First generation (NE, incl. 2025 facelift) · first-year watch
2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5, day 295
- 24complaints since Dec 11, 2025
- 2recalls
- 0involved a crash
Newest report Sep 27, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Changed since August
- 1 new complaint in September, about brakes and speed control.
- Nothing filed yet on sticky steering, transmission failure, engine failure or fire.
- 38th most complaints of the 79 2026 models on this site.
What's been reported
NHTSA's own component codes. One report can cite several.
- Electrical11
- Lane keeping6
- Collision avoidance4
- Speed control3
- Other3
- Seats2
- Backup camera2
- Visibility2
Recent reports
“The vision panel, located between the windshield and the moonroof, exploded and shattered into a ton of pieces. There are a multitude of fractures throughout the panel and the edges of the panel are falling apart, exposing the wiring underneath.”
Filed Jun 24, 2026
“An AVRIDE vehicle made a right-hand turn from a middle lane. It did not use the appropriate lane for right-hand turns.”
Filed Jun 15, 2026
“My car would no longer charge after testing various chargers at home and different public charging stations. If this had happened away from home, and without cell service, I might have been stranded. I took I into the Hyundai service center, and they said the ICCU had failed. They replaced if after waiting a week for the part.”
Filed Apr 27, 2026
“While driving at most speeds vehicle feels like it is pulsing in power. Itâs an EV and I can best describe the feeling to be like when a gas powered vehicle has a severe skip in the engine”
Filed Apr 6, 2026
At a glance
- Next to the 2024
- The 2026 is too new for a fair per-year comparison. It has 24 complaints so far; the 2024, on sale longer, has 222.
- Top problem
- The 24 complaints on file don't group into a problem with 5 or more reports.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- None of the 24 complaints reports a crash, a fire or an injury.
- Recalls behind the top problems
- 2 recalls are on file, but no problem here has enough reports to set against them.
- When owners filed
- Every complaint so far came in during 2025. So far in 2026, 23 more have come in.
Recalls
Whether your car is included depends on its VIN. Check yours at nhtsa.gov/recalls.
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.
Risk and remedy
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 Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 7, 2026.
Hyundai Motor America (Hyundai) is recalling certain 2025-2026 Tucson Hybrid, Tucson Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 IONIQ 5, Santa Cruz, Kona, Palisade, Palisade Hybrid, Santa Fe, Santa Fe Hybrid, Sonata, Sonata Hybrid, and Tucson vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) number 101, "Controls and Displays."
Risk and remedy
Remedy: The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 24, 2026. Owners may contact Hyundai's customer service at 855-371-9460. Hyundai's number for this recall is 293. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall became searchable on NHTSA.gov on January 28, 2026.
All 2 recalls on the 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5, with the owner complaints on each recalled system
Guide Seeing this on your own car? How to file a complaint with NHTSA
The log
Complaints by the month NHTSA received them, newest first. Blue bars mark a month with a recall or an investigation.
Questions
How many 2026 Hyundai Ioniq 5 complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
None of the 24 complaints reports one.