Hyundai Kona Electric

Owners filed 148 complaints across 7 model years of the Hyundai Kona Electric. The 2019 drew the most (54); the 2025 the fewest (1).

Model years7

Complaints148

Recalls10

Fires3

Deaths0

Every Hyundai Kona Electric model year compared

Complaints per year

Year	Complaints	Recalls	Fires	Crashes	Most reported	Status
2025	1	1	—	—	Electrical System	Routine
2024	15	1	—	—	Electrical System	Routine
2023	5	0	—	—	Electrical System	Routine
2022	20	0	—	1	Electrical System	Routine
2021	26	2	1	1	Electrical System	Routine
2020	27	3	—	1	Electrical System	Routine
2019	54	3	2	2	Electrical System	Routine

Which Hyundai Kona Electric years should you avoid?

On raw complaint volume the 2019 is the weakest year on record, with 54 complaints concentrated in the electrical system. It carries 3 recalls.

Read these numbers with sales volume in mind. A model year that sold in huge numbers naturally accumulates more reports than a rare one, and older cars have had more years to fail. The stronger signal is the severity columns and whether the same component keeps coming up year after year.

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