Model Year Index

Hyundai Ioniq

144 complaints across 5 scored model years and 7 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Hyundai Ioniq Full report
D
Grade 2017–2021
2017 vs model median 1.5×
Model median3× median
Electrical 8
Engine 5
Fuel System 4
Avoid

2017

Best

2018 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2017
1.47× 34 D
2018
0.40× 11 B
2019
1.27× 22 C
2020
1.00× 19 C
2021
0.64× 20 B
2022 P
1.46× 38 C

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG55
City / Highway54 / 57
Engine1.6L, 4 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$1,200

Recalls

7 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Treat that as a minimum. NHTSA's lookup does not answer to this model's published name, so its campaigns are collected one trim at a time and the list may be short of the full count.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
18V704000 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER 2017, 2018 10,575
22V459000 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM: INVERTER 2017, 2018 10,575
18V260000 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM 2017 10,156
21V127000 Park it ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY 2020 4,696
21V944000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:CHARGING:MODULE:ONBOARD (OBCM) 2017–2019 2,679
17V532000 HYBRID PROPULSION SYSTEM 2017 218
19V720000 WHEELS:LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS/STUDS 2019 48

Recall work is free at any franchised dealer, whoever owns the car and however old it is. Check a specific car’s VIN on NHTSA’s register before you buy — an unrepaired campaign is among the most commonly missed items on a used vehicle. One campaign here carries a Park It or Park Outside warning, which means NHTSA advised owners to stop driving or parking the vehicle indoors until the work was done.

Others in Subcompact Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chevrolet Aveo
none flagged
B
Chevrolet Sonic
20122013
C
Chevrolet Spark
20132014
B
Fiat 500
20122014
C
Fiat 500L
2014
C
Ford Fiesta
20112013
C
Honda FIT
20132015
C
Hyundai Accent
20122013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2017 Ioniq
Complaints in window
34
Severity-weighted
56.5
Model median (weighted)
38
vs model median
1.47×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
5
Open investigations
0
Score 50.8 D