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2019 Hyundai Kona Electric fuel/propulsion system problems

10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the fuel/propulsion system on the 2019 Hyundai Kona Electric19% of all complaints for this model year.

10
Fuel/propulsion System complaints
19%
share of all complaints
median reported incident mileage
0 / 0
crash / fire reports

What owners report

  • The vehicle began making a clicking/ticking sound under acceleration and deceleration. The noise progressively worsened until The dealer diagnosed the motor as failing internally and replaced it under warranty. Several people online in forums have experienced the same issue, some cases resulted in…

    filed Sep 15, 2023

  • There has been a battery recall on our Kona EV since March 2021. We were asked to keep the battery charged only to 80% to prevent problems. Hyundai is aware that we need a battery and we were contacted in late summer to set up an appointment to replace it. Every time we try to set something up they…

    filed Mar 25, 2022

Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.

Fuel/propulsion System problems in other Kona Electric years

YearReportsShare
2021 Kona Electric14%
2020 Kona Electric27%
Kona Electric fuel/propulsion system problems by year →

Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.