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2023 Hyundai Kona problems

Owners have filed 104 complaints about the 2023 Hyundai Kona with NHTSA. Electrical system accounts for 26% of them, the clear leader, ahead of forward collision avoidance at 14.4%. A further 18.3% were filed without a specific system named.

Complaints104

Crashes8

Fires0

Injuries5

Deaths0

What owners report breaking

Electrical system 26.0% · 27

Unknown or other 18.3% · 19

Forward collision avoidance 14.4% · 15

Power train 9.6% · 10

Engine 7.7% · 8

Vehicle speed control 6.7% · 7

Fuel/propulsion system 3.8% · 4

Lane departure 3.8% · 4

Severity

Of those complaints, 8 describe a crash and 5 report an injury.

Reading the numbers

Across the 6 model years of the Hyundai Kona in this data, 2023 draws comparatively few complaints; 2019 is the outlier year.

Filings are rising, 62 in the last three years against 42 in the three before. For a vehicle this age that usually points to a wear-related failure owners are hitting now.

The median odometer reading at the time of complaint was 34,072 miles.

In owners' own words

I was in a rotary and there were two lanes and they both exited to a bridge. I was on the outside lane of the rotary and when exiting the rotary the car from the inside cut me off and I was unable to alert the driver because me HORN wasn't working. I blew out 2 tires hitting a curb and needed to be towed.State police arrived on the other side of the bridge. My HORN has been replaced by the dealer 3 times now. Electrical system

Car stopped accelerating on the highway and held me at 40mph. This happened twice. Then before being able to get it in for service while driving the car made a loud bang and came to a rolling stop again on the highway and the transmission control system alarm went off and the car would not move. Had to get towed off the highway and in a rental now. This was a brand new 2023 hyundai kona sel limited. Electrical system

The contact owns a 2023 Hyundai Kona. The contact stated that while pressing the horn to avoid an accident, it was discovered that the horn was inoperable. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was informed of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 12,000. The VIN was not available. Electrical system · reported at 12,000 miles

Verbatim from NHTSA filings. Complaints are unverified owner reports.

Safety recalls

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Other Hyundai Kona years

2018 117 complaints · 35.9% engine 2019 258 complaints · 51.9% engine 2020 204 complaints · 52.9% engine 2021 157 complaints · 51.0% engine 2022 150 complaints · 22.0% engine

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