NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Hyundai Kona Recalls
The 2020 Hyundai Kona has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 28, 2021.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2020 Hyundai Kona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 162
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 Hyundai Kona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2020 Hyundai Kona
Engine
- Campaign
- 21V301000
- Reported
- April 28, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 158,493
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2019, 2021 Kona, 2 other models
Equipment: other: labels
- Campaign
- 20V022000
- Reported
- January 17, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 477
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- 49 CFR Part 567, certification label
- Same campaign
- only the 2020 Hyundai Kona
2020 Hyundai Kona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 162 owner complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Kona, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (5%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Kona, the component group named most often is the engine (67%), followed by the power train (12%) and the electrical system (7%).
1 of the 2020 Hyundai Kona's 2 recalls also concerns the engine.
Where 2020 Hyundai Kona owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 12,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine109
- Power Train20
- Unknown Or Other17
- Electrical System11
- Forward Collision Avoidance7
- Steering7
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 13 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 61 | |
| 2022 | 12 | |
| 2023 | 14 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 27 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Kona peaked in 2021, when NHTSA received 61. 62% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Hyundai Kona drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Hyundai Kona year in the same window: 1st highest of the 5 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 162 complaints about the 2020 Hyundai Kona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Hyundai Kona by model year
Other 2020 Hyundai models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted