2025 HYUNDAI IONIQ 5

9 recalls, 479 complaints

SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Ioniq 5 and 2026 Ioniq 9 vehicles. The fasteners for the rear suspension may loosen and detach, which can result in a loss of vehicle control.

Consequence

A loss of vehicle control increases the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the rear suspension fasteners and perform a rear vehicle alignment, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed July 17, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 30... Read more

172 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025-2026 IONIQ 5 and 2026 IONIQ 9 vehicles. The high voltage battery system may contain an improperly tightened bus bar, which can cause a short-circuit.

Consequence

An electrical short in the high voltage battery system increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and tighten the bus bar retention bolts and replace the battery system assembly, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 3, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 294. Vehicle I... Read more

27 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 IONIQ 5 vehicles. The seat belt retractors for the driver and front passenger seats may not be securely fastened.

Consequence

An improperly secured seat belt retractor may not function properly in a crash, increasing the risk of injury.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and secure the seat belt retractors, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 30, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 287. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in ... Read more

1,535 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

SUSPENSION:CRITICAL FASTENERS

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 IONIQ 5 electric vehicles. Certain rear suspension alignment adjustment bolts may have been improperly tightened, which can cause a loss of vehicle stability control.

Consequence

A loss of vehicle stability control increases the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will replace the adjustment bolts, align the wheels, and replace tires if necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed October 10, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 284. Vehicle Identification Numbers... Read more

8 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 IONIQ 5 vehicles. The high voltage battery system may contain an improperly tightened bus bar, which can cause a short-circuit.

Consequence

An electrical short in the high voltage battery system increases the risk of a fire.

Remedy

Owners are advised to park their vehicles outside and away from structures until the recall remedy is complete. Dealers will inspect and repair the high voltage battery system, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 25, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer s... Read more

10 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 vehicles. The right-side headlight may have an incorrect headlight aim label, which can result in improperly aimed headlights. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standa... Read more

Consequence

Improperly aimed headlights can result in insufficient illumination of the road, decreasing the driver's visibility and increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Hyundai will mail owners a corrected label with inspection and installation instructions. Owners may bring their vehicle to a dealer for the repair, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 15, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number f... Read more

10,409 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 "N" vehicles equipped with left-foot braking (LFB) and N e-shift features. The integrated electronic brake (IEB) and vehicle control unit (VCU) software may cause reduced braking performance when LFB is activated. Additional... Read more

Consequence

Reduced braking performance and unexpected, continued acceleration increase the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Owners are advised not to use the LFB or N e-Shift features until the remedy has been performed. The IEB and VCU software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 25, 2025. This recall replaces NHTSA recall number 25V-065. Ve... Read more

1,589 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 IONIQ 5 EV vehicles. The rear floor wiring harness may contain an open circuit, which can result in the rear side air bag not deploying as intended.

Consequence

A rear side air bag that does not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

Remedy

Dealers will inspect and replace the rear floor wiring harness, as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 12, 2025. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 274.

33 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:POWER ASSIST:ELECTRIC:CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE

Defect Description

Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025 Hyundai IONIQ 5 "N" vehicles equipped with a left-foot braking (LFB) feature. The integrated electronic brake (IEB) and vehicle control unit (VCU) software may cause reduced braking performance when LFB is activated.

Consequence

Reduced braking performance can increase the distance required to stop the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

Remedy

Owners who have not received the recall remedy are advised not to use the LFB feature until the updated remedy has been performed. Additionally, owners who have received the recall remedy are advised not to use the 'N' E-shift feature until the updated remedy has been performed. Dealers will updat... Read more

1,587 vehicles affected

Manufacturer: Hyundai Motor America

Complaint Statistics

479 total complaints 11 crashes 6 fires 19 injuries

Top Reported Components

Component	Complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM	81
ENGINE	80
POWER TRAIN	54
UNKNOWN OR OTHER	47
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM	32
SERVICE BRAKES	22
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: AUTOMATIC EMERGENCY BRAKING	16
STEERING	16
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL	13
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS	12

