2010 Hyundai Sonata Structure & Body Problems
NHTSA lists 171 Structure & Body complaints for the 2010 Hyundai Sonata, 50% of all 345 complaints filed for that year, with a median failure mileage of 68,000. The dominant pattern is exterior door handles breaking; no related recall is listed.
- Structure & Body complaints
- 171
- 50% of 345
- Crashes reported
- 1
- Fires reported
- 1
- Injuries reported
- 1
- Median mileage
- 68,000 mi
- Related recalls
- 0
Typical body and structure symptoms owners report
- Exterior door handles snap or fracture, most often on the driver's or passenger's rear door, leaving the door only operable from the inside.
- Owners report replacing multiple door handles on the same vehicle, sometimes three or more separate failures over time.
- Handle failures occur both in front and rear doors, occasionally affecting more than one door on the same side at once.
- Some owners noted the handles broke once the vehicle was out of factory warranty, requiring out-of-pocket repairs.
- A few owners also reported rusting on the factory black steel wheels, a separate structure/body-adjacent complaint.
When 2010 Hyundai Sonata body and structure complaints were filed
First complaint Oct 27, 2010, latest Nov 17, 2025.
Structure & Body recalls for the 2010 Hyundai Sonata
No safety recalls on record for this model year.
Structure & Body complaints by Sonata model year
Raw complaint counts per model year; newer years have had less time to accumulate complaints.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the most common structure & body complaint on the 2010 Hyundai Sonata?
- The most common pattern is exterior door handles breaking or fracturing, described repeatedly across the 171 Structure & Body complaints filed for this year.
- How common are structure & body complaints for the 2010 Sonata?
- They account for 171 of 345 total complaints for the 2010 model year, or 50% of all complaints, the highest share of any Sonata model year in this data.
- Is there a recall for the door handle issue on the 2010 Hyundai Sonata?
- No related recall is listed in this data for the 2010 Sonata's Structure & Body complaints.
- At what mileage do these structure & body problems typically show up?
- NHTSA data shows a median failure mileage of 68,000 miles for Structure & Body complaints on the 2010 Sonata.