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Vehicle recall R/2021/087

Hyundai Kona and Hyundai Ioniq recall: Potential electrical short in the lithium-ion battery

DVSA recall R/2021/087 names the Hyundai Kona and Hyundai Ioniq. It was launched 23 April 2021. It covers vehicles built 1 May 2018 to 31 March 2020.

Recall data updated

Recall
R/2021/087
Launched
23 April 2021
Issued by
HYUNDAI
Manufacturer reference
KONA 11D043/IONIQ 11D044
Vehicles
DVSA lists 1,214 on each model line

What can go wrong

Potential electrical short in the lithium-ion battery.

The fix

Initial step to limit the charge state followed by eventual complete replacement of the battery assembly.

Models and build dates

As listed in the DVSA recall file. DVSA lists the same vehicle number on each line: 1,214. It may be a figure per line or for the whole recall.
ModelBuiltVehicles
Hyundai Ioniq (IONIQ EV PE)1 June 2019 to 31 January 20201,214
Hyundai Kona (KONA EV)1 May 2018 to 31 March 20201,214
Is a specific car affected? A recall lists models and build dates, not individual vehicles, so these pages cannot tell you whether one car is included. Enter the registration on the DVSA vehicle recall checker on GOV.UK, or give the vehicle identification number (VIN) to the manufacturer or one of its dealers. Buying used? Ask the seller for proof that any recall work was done.

Other recalls for these models

  • R/2021/014 IN THE EVENT OF eCALL TRIGGER THE VIN NUMBER INFORMATION MAY NOT BE SENT 22 February 2021, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai i20, Hyundai Tucson and others
  • R/2020/382 If an abnormality is registered within the ieb system that may illuminate the malfunction indicator lamp on the vehicle cluster braking performance may be reduced 25 January 2021, Hyundai Kona
  • R/2020/308 The high voltage battery system may have a faulty management system (BMS) 16 October 2020, Hyundai Kona
  • R/2022/004 The accelerator function may not operate as intended when fully released 1 February 2022, Hyundai Ioniq
  • R/2019/359 Wheel nuts not tightened to correct specification 8 December 2019, Hyundai Ioniq
  • R/2022/317 Some vehicles might experience the MIL (Malfunction indicator lamp) becoming illuminated on the vehicle instrument cluster and the high-pressure fuel pump may become damaged by glass fibre strands which have emanated from within the fuel filter assembly 14 November 2022, Hyundai Kona

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA vehicle recall records (RecallsFile.csv), recalls launched 1992 to 2026. Recall data updated 22 September 2026.

Recall wording is DVSA's, with capitals and punctuation tidied and American spellings such as tire, center and windshield given in British English. We list a recall when its make and model match a car or van family with at least 1,000 DVSA MOT tests from 2022 to 2025, and when the maker of the vehicle issued it.

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