The Lemon Index$1,200 middle bill · most between $1,000 and $1,800
Lower than the $2,000 middle bill owners of all 112 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 70,000 miles (5 reports).
Hyundai Sonata owners reported paying a median of $1,200 for a steering rack replacement, with the middle half of bills between $1,000 and $1,800. That's from 5 owner reports (5 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0000%
- $1,000–$2,50080%
- $2,500–$5,00020%
- $5,000 and up0%
Share of the 5 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2002 Hyundai Sonata1too few for a middle
- 2006 Hyundai Sonata1too few for a middle
- 2011 Hyundai Sonata1too few for a middle
- 2012 Hyundai Sonata1too few for a middle
- 2017 Hyundai Sonata1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2011 Hyundai Sonata100 complaints name it3% of that year's complaints
- 2017 Hyundai Sonata48 complaints name it5% of that year's complaints
- 2012 Hyundai Sonata35 complaints name it2% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a steering rack / power steering. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
2.4 Theta II · Theta II 2.0 turbo (G4KH)
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Keep going
- Hyundai Sonata reliability by year
- Steering rack replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Hyundai Sonata owners reported
Engine replacement (56) · Brake repair (32) · Steering column repair (24) · Fuel pump replacement (17) · Starter replacement (14) · Wiring harness repair (13) · Airbag module and clock spring replacement (9) · Car battery replacement (7) · Crankshaft position sensor replacement (5) · Spark plug replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11299316, 11287618, 10936604, 10514109, 10250674.
Quick answers
How much does steering rack replacement cost on a Hyundai Sonata?
Hyundai Sonata owners reported a median of $1,200, and the middle half paid $1,000 to $1,800, from 5 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Hyundai Sonata steering rack replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Hyundai Sonata middle bill of $1,200 is lower than the $2,000 owners of all 112 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Hyundai Sonata repair costs come from?
From 5 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Hyundai Sonata years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2011 (100), 2017 (48), 2012 (35) Hyundai Sonata named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.