2006 HYUNDAI SONATA Recalls — Canada & USA

The 2006 Hyundai Sonata has 14 recalls, the most serious being an ABS module that stays powered after the car is shut off and can allow moisture to cause an electrical short, starting an underhood fire even while the vehicle is parked. The rear suspension also has a recall: corroded control arms, on vehicles originally sold or registered in certain northern and mid-Atlantic states, can separate and abruptly shift rear wheel alignment, making the vehicle difficult to control. On the restraint side, the passenger seat sensor that determines whether to activate the front airbag can misclassify a small adult as a child and leave that airbag turned off in a crash. A separate issue affects the front seat recliner, where the seatbelt can catch on the manual recliner knob and release the seatback unexpectedly. The brake light switch can also malfunction, causing brake lights to stay on when the pedal is released or fail to light up when the pedal is pressed, leaving drivers behind without a clear warning. On 3.3-liter models with electronic stability control, the system can activate unnecessarily on banked curves, applying a front brake without driver input and altering the vehicle's path. Two related recalls address turn signal lenses that may be improperly positioned or dimensioned, reducing how visible the signals are to other drivers. There is also a label recall for airbag warning stickers on the sun visors that may have separated or distorted.