays there. Neither report mentions a fire or a leak on the ground, but a fuel odor inside the cabin needs a prompt inspection.
Excerpts from complaints Sonata owners filed with NHTSA, as written. Listen for the same symptoms on your test drive.
I went into dealer was told there was a car recall for radio update which I later was not provided any documentation for on another visit I noticed a speedometer update was performed to vehicle since the speedometer does not match the actual speed of the vehicle as the other complaint in December 2024 by another same model vehicle owner
Filed with NHTSA, November 2025
Speedometer display inaccurate speed. Sometimes its shows 1-4mph miles more than the actual speed and other times 6-8mph. Verified issue with sonar system from different truck, street speed limit screen and own gps.
Filed with NHTSA, April 2025
the gas tank is loose upon pumping gas it was found loose today the red mccombs dealership is the only service company who has performed service on vehicle
Filed with NHTSA, January 2026
Complaints for this year next to the average for the other model years, area by area.
The 2025 has the fewest owner complaints of the 8 Sonata years we cover, well under the average of the others. Newer years have had less time to collect complaints, so compare like with like.
Cars shoppers compare with the Hyundai Sonata, with their own 2025 checklists.
2025 owner complaints, side by side