Incident date: Sep 8, 2026

Full electrical power system failure. Heard a loud pop noise emanating from under the rear seats of the car. The power. Failure lights came on and the car lost power. We were able to get the car to slowly drive back to the garage where it completely shut down and was inoperable from that point on. C... Read more

Incident date: Sep 8, 2026

Incident date: Sep 4, 2026

On 8/30 my vehicle experienced a power loss on a highway (reported here separately). I took the car to the dealership and they could not replicate the error and gave the vehicle back to me on 9/4. Later that day I had to drive 2 hours north to a wedding in the mountains. At 9:30pm my vehicle experie... Read more

Incident date: Sep 4, 2026

Incident date: Aug 30, 2026

Driving home near my apartment, I had to join a busy highway from a full stop. I found a small gap and tried to accelerate to quickly merge into traffic, when my car made a high pitched alert noise and noticably did not accelerate beyond about 25 miles per hour on a 45-50mph highway with heavy traff... Read more

Incident date: Aug 30, 2026

Incident date: Aug 27, 2026

While driving this EV with cruise control on, the dashboard suddenly showed a message that “Smart Cruise Control conditions not met”. Attempting to re-engage the cruise control did not work and then the vehicle suddenly lost all propulsion (pressing the accelerator did nothing). The car quickl... Read more

Incident date: Aug 27, 2026

Incident date: Aug 22, 2026

I heard a loud popped sound from the back of my car while driving home. The car lost power and eventually died on the street. The war displacy came on to tell em to check electrical system. I originally bought th car from Capitol Huyndai in San Jose on September 2025 and it has 5992 miles. I towed... Read more

Incident date: Aug 22, 2026

Incident date: Jul 7, 2026

My car starting throwing a “check electric vehicle system” warning intermittently beginning on July 7, 2026 which went away when I restarted the car. This happened again on July 27, 2026 three to four times while I was driving. The car did not lose power. As I was going to dealer the warning cle... Read more

Incident date: Aug 10, 2026

ICCU failure. Failure happened while merging onto the road from driveway. Upon failure, 12 V battery was drained and car was immobilized. Prior to car mobilization dash read “Check electrical vehicle system” then many different failures appeared on the dash, then the car shut down. This event le... Read more

Incident date: Aug 9, 2026

While driving on normal paved roads, a small vibration was heard from the rear of the vehicle. A person near the car when leaving the origin that morning heard a minor clicking sound at low speed from the rear of the vehicle. The vibration at that point seemed to be related to the rural mountain roa... Read more

Incident date: Aug 16, 2026

In June 2025, I started a lease on a new Hyundai Ioniq 5 SEL. On August 16, 2026, I attempted to start the car, but it immediately beeped and flashed a warning about the 12V battery (I didn't manage to take a picture). It then showed signs of an electrical issue, like flickering interior and exterio... Read more

Incident date: Jul 4, 2026

Two tires failed dramatically, (on two separate days, but separated by only 121 miles of driving), causing extensive damage the first time and causing a total loss the second time. The first tire has been disposed of, but the second is available still. Each was on the highway and luckily there wa... Read more

Incident date: Aug 12, 2026

The 3.5-inch Instrument Panel Cluster went completely black while operating the vehicle, causing a total loss of speedometer and critical safety indicators (violating FMVSS 101). Concurrently, the engine computer limited vehicle performance to 3,000 RPM (limp mode). The vehicle exhibits the exact fa... Read more

Incident date: Aug 12, 2026

Failure of brake booster and master cylinder. Failure caused breaks to malfunction, not allowing the vehicle to break appropriately. To break, you had to step on the break very hard, break pedal did not have usual pressure. No leakage visible on the ground outside of the car. When starting the car (... Read more

Incident date: Aug 12, 2026

1. Headlights. The headlights are dim to the point that vision at night is greatly impaired unless I use my high beams. It is available for inspection. 2. Impaired vision at night, I cannot see very well when driving at night, and others may be affected by not being able to see me as well. 3. This i... Read more

Incident date: Aug 12, 2026

The vehicle has a 1.5L Ecoboost system which has a design flaw allowing coolant to leak into the engine. I was driving and the temperature went eradically high for no known reason and then instantly dropped. It began repeating this over and over. My mechanic told me it was a cracked head gasket and ... Read more

