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2019 Hyundai Kona hesitation / surging reports

11 NHTSA complaints describe hesitation, surging or lurching on acceleration on the 2019 Hyundai Kona — roughly 6% of all complaints for this model year.

11
Hesitation / surging reports
6%
share of complaints
44,000 mi
median reported incident mileage (all complaints)

Hesitation / surging in other Kona years

2021 Kona6
2020 Kona5
Kona hesitation / surging by year →

Symptom counts come from keyword analysis of complaint narratives. One complaint can describe several symptoms, and classification is approximate — read the underlying reports on the full 2019 Hyundai Kona report before drawing conclusions.