2021 HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC

2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 34 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints34
Complaints citing a crash3
Complaints citing a fire1

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

22V9410002022-12-16

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:THERMAL MANAGEMENT:FLUID/COOLANT

Coolant contacting the EPCU circuit board may cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.

20V7480002020-12-01

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.

What owners report most

  • 8ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 7UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 4ENGINE
  • 2SERVICE BRAKES
  • 2VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING
  • 1FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
  • 1FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM

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Two 2021 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.

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