Incident date: Aug 12, 2026

I started the car and got the warning "check electric vehicle system." The car then lost power. It would only go 27mph with the accelerator pedal pushed all the way to the floor. My safety was at risk because my car was not responding appropriately to driver input. The car is at the dealership a... Read more

Incident date: Aug 12, 2026

The contact owns a 2024 Toyota Grand Highlander. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was an abnormally strong gasoline odor inside the cabin of the vehicle. The contact believed that the odor was caused by a fuel leak. The vehicle was taken to a dealer, where it was ... Read more

Incident date: Jul 18, 2026

I am reporting a recurring safety issue with the Forward Collision Alert/Automatic Emergency Braking system on my 2023 Chevrolet Blazer 2LT. The vehicle frequently activates the Forward Collision Alert when there is no vehicle, pedestrian, or other obstruction in front of me. The red collision warn... Read more

1 injured

Incident date: Jul 18, 2026

1 injured

Incident date: Jul 18, 2026

In September 2025, the manufacturer issued a component specific extended limited warranty(MINI ELW FRM 15Y/186M)acknowledging the Footwell Module (FRM) may fail after a 12-volt battery disconnect or power supply interruption. My vehicle was identified by VIN as affected. Beginning in 2021, my vehicl... Read more

Incident date: Jul 30, 2026

My 2017 Genesis G80 3.8L, VIN [XXX], has approximately 43,840 miles and intermittently slips or shifts improperly between approximately third and fifth gears while driving and causes harsh jolts forward. Jenkins Genesis confirmed the condition, stated that the transmission was slipping from the 3–... Read more

Incident date: May 15, 2026

LKAS lights all came on and ACC warnings. Brake system and auto high beams. Mechanic seems to think it’s the camera, car only has 84,000 miles on it and very well taken care of. This seems to be a big common issue with a lot of HRVs and it’s expensive to fix.

Incident date: Aug 4, 2026

Incident date: Jul 25, 2026

I keep getting the alert “Check Forward Attention Warning system”. It’s nonstop even when I’m not driving the vehicle. I have taken it in to the dealership 4 times. This started only after the most recent software update that Hyundai released. The dealership did everything they could, and co... Read more

Incident date: Jul 25, 2026

Recall remedy unavailable..I am filing a complaint regarding NHTSA Recall Campaign Number 25V695 (Ford Recall 25SA9) for my 2019 Ford Fiesta. The manufacturer has not provided a timely remedy, leaving me with a blank and distorted rearview camera, which severely compromises my rear visibility and cr... Read more

Incident date: Jul 5, 2026

I am reporting a safety-related transmission failure I experienced with my 2021 Ford F-150 equipped with the 10R80 automatic transmission. While driving normally, the transmission suddenly failed to engage and then shifted violently, causing an unexpected loss of power and then a change of propulsio... Read more

Incident date: Jun 27, 1956

The infotainment display in this vehicle intermittently fails to power on, most often at startup. When this occurs, the screen remains dark while audio and physical controls continue to function. The vehicle sometimes must be restarted, and the display does not always return. When the display is dar... Read more

Incident date: Jul 19, 2026

I am currently burning through 2.5 quarts of oil approximately every 800 miles.

Incident date: Jun 6, 2026

I was traveling down the interstate at 70mph. Traffic began slowing ahead of me. I hit the brakes and the pedal was rock hard and I could not stop my vehicle safely. Service brake assist light flashed momentarily. Ended up being the vacuum pump. I was told by the dealership I had it towed to that th... Read more

Incident date: Jun 6, 2026

The vehicle presented multiple warnings/errors before shutting down on the street in traffic on June 23, 2026. Warnings such as Collision Detected, Blind Spot Assist and Exit Warning Inoperative, PRE-SAFE Inoperative, System Failure Detected, Service Required Do Not Shift Gear, along with various l... Read more

Incident date: Jul 2, 2026

This is a follow-up to my original complaint #XXX, filed XXX, regarding the failure of the 10R140 10-speed automatic transmission in my 2021 Ford F-250 Super Duty (VIN: [XXX]). The transmission began exhibiting symptoms of gear slipping, jerking, delayed and harsh shifting, and pinging from the torq... Read more

Incident date: Jul 2, 2026

Car will shudder and shut off while slowing down. The control panel will change to saying "Push start button to run." This has happened 50+ times, including while in slower traffic on the Interstate. It is very dangerous because I am stopped suddenly in traffic and have to restart the car and put it... Read more

Incident date: Jul 10, 2026

I own a 2018 Honda Accord LX 1.5T. The vehicle has developed an intermittent hard-start condition after sitting overnight. The engine cranks for approximately 5–6 seconds before starting and runs very rough for the first 2–5 seconds before smoothing out. Warm restarts are normal. While driving,... Read more

Incident date: Jul 10, 2026

Incident date: Jun 7, 2026

We purchased a certified pre-owned 2024 Kia EV6 GT on 6/5/2026. On 6/6/2026 while driving on city streets, the display screen suddenly displayed a large and flashing red warning message "Stop vehicle and check power supply" in addition to the battery symbol. We took the vehicle to the dealership and... Read more

Incident date: Jun 29, 2026

I am submitting this complaint regarding my 2021 Honda Accord because of a serious safety issue involving the turbocharger and fuel injector system. While driving on the highway, my vehicle experienced a failure related to the turbocharger and fuel injector system, which caused multiple warning sens... Read more

Incident date: Jun 29, 2026

Car started with loss of steering fault, then power steering completely failed and car was not driveable.

Incident date: Sep 3, 2025

The contact owns a 2020 Chevrolet Silverado 1500. The contact stated while driving at 35 MPH, the engine started knocking, and the sound grew louder while making a turn. The Electronic Stability Control and check engine warning lights illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer, where one d... Read more

Incident date: Sep 3, 2025

After the vehicle is off, and after the smart key fob is removed from the vehicle, the dashboard will flicker, the alarm sometimes goes off and the headlights turn on draining the battery and leading to me having to jump the car to get it started. This makes the car undependable as it could happen ... Read more

Incident date: Sep 3, 2025

The active recall and still no remedy for ..no ford dealer will assit with a loaner vehicle or pay for a rental. My truck has been exhibiting the sudden shifting issues and putting myself and family at risk. Need help before something happens this is not a risk any one should take driving everyday.

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NHTSA Safety Ratings, 2025 HYUNDAI IONIQ 5

2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 SUV AWD

Category	Rating
Rollover	5 / 5 ★★★★★
Rollover Risk	8.3%

Safety Technology

Feature	Status
Electronic Stability Control	Standard
Forward Collision Warning	Standard & Optional
Lane Departure Warning	Standard

Source: NHTSA 5-Star Safety Ratings Program. Ratings are based on crash tests conducted by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

NHTSA Safety Investigations, HYUNDAI IONIQ 5

Investigations opened by NHTSA into potential safety defects. These are separate from recalls and may or may not result in a recall.

PE, Closed , Model Year: 2022

Loss of Motive Power

On June 8, 2023, the Office of Defect Investigation (ODI) opened PE23011 to investigate allegations of loss of motor power on model year (MY) 2022 Hyundai Ioniq 5 vehicles. Some consumers reported loss of motor power immediately after a warning lamp illumination or reduction of motive power while th... Read more

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 - All Years Overview

Complete safety history for the HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 across all model years (2022, 2026).

21 Total Recalls

2,154 Total Complaints

1 Investigations

85 Reported Crashes

42 Reported Fires

0 Reported Deaths

HYUNDAI IONIQ 5 - Year by Year

Compare recalls and complaints across model years. Click any year to see full details.

Year	Recalls	Complaints
2026	2	38	View
2025 (current)	9	479
2024	3	353	View
2023	4	619	View
2022	3	665	View

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Model	Recalls	Complaints
SONATA	184	21,863	View
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ELANTRA	133	11,853	View
PALISADE	124	2,704	View
TUCSON	95	8,074	View
SONATA HYBRID	67	1,129	View
ACCENT	64	2,745	View
SANTA FE HYBRID	57	347	View

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Safety Technology

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