Powertrain complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2021 Hyundai Kona has 13 NHTSA powertrain complaints and 0 powertrain-related recalls.
13
Complaints
0
Recalls
0
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 13, 2026 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | The cars engine vibrates when accelerating and hesitates. It is always dangerous to stall after hitt... |
| Oct 18, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | The contact owns a 2021 Hyundai Kona. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed... |
| Oct 4, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | I am reporting a persistent and unresolved excessive oil consumption issue that I began to notice at... |
| Sep 1, 2024 | POWER TRAIN | Transmission has hard shift sometimes, and disengages in other times. It's very irratic. |
| Jul 31, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | Unknown the vehicle stopped running and won’t start back up |
| Feb 17, 2024 | POWER TRAIN,ENGINE | My 2021 Hyundai Kona AWD will not operate. It only has 18,000 miles on it and I bought it new. I had... |
| Oct 27, 2023 | POWER TRAIN,FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE | The 2021 Kona SEL PLUS AT AWD suddenly changed into the manual low gear and abruptly stalled in traf... |
| May 16, 2023 | POWER TRAIN | After Stopping for a traffic sign, I proceeded to go forward when a loud noise occurred ( grinding... |
| Dec 31, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | The car has never been good on gas or changing gears when drive mode was changed to sport from the b... |
| Dec 9, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | When you press on the gas, many times there is a very delayed reaction for power. This resulted in m... |
| May 5, 2022 | POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | When slowing down to a stop and im not completely stopped and then step on the gas the vehicle makes... |
| Feb 15, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | * The 7 speed DCT transmission (automatic) jerks and down shifts hard and lunges forward when brakin... |
| Jan 16, 2022 | POWER TRAIN | While driving up a steep mountain road in heavy traffic and snow the transmission on my Hyundai Kona... |