Model years Hyundai Kona Electric
2019 Hyundai Kona Electric
Complaints about this year name kona contact far more often than the model's other years — 37% of them, about 93× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 54 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 15 |
| Involving a crash | 2 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 120 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- electrical system — 33% of complaints, 83× usual
- amount time — 28% of complaints, 69× usual
- time recall — 26% of complaints, 65× usual
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V127000 (Electrical System) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not ma…
a notification for NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V630000 (Electrical System) and 21V127000 (Electrical System). The dealer had been notified about the recalls; however, the contact was informed that the parts were not yet available. The manufacturer had also been n…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 21V127000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V630000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 20V748000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Hyundai Kona Electric was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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