Hyundai Kona Electric

Owners filed 151 complaints across 7 model years of the Hyundai Kona Electric. The 2019 drew the most (54).

Model years7
Complaints151
Recalls10
Fires3
Deaths0

Which Hyundai Kona Electric years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Hyundai Kona Electric model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

Too new to judge: 2025. 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 Electric model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
2025Too new1
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
202415
1——Electrical SystemRoutine
20235
0——Electrical SystemRoutine
202222
0—2Electrical SystemRoutine
202127
211Electrical SystemRoutine
202027
3—1Electrical SystemRoutine
201954
322Electrical SystemRoutine

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.