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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2025 Hyundai Kona Recalls

The 2025 Hyundai Kona has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 14, 2026.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Hyundai Kona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
28

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
2

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

overall, 5 stars max

On a 2025 Hyundai Kona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2025 Hyundai Kona

Seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly

Campaign
26V452000
Reported
July 14, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 47,787
Risk NHTSA names
crash and injury
Same campaign
also 2024 Kona, 1 other model

26V452000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2025 Hyundai Kona complaints by year

NHTSA has received 28 owner complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Kona, the newest on July 24, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (7%); owners reported 4 injuries.

In complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Kona, the component group named most often is the electrical system (32%), followed by the power train (14%) and the service brakes (14%).

The 2025 Hyundai Kona's only recall does not concern the electrical system.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System9
  • Unknown Or Other6
  • Power Train4
  • Service Brakes4
  • Forward Collision Avoidance3
  • Structure3

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Kona received by NHTSA, by calendar year
20241
202513
202614

Complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Kona peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 14.

The 2025 is too new to rank against other Hyundai Kona years: its window closes at the end of 2028.

Hyundai Kona years to avoid →

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: ★★★★☆
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Side: 5/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 28 complaints about the 2025 Hyundai Kona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Hyundai Kona by model year

Other 2025 Hyundai models

Newest record on this page: July 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted