{
  "owners": null,
  "title": "Hyundai recall 20V630 (196): 2019-2020 Kona Electric",
  "url": "https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v630/",
  "summary": "Recall 20V630 (Hyundai): An electrical short in the Li-ion battery increases the risk of a fire. Hyundai's own number: 196.",
  "excerpt": "Hyundai Kona Electric, model years 2019 to 2020. Filed by Hyundai Motor America and reported to NHTSA on 13 October 2020. 6,707 vehicles potentially affected. What the notice says Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2019-2020 Kona Electric vehicles. The lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery may short-circuit. Is your vehicle included? Check with your VIN at NHTSA , or ask a dealer. This page is an independent copy of the notice, kept so you can see what changed after it was published. It is not the authority, and the authority’s own text is the one to act on. CarsMultiverse / Recalls Hyundai's own number for this recall: 196. That is the number on the owner letter and on the dealer paperwork. 20V630 is the number NHTSA gave the same campaign, and the number this page is filed under. They are one recall, written two ways. Answered from the register this site holds. NHTSA is the record to act on. What the authority says can happen if this is not fixed: “An electrical short in the Li-ion battery increases the risk of a fire.” 20V630 Hyundai Motor America Electrical System:Propulsion System:Traction Battery:Management System/Energy Control Module (BMS/Becm):Software 13 October 2020 2019-2020 HYUNDAI KONA ELECTRIC This is not an ordinary campaign. Owners are told to park it outside, away from buildings : the wording used when a vehicle can catch fire while switched off and unattended. An electrical short in the Li-ion battery increases the risk of a fire. Hyundai will noti",
  "register": {
    "authority": "NHTSA",
    "country": "United States",
    "index": "https://carsmultiverse.com/changed/"
  },
  "datePublished": "2026-08-23T21:22:19+00:00",
  "dateModified": "2026-09-16T18:27:51+00:00",
  "license": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "citation": "CarsMultiverse, \"Hyundai recall 20V630 (196): 2019-2020 Kona Electric\", https://carsmultiverse.com/recall/20v630/, licensed CC BY 4.0.",
  "note": "CarsMultiverse is an independent record, not a safety authority. To act on a recall, use the official register."
}