Hyundai Kona
Owners filed 813 complaints across 9 model years of the Hyundai Kona. The 2019 drew the most (198).
Which Hyundai Kona years should you avoid?
Going by 813 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Hyundai Kona years to avoid are 2018.
- 20185.2× the usual share of fires, crashes and deaths for a car of its age (10 fires, 9 crashes).
Too new to judge: 2025 and 2026. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Hyundai Kona model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026Too new | 10 | 3 | — | 1 | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 28 | 1 | — | 2 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2024 | 53 | 4 | — | 5 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 66 | 1 | — | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2022 | 101 | 0 | — | 3 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021 | 120 | 1 | 3 | 2 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2020 | 162 | 2 | 3 | 8 | Engine | Fatalities reported | |
| 2019 | 198 | 1 | 4 | 11 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2018Avoid | 75 | 0 | 10 | 9 | Engine | Routine |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.