Hyundai Kona

Common Kona problems

Across 8 model years (2018–2025), the Hyundai Kona carries 8 recall campaigns, one of them an urgent do-not-drive or park-outside order. Owners have filed 747 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 8 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 7 of 8 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Fuel	Report link
2025	0	27		—	Report
2024	3	42			Report
2023	1	61			Report
2022	0	94		—	Report
2021	1	112			Report
2020	2	152			Report
2019	1	185			Report
2018	0	74	—	—	Report

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