21V127000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
An electrical short in the Li-ion battery increases the risk of a fire.
2019 HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 73 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints73
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire4
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
20V748000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
Reduced braking power could lengthen the distance required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.
20V630000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY
An electrical short in the Li-ion battery increases the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 40ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 10FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 5ENGINE
- 4POWER TRAIN
- 4SERVICE BRAKES
- 4UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
- 1POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2019 HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRICs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.