2022 Hyundai Kona

No clear pattern

32.9% of complaints about the 2022 Hyundai Kona arrived in its first year of service. That is an unusual figure for a 2022 vehicle, but with only 140 complaints on record the sample is too small to call it a pattern — the margin of error covers the range where ordinary vehicles sit. The figures below are reported without a verdict. The most-reported system is engine (31 complaints), typically at 2.6 yr or about 43,000 miles.

Complaints: 140
Median age at failure: 1.9 yr
Median mileage: 19,842 n=13
Crash / fire / tow: 5% of reports
Safety recalls: 0

In owners’ own words

Other mileage not reported 4 mo in service

I went to use the horn at a car that blew through a stop sign and there was no horn sound. This was my first time using the horn since I bought it brand new. No warning lights no nothing.

Other mileage not reported 1.3 yr in service

The horn does not work. The fuse is fine, it is the horn itself that does not work.

Other mileage not reported 1.5 yr in service

Transmission failed, to start with it wouldnât go into reverse, then while trying to drive in forward it stalled and shut everything down with a code message going across the screen a possible condition with your transmission control system has been detected.a full check system is recommended to be done soon.please contact your local dealership to make appointment. Had to have car towed to dealership transmission would not operate at all.

Power train mileage not reported 2 mo in service

While on the highway the transmission completely stopped shifting and stayed in first gear and would only rev up the engine when the accelerator was applied.I had to coast slowly off the freeway to an exit to safely park. I turned the vehicle off and restarted after a few minutes and it drove regularly. Apparently there are other customers that have experienced this issue and this raises a lot of concern on the safety of operating this vehicle.

Other Kona model years

How to read this

This is what owners reported, not a reliability rating. People file with NHTSA about alarming failures, not routine ones, and complaint volume tracks how many cars were sold.
Failure ages come from the incident date on each complaint, populated on about 83% of records. Mileage is shown where reported — NHTSA’s 2021 system change cut mileage capture to roughly 15%, so it thins out sharply after MY2020.
Every rank compares this vehicle only against others of the same model year. A 2025 car has not had time to accumulate five-year failures, so comparing early-failure share across years is meaningless.
Fourteen make-months distorted by media storms and mass recalls — Toyota in February 2010 ran 11× normal volume across 33 models — are excluded.
Recalls are manufacturer actions and authoritative; complaints are not. A recall listed here may already have been performed on any individual car. Check a specific VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls.

2022 Hyundai Kona

When each system is reported — middle 50% of complaints

In owners’ own words

Other Kona model years

How to read this