FaultScore

Worst years for a Hyundai Kona Electric

Owners have filed 206 complaints about the Hyundai Kona Electric with NHTSA across model years 2019 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2019 Hyundai Kona Electric

73 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2024 Hyundai Kona Electric

25 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every Hyundai Kona Electric year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2025 1 0 0 Electrical System
2024 B 25 0 0 3,000 Electrical System
2023 7 0 0 Electrical System
2022 C 29 3 0 Electrical System
2021 C 34 3 1 38,000 Electrical System
2020 C 37 3 0 4,100 Electrical System
2019 F 73 3 4 17,286 Electrical System

What breaks on a Hyundai Kona Electric

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 100 48.5%

Worst in 2019

Other & Unspecified 19 9.2%

Worst in 2021

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 16 7.8%

Worst in 2020

Brakes 14 6.8%

Worst in 2020

Fuel & Propulsion 14 6.8%

Worst in 2019

Engine & Cooling 13 6.3%

Worst in 2019

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 5.8%

Worst in 2019

Acceleration & Cruise Control 5 2.4%

Worst in 2021

Lights 4 1.9%

Worst in 2024

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3 1.5%

Worst in 2021

Steering 2 1.0%

Worst in 2023

Airbags 1 0.5%

Worst in 2021

Tires 1 0.5%

Worst in 2020

Wheels 1 0.5%

Worst in 2019

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every Hyundai Kona Electric, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jan 2020 peak 15 Mar 2026

Compare the Hyundai Kona Electric

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.