NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Hyundai Kona Electric Recalls
The 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on March 1, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 54
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
On a 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery
- Campaign
- 21V127000
- Reported
- March 1, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,696
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Kona Electric, 1 other model
Service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module: software
- Campaign
- 20V748000
- Reported
- December 1, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8,176
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Kona Electric, 1 other model
Electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery: management system/energy control module (bms/becm): software
- Campaign
- 20V630000
- Reported
- October 13, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 6,707
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2020 Kona Electric
2019 Hyundai Kona Electric complaints by year
NHTSA has received 54 owner complaints about the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric, the newest on September 18, 2025. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric, the component group named most often is the electrical system (78%), followed by the fuel/propulsion system (19%) and the engine (9%).
2 of the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric's 3 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Where 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric owners gave the mileage (10 complaints), the median was 17,286 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System42
- Fuel/Propulsion System10
- Engine5
- Power Train5
- Service Brakes4
- Unknown Or Other4
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 33 | |
| 2022 | 11 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 33. 85% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
The 54 complaints about the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Kona Electric by model year
Other 2019 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: September 18, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted