Hyundai Kona Ev. Published by Transport Canada as 2020477 on 13 October 2020. System: High Voltage.
What the notice says Issue:
On certain vehicles, there could be problems with the high-voltage battery that cannot be detected by the battery management system (BMS). As a result, the high-voltage battery could short circuit after it is fully charged.
Safety Risk:
A short circuit in the battery could cause a fire.
Corrective …
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Hyundai KONA EV in the other registers
This site holds seven national and European registers. Hyundai KONA EV is named on 1 American notices, 3 British and 1 European. Those are separate campaigns, filed with separate authorities on their own schedules.
The American register
The British register
- DVSA recall R/2020/308: Hyundai Kona EV (The high voltage battery system may have a faulty management system...)
- DVSA recall R/2020/382: Hyundai Nexo, Kona EV and Kona HEV (If an abnormality is registered within the ieb system that may illu...)
- DVSA recall R/2021/087: Hyundai Kona EV and Ioniq EV PE (Potential electrical short in the lithium-ion battery)
The European register
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What Transport Canada published
- Recall number
- 2020477
- Recall date
- 13 October 2020
- Make
- Hyundai
- Models
- Kona Ev
- Model years
- 2019 to 2020
- Vehicle class
- SUV
- System
- High Voltage
- Raised as
- Safety TC
- Vehicles affected
- 4,375
- Register
- Canada — Transport Canada, Vehicle Recalls Database
Issue:
On certain vehicles, there could be problems with the high-voltage battery that cannot be detected by the battery management system (BMS). As a result, the high-voltage battery could short circuit after it is fully charged.Safety Risk:
A short circuit in the battery could cause a fire.Corrective Actions:
Hyundai will notify owners by mail and instruct you to take your vehicle to a dealer for an inspection. The high-voltage battery will be replaced, if necessary. The dealer will also update the BMS software to better detect battery problems. Hyundai recommends that you should park your vehicle outdoors, and away from other vehicles or buildings until the recall repairs are completed.
The wording above is the department's own, as it stood in the monthly file this site last read. Vehicle counts are the sum of the counts published for each make and model the recall covers. To act on a recall, use the official notice: Transport Canada recall 2020477.
Hyundai elsewhere in this register
Hyundai is named on 270 notices in the copy of Transport Canada’s register held here, of which these are the nearest to this one in time.
- 2020549 · 13 November 2020 · Veracruz · Engine
- 2020431 · 13 September 2020 · Tucson · Brakes
- 2020410 · 1 September 2020 · Santa Fe Sport · Brakes
- 2020592 · 2 December 2020 · Sonata, Santa Fe, Veloster · Engine
- 2020593 · 2 December 2020 · Kona Ev, Nexo · Brakes
- 2020648 · 30 December 2020 · Tucson · Brakes
- 2020233 · 27 May 2020 · Veracruz, Santa Fe · Electrical
- 2020192 · 1 May 2020 · Genesis Coupe · Airbag
The same system: High Voltage
133 notices in this register name High Voltage. A defect that keeps returning under one heading is worth reading as a group rather than one notice at a time.
- 2020464 · 30 September 2020 · 5 Series, Cooper Countryman, X3 · High Voltage
- 2021098 · 24 February 2021 · Polestar 2 · High Voltage
- 2021109 · 1 March 2021 · Kona Ev, Ioniq · High Voltage
- 2021449 · 23 July 2021 · Bolt Ev · High Voltage
- 2021524 · 20 August 2021 · Bolt Ev, Bolt Euv · High Voltage
- 2021596 · 24 September 2021 · X3, 5 Series, Cooper Countryman · High Voltage
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This notice names one vehicle among several registers that have written about it. Every notice this site holds for the Hyundai Kona, in all seven, is kept on that vehicle's own page, with the newest in each.
This register keeps an index of its own for every maker and every year it holds: Canadian recalls on a Hyundai: 270 in the register, and 536 Canadian vehicle recalls filed in 2020.
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