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Hyundai Kona Electric Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Kona Electric, across 4 model years from 2019 to 2025. The 2020 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
4

2019–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
4
Most recalls
2020

3 recalls

Owner complaints
151

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 151 complaints with NHTSA about the Hyundai Kona Electric across 7 model years; the most, 54, concern the 2019.

Owners marked a crash on 6 of the Hyundai Kona Electric complaints (4%) and a fire on 3.

Across all Hyundai Kona Electric model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 98 complaints), then the service brakes (15).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Hyundai Kona Electric in 2021: 52, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Hyundai Kona Electric is electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery, in 2 model-year listings.

The newest Hyundai Kona Electric recall, 26V452000, was reported on July 14, 2026 and concerns the seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2022 and 2023 Hyundai Kona Electric, model years owners have filed complaints about.

Hyundai Kona Electric years to avoid

Too few Hyundai Kona Electric model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Hyundai Kona Electric, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202511—not ranked
2024115—not ranked
202305—not ranked
202202220not ranked
202102717not ranked
202032720not ranked
201935446not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Hyundai Kona Electric years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Hyundai Kona Electric

  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:MANAGEMENT SYSTEM/ENERGY CONTROL MODULE (BMS/BECM):SOFTWARE2
  • SEAT BELTS: REAR/OTHER:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY2
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE2

Hyundai Kona Electric model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Hyundai Kona Electric recall campaign (4)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Hyundai Kona Electric, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V452000July 14, 2026seat belts: rear/other: buckle assembly2024–2025crash and injury47,787
21V127000March 1, 2021electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery2019–2020firepark outside4,696
20V748000December 1, 2020service brakes, hydraulic: power assist: electric: control module: software2019–2020crash8,176
20V630000October 13, 2020electrical system: propulsion system: traction battery: management system/energy control module (bms/becm): software2019–2020firepark outside6,707

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Hyundai Kona Electric. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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