2024 Hyundai Kona Electric problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Electrical System (4) · Exterior Lighting (2) · Vehicle Speed Control (1)
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Safety recalls (1)
Seat Belts: Rear/Other:buckle Assembly 2026-07-14 · campaign 26V452000 · 47,787 vehicles
Defect: 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.
Service bulletins (20)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Electrical System 2026-10-27 · 26-GI-003H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this bulletin provides information related to the navigation and head unit software changes introduced in the 2026 2nd navigation map and software update. the changes may vary depending on vehicle type, model, and navigation system. refer to the 2026 2nd navigation map and software update key improv
Back Over Prevention: Warnings 2026-10-15 · 26-GI-004H · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
some hyundai vehicles may be equipped with a parking distance warning (pdw) sensor(s) that may trigger various dtcs and display warning messages on the instrument cluster, resulting in the pdw sensor(s) failing to detect nearby objects or triggering multiple false alarms. this condition may be a res
Electrical System 2026-05-27 · 26-GI-002H TSB · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
this bulletin provides information related to the navigation and head unit software changes introduced in the 2026 1st navigation map and software update. the changes may vary depending on vehicle type, model, and navigation system. refer to the 2026 1st navigation map and software update key improv
Air Bags 2026-04-10 · DTN DL · Other
the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) has identified the presence of substandard and dangerous driver’s-side airbag inflators manufactured by jilin province detiannuo automobile safety system co., ltd. (dtn). these inflators were not supplied, approved, or authorized by the vehi
Air Bags 2026-04-10 · DTN DCS · Other
the national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) has issued an urgent safety advisory regarding dangerous, counterfeit driver‑side airbag inflators manufactured by jilin province detiannuo automobile safety system co., ltd. (dtn), that have been identified in u.s. vehicles following prior
Electrical System 2026-04-08 · 26-01-035H TSB · Service Campaign
some vehicles may exhibit a loss of connectivity or interruptions in the middle of using bluelink functions. this may be due to an occasional disconnection on verizon’s communication network. follow the procedures in this bulletin to verify bluelink data communication unit (dcu) network connection a
Showing the 6 most recent of 20 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2025-08-28 · 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. …”
2025-08-05 · Power Train“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 nor…”
2025-07-31 · Seats“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 t…”
2025-03-07 · Lane Departure: Blind Spot Detection“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.…”
2025-01-24 · 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 wirele…”
2025-01-24 · Steering“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 g…”
2025-01-17 · Electrical 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.…”
2024-12-12 · Electrical System · 6,000 mi“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…”
2024-11-30 · Communication:manufacturer Telematics“bluelink stopped working shortly after purchase of vehicle, hyundai will not fix it and bluelink will not fix it.…”
2024-11-07 · Electrical System“parasitic draw on battery. service departments cannot find its location. manufacturer was notified .the safety issues. we never know when the car will shut off while driving or start.…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.