Hyundai Kona
2019 only
73,326 sold in the US for 2019.
per 10,000 sold
2019 Hyundai Kona have 214 classified complaints on record for that year specifically, plus 1 recall. The most common issue in this year is Internal engine (bearings, pistons, rings), typically surfacing around 40,000 miles.
Computed directly from stored federal records for 2019 model years only — not blended with the rest of this vehicle's production run. See the full Hyundai Kona report for every year combined.
Where this year fits
What breaks, and when — 2019 only
Median onset: 40,000 miles.
Tends to show up later than this model's other issues. · More common in older model years.
Median onset: 113,000 miles. 2.2% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Tends to show up later than this model's other issues. · More common in older model years.
Which other vehicles have oil consumption problems? →Median onset: 15,200 miles.
Tends to show up later than this model's other issues. · More common in older model years.
Median onset: 8,000 miles. 16.7% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
More common in newer model years.
Median onset: 425 miles.
Tends to show up earlier than this model's other issues.
Which other vehicles have automatic transmission problems? →Median onset: 4,789 miles.
Tends to show up earlier than this model's other issues. · More common in newer model years.
Which other vehicles have driver-assist problems? →Median onset: 3,400 miles. 57.1% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Tends to show up earlier than this model's other issues. · More common in newer model years.
Median onset: 10,228 miles.
More common in newer model years.
From owner-filed complaints to NHTSA, not independently verified. Federal mileage reporting on recent complaints is sparse — see how it works.
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Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — complaints and recalls, scoped to 2019 model year. See the full Hyundai Kona report for every year and full specs/safety data.