Hyundai Ioniq 5

Where it stands out against its peers

• Electrical system: more complaints than 98% of 2022 cars — 76% of its 401 complaints, where an ordinary 2022 car has 23%.
• Fuel/propulsion system: more complaints than 94% of 2022 cars — 22% of its 401 complaints, where an ordinary 2022 car has 8%.

Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

• ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 161 owners reported this, 1 involving a crash
• ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 33 owners reported this
• POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM — 26 owners reported this, 1 involving a crash
• POWER TRAIN,ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 18 owners reported this
• FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 15 owners reported this
• ELECTRICAL SYSTEM,ENGINE,FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM — 11 owners reported this
• POWER TRAIN — 11 owners reported this

Crash test

Crash-tested by NHTSA, the American road safety agency.

Specification

Recalls

Filed by the manufacturer with a regulator. A recall is repaired free of charge, whoever owns the car now.

49% of 2022 cars have more recall campaigns than this one, and an ordinary one has 3. More of them means more to check the service record for, not a worse car.

• 22V324000

  Vehicle rollaway can increase the risk of a crash or injury.

  Drivers are recommended to use the Electronic Parking Brake (EPB) when parking their vehicles until the remedy has been performed. Dealers will update the Shifter Control Unit software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed July 14, 2022. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 228.

• 24V204000

  A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.

  This recall is replaced by NHTSA recall number 24V-868. Vehicles already repaired under this recall will need to have the new remedy completed. Dealers will inspect and replace the ICCU and its fuse, as necessary. In addition, dealers will update the ICCU software. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 22, 2024. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 257/021G.

• 24V868000

  A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.

  Dealers will inspect and replace the ICCU and its fuse, as necessary. In addition, dealers will update the ICCU software. All repairs will be performed free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 20, 2024. Owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460 or Genesis customer service at 1-844-340-9741. Hyundai's numbers for this recall are 272 (Hyundai) and 025G (Genesis). This recall expands and replaces previous recall number 24V-204. Vehicles previously repaired under recall 24V-204 will need to have the new remedy completed.

Regulator investigations

Opened by NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation is a question the regulator asked about a possible defect, not a fault it found — most end without a recall.

• Electrical arcing and thermal events, potentially leading to fires, while utilizing Enel X Way USA, LLC's JuiceBox residential charger.

  Preliminary evaluation, opened October 2024, closed June 2025.

• Loss of Motive Power

  Preliminary evaluation, opened June 2023, closed April 2024.

  Became recall 24V204000.

• Pedestrian alert sounds

  Defect petition, opened January 2023, closed August 2023.

What the maker told its dealers

Service bulletins are the manufacturer's own repair guidance to dealers, filed with NHTSA. A bulletin is not a defect finding; the count rises with how many things a maker writes down, not only with how many go wrong.

Hyundai filed 7 bulletins about the 2026 Ioniq 5.

• Electrical system: 4
• Air bags: 2
• Forward collision avoidance: 1

• Certain IONIQ 5 (NEA EV) vehicles may have 12V battery drainage due to the scheduled climate feature. Technical Service Bulletin (TSB) 26-01-046H provides instructions to perform a software update… · June 2026
• Certain IONIQ 5 (NEA EV) vehicles may have 12V battery drainage due to the scheduled climate feature. This bulletin provides instructions to perform a software update for the Vehicle Control Unit… · June 2026
• Certain IONIQ 5 (NEA EV) vehicles are eligible for a software update to the VCMS which would enable the Plug and Charge (PNC) function to support its use on Tesla V3 and V4 Superchargers, IONNA… · May 2026
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has identified the presence of substandard and dangerous driver’s-side airbag inflators manufactured by Jilin Province Detiannuo Automobile… · May 2026
• The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has issued an urgent safety advisory regarding dangerous, counterfeit driver‑side airbag inflators manufactured by Jilin Province Detiannuo… · May 2026
• Some vehicles may exhibit a loss of connectivity or interruptions in the middle of using Bluelink functions. This may be due to an occasional disconnection on Verizon’s communication network. Follow… · April 2026
• Some 2019MY and newer vehicles equipped with a front view camera may illuminate certain warning lights and trigger DTC C272246 fault code for the front camera. In the following cases, the front… · March 2026

Grouped by NHTSA's top-level system; a bulletin filed under a sub-heading counts toward its system.