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Toyota Camry vs Hyundai Sonata / Kia Optima

Two curated safety records, lined up. Bar lengths share one scale, so they read across the gutter. Every recall figure below is a documented public record; NCAP and complaint fields name the live NHTSA source they join from.

Head to head
  • Larger recall Toyota Camry 8M vs 1.60M vehicles
  • Higher confirmed U.S. death toll even neither campaign has confirmed deaths
  • Active Do Not Drive order even neither vehicle
  • Recall still ongoing even both closed
Recall - remedy available

Toyota Camry

Toyota·MY 2004-2010·Sedan
No confirmed deaths Status: closed
Recall campaign
Toyota unintended acceleration
Component
Vehicle speed control
Recalled
2009-2010
Units affected
8M about 8M vehicles
U.S. deaths
not asserted - Dozens of crashes were alleged; a 2011 NHTSA-NASA study found no electronic cause.
Live data slot

Not in the v1 snapshot. Fields below name the free NHTSA source they join from - no vehicle-specific number is guessed here.

NCAP crash rating SafetyRatings API
Frontal Crash – / 5★
Side Crash – / 5★
Rollover Resistance – / 5★
Overall Rating – / 5★
Owner complaints FLAT_CMPL
Volume by component pending
Full recall count FLAT_RCL
All recalls, this make/model/year 1 landmark on file
Recall - remedy available

Hyundai Sonata / Kia Optima

Hyundai / Kia·MY 2011-2019·Sedan
No confirmed deaths Status: closed
Recall campaign
Hyundai / Kia Theta II engines
Component
Engine (Theta II)
Recalled
2015, expanded 2017
Units affected
1.60M 1.6M+ vehicles
U.S. deaths
not asserted - Non-crash engine fires; owners were told to 'park outside.' $210M NHTSA penalties (2020).
Live data slot

Not in the v1 snapshot. Fields below name the free NHTSA source they join from - no vehicle-specific number is guessed here.

NCAP crash rating SafetyRatings API
Frontal Crash – / 5★
Side Crash – / 5★
Rollover Resistance – / 5★
Overall Rating – / 5★
Owner complaints FLAT_CMPL
Volume by component pending
Full recall count FLAT_RCL
All recalls, this make/model/year 1 landmark on file
Both records, in numbers
Field Toyota Camry Hyundai Sonata / Kia Optima
Recall campaign Toyota unintended acceleration Hyundai / Kia Theta II engines
Component Vehicle speed control Engine (Theta II)
Model years 2004-2010 2011-2019
Units affected about 8M vehicles 1.6M+ vehicles
U.S. deaths - -
Do Not Drive No No
Recalled 2009-2010 2015, expanded 2017

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Both cases are documented public records from the v1 curated snapshot; see the Methodology for what is verified versus illustrative. Check any specific VIN free at nhtsa.gov/recalls.