2021 HYUNDAI KONA Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Problems
2 NHTSA complaints on file
Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Issues in the 2021 HYUNDAI KONA
2 forward collision avoidance automatic emergency braking complaints have been filed with NHTSA for the 2021 HYUNDAI KONA. Of these, 1 involved a crash, 0 involved a fire, and 0 resulted in injury.
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Complaints
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Crashes
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Fires
0
Injuries
0
Deaths
All Forward Collision Avoidance Automatic Emergency Braking Complaints
The 2021 Kona SEL PLUS AT AWD suddenly changed into the manual low gear and abruptly stalled in traffic. The Kona was stopped at a traffic light. When the traffic light turned green and the car was driven, the Kona's transmission seemed to switch into the manual low gear creating a high RPM. After it crossed the intersection, the Kona stalled and stopped abruptly in traffic. Shortly thereafter, the car was restarted and it went back to driving normally. The Kona was taken to the dealership but they could not find any code. So they say without a code, they can not do anything. This is a serious safety problem. I have a video of the incident. I have contacted HyundaiUSA and they will not do anything without a code.
We bought the car in July and owned it 70 days and 1,530 miles. The Automatic Emergency Breaking engaged several times without any reason. Sometimes at lower speeds <40 and sometimes on the freeway >60. The last time was at 20 mph in a school zone and we were rear ended because of the unexpected stop. We had several near misses on the freeway, but the cars behind us managed to avoid us. The car has severe damage to the bumper, tailgate and Blind Spot warning, parking collision warning and rear cross traffic warning because of the accident and the car has been in the body shop awaiting parts/repair for the nearly entire month of September. No one was hurt and we didn't have the car long enough to take it back to the dealer to have the brake system checked. The accident would not have happened if the Automatic...
Other 2021 HYUNDAI KONA Problem Areas
Engine
61 complaints
Unknown Or Other
16 complaints
Power Train
11 complaints
Electrical System
10 complaints
Vehicle Speed Control
4 complaints
Lane Departure Blind Spot Detection
3 complaints
Forward Collision Avoidance Warnings
2 complaints
Fuelpropulsion System
2 complaints
Service Brakes
2 complaints
Steering
2 complaints
Engine And Engine Cooling
1 complaint
Exterior Lightingheadlights
1 complaint
Power Trainautomatic Transmission
1 complaint
Seats
1 complaint
Structurebody
1 complaint
Tiressidewall
1 complaint
Wheels
1 complaint