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2024 Hyundai Kona Electric problems & recalls

NHTSA has issued 1 recall covering the 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric and owners have filed 15 complaints. The most-reported area is electrical system (10 complaints).

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Recalls (1)

Jul 14, 2026#26V452000

Seat belts › Rear/other › Buckle assembly

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2024-2025 Kona Electric and 2024-2026 Kona vehicles. The seat belt buckle in the rear center seat may fail to properly restrain an occupant during a crash.

Risk: A seat belt buckle that fails to properly restrain an occupant in a crash increases the risk of injury.

Fix: Passengers are advised not to use the rear center seat until the recall remedy is performed. Dealers will replace the seat belt buckle assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed September 2, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 306. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on July 15, 2026.

Owner complaints (15)

What owners reported to NHTSA, by component. One complaint can name several components.

  • Electrical system10
  • Exterior lighting3
  • Forward collision avoidance3
  • Power train2
  • Seats1
  • Lane departure1
  • Steering1
  • Communication1
  • Vehicle speed control1
  • Engine1
  • Unknown or other1

Complaints over time

Jul 2024: 2 complaintsAug 2024: 0 complaintsSep 2024: 0 complaintsOct 2024: 2 complaintsNov 2024: 3 complaintsDec 2024: 1 complaintJan 2025: 3 complaintsFeb 2025: 0 complaintsMar 2025: 1 complaintApr 2025: 0 complaintsMay 2025: 0 complaintsJun 2025: 0 complaintsJul 2025: 1 complaintAug 2025: 2 complaintsJul 20242025
Complaints filed per month. Peak: 3 in Nov 2024. Hover a bar for its count.
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Recent owner reports

Aug 28, 2025Electrical system, Exterior lighting

While driving the instrument panel, headlights and infotainment screen all went black. Has happened multiple times but difficult to replicate. Vehicles head lights turned off while driving in the early morning (dark) but turned back on within a second or two. No warnings, no lights, no errors.

Aug 5, 2025Power train, Electrical system

Hyundai engages emergency parking brake EPB) automatically when in parked on an incline. The EPB will disengage under normal operation if all doors are closed. If doors are open, EPB will not disengage. If going from park to drive, this is not a problem. However, if in drive, traveling with trunk open for oversized cargo, the vehicle will drive normally until a stop on an incline, when the EPB will engage automatically, and then when the driver tries to proceed from the stop, their vehicle is disabled. The driver can provide power to drive train and burn the EPB. The driver must manually inter…

Jul 31, 2025Seats

On June 5, 2025 I picked up a passenger who couldn't sit in the passenger seat because the headrest is canted at an unsafe angle so the passenger looks down and cannot look straight through the windshield. There is a page in the manual that shows the headrest is adjustable; this is wrong because the headrest is not adjustable. On July 2, 2025 I took it the vehicle in for recalls and asked about this; the service worker said there is no solution because replacement headrests are the same.

Mar 7, 2025Electrical system, Lane departure, Forward collision avoidance

While I was driving the heads up display and the telemeter all go black I lose all lights all blind spot and warnings. Then the car will recycle through and all the displays will come up again. This happens every month and a half or so, and the dealership says they cannot replicate the problem and they don’t know anything.

Jan 24, 2025Electrical system, Exterior lighting

While driving at night with multiple occurances the headlights, infotainment, and gauge cluster seemingly cut out and completely turned off for about 10 seconds before the infotainment system would reboot bringing back the headlights and gauge cluster. The conditions for this safety concern were [Headlamps were set to auto, Apple Carplay was wirelessly connected, and the vehicle was in motion.] After a trip to a dealer, the dealership could not reproduce the concern though an advisor did state this was not an isolated incident. No warning lights or error messages appeared on the gauge cluster…

Jan 24, 2025Steering, Forward collision avoidance

The steering wheel locks while driving. The headlights have gone out randomly on this car a few times. The steering locked up in a turn and I went into another guys lane and almost caused a major accident. The dealerships say they can’t recreate the issue but never really tried. The vehicle has been lemoned law but the manufacturer now is playing games and not following through on the lemon law replacement vehicle. I do have multiple reports from being towed off the highways and from the police having to chase me down to help avoid a major accident.

Jan 17, 2025Electrical system

While driving at night, there was a complete loss of power of all interior and exterior lights. The engine continued to run. Because it was at night, I had problems staying on the road since this was a rural highway.

Dec 12, 2024Electrical system

The contact owns a 2024 Hyundai Kona Electric. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle hesitated while depressing the accelerator pedal. The contact stated that the failure worsened while driving up an incline. The contact stated that on one occasion during the failure, the vehicle hesitated and the driver behind had to swerve and ended up striking the rear of another vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer however, the dealer was unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and was in communication with the dealer. The vehicle w…

Source: U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) recall and complaint records, updated Oct 1, 2026. Complaints are owner reports and are not verified by NHTSA. Check your VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.