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2024 Hyundai Sonata Exterior lighting Problems

Complaints
7about this part
Share
15%of 47 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 7 complaints about the exterior lighting of the 2024 Hyundai Sonata, 15% of the 47 complaints for this model year. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“While driving on the highway on 4/4/26 at 10:40 pm the dashboard and the headlights went out. The outage lasted about 5 seconds and then they came back on. I drove another 40 minutes and did not have another problem. My safety was put at risk because I could not see the road and others could not see me! There were no warnings prior to the problem. This is the second time in a year that this incident has happened. The first time was in September 2025.”

NHTSA complaint #11729236, filed 2026-04

“While driving the dashboard headlights and all safety systems shut off for a brief period and then reset and if driving at night this leaves you completely in the dark till the system resets. All lights exterior and interior all the safety sensors, adaptive cruise control everything shuts off. Anything tied to the electrical system shuts off. The only thing that remains running is the engine.”

NHTSA complaint #11716388, filed 2026-02

“Was driving with the wife on the highway and all of the lights and the dashboard turned off for about 3 seconds then came back on When the lights did come back on the seat belt light was illluminated then went out again We were safe but scary going 60 mph then all of a sudden total darkness”

NHTSA complaint #11773431, filed 2026-10

“The exterior lights such as head lights and brake lights aswell as all interior electronics shut off at random intervals while driving posing a serious danger early in the morning and at night.”

NHTSA complaint #11710434, filed 2026-01

“The automatic high beams feature seems to work through the camera by the rearview mirror. But the issue is when this camera is blocked, all of the safety systems that use the camera will be disabled as they normally will be since the camera cannot see, but the automatic high beams function will still stay on, the indicator light for it will be green meaning that the system is operating normally. As a result of this, the automatic high beam system keeps the high beams on at ALL times because it thinks that it is dark enough because it doesn’t see any light through the camera. …”

NHTSA complaint #11637870, filed 2025-01

Related recalls

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Exterior lighting: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2024715%
202322%
202021%
20191811%
2018226%
2017203%
2016385%
2015383%
201412016%
201319710%
20121419%
20112497%
2010103%
2009143%
2008205%
2007355%
2006454%
20051710%
200452%
200332%
200221%
200110%
200021%
199932%
199812%
199724%
199614%
199314%
199215%

Other parts of the 2024 Hyundai Sonata

Electrical system
19 complaints
Other or unknown
9 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
8 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
6 complaints
Vehicle speed control
6 complaints
Body and structure
5 complaints
Engine
3 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
2 complaints
Brakes
2 complaints
Lane departure
2 complaints
Steering
2 complaints
Fuel system
1 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2024 Hyundai Sonata

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 31, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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