vehicle issue

2011 Hyundai Sonata — STEERING

Official recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications, and deduplicated NHTSA complaints for the 2011 Hyundai Sonata STEERING system.

Official identifiers and sources shown at claim level Data refreshed 8/29/2026

answer

What the official record set shows

For this vehicle and system, the database links 0 recall campaigns, 1 defect investigations, 0 manufacturer communication documents, and 1164 deduplicated NHTSA complaint incidents. These are separate evidence types; complaint reports are not treated as proven defects.

Recall campaigns
0
Defect investigations
1
Deduplicated complaint incidents
1,164
Manufacturer documents
0

safety

Safety and recall action

No linked recall campaign is present in this dossier. This is not a guarantee that the VIN has no open recall; perform a current VIN lookup.

Do-not-drive flag
No
Park-outside flag
No
Recall progress reports
0
Recall campaigns
0

campaigns

Defect investigations

NHTSA data associates 1 investigation actions with this model year and component. No linked action is currently listed as open in the flat file.

Open investigation
No
Official records
1

Action Numbers

  • PE10035

SOURCES

tsbs

Manufacturer communications

NHTSA lists 0 manufacturer communication documents for this model-year/component mapping. A communication may be technical guidance, a service campaign, warranty information, or another notice; it is not automatically a recall or a diagnosis.

Official records
0

symptoms

Deduplicated owner-report context

The supporting record set contains 1164 distinct ODI complaint incidents, including 20 crash reports and 6 fire reports. Reported injuries total 5 and deaths total 1 after deduplicating repeated component rows. These submissions are allegations and do not prove causation or diagnose this vehicle.

Fire reports
6
Reported deaths
1
Crash reports
20
Reported injuries
5
Incidents
1,164
Median reported failure mileage
65,000

Odi Numbers

  • 11755879
  • 11751926
  • 11719724
  • 11712626
  • 11672070
  • 11628097
  • 11602706
  • 11586263
  • 11549336
  • 11545238

SOURCES

methodology

Official-record timeline

The timeline separates the first linked recall, investigation, manufacturer communication, complaint filing, and latest recall-progress update. Dates describe the records, not the onset date for every vehicle.

Official-record events

  • investigation-opened — 2010-08-27
  • complaint-first-filed — 2010-03-29

repair options

Dealer, repair shop, or stop driving?

Check the VIN and official action numbers first. Contact a dealer for recall, campaign, warranty, and current manufacturer-document applicability. A qualified independent shop can diagnose the present condition using those identifiers, but should not replace parts from counts alone.

DIY repair procedure provided
No

Recommended order

  • official VIN lookup
  • dealer campaign check
  • qualified diagnosis

sources

Official sources and limits

Recall, investigation, manufacturer communication, recall-progress, and complaint identities come from NHTSA public data. The page does not infer a failed part, prescribe a DIY repair, or claim that every listed record applies to the VIN.

Policy
phase15-official-dossier-v1
Claim Coverage
complete