21V301000
ENGINE
A damaged engine may stall, increasing the risk of a crash. In addition, oil may leak onto hot exhaust components, increasing the risk of a fire.
2020 HYUNDAI KONA
2 safety recall campaigns, 2 defect investigations, 192 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations2
Owner complaints192
Complaints citing a crash12
Complaints citing a fire3
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 2 of 2
20V022000
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS
An incorrect GAWR could result in the vehicle being overloaded, increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 99ENGINE
- 18POWER TRAIN
- 17UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 7VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 7STEERING
- 6FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
- 4FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2020 HYUNDAI KONAs 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.