2023 HYUNDAI KONA — Complaint #1945994
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NHTSA Complaint about ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN filed November 27, 2023
NHTSA complaint #1945994 (ODI reference 11557134) concerns a 2023 HYUNDAI KONA and was filed on November 27, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 27, 2023. The report was geocoded to Illinois based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as electrical system:horn, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same HYUNDAI KONA cohort independently describe similar electrical system:horn failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2023 HYUNDAI KONA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
Horn is not working. When the horn is pressed from the driver's seat, no noise is made. Checked fuse in engine fuse box compartment. 15A fuse is ok (not blown, etc). Checked with spare 15A and that did not work either. Reported problem to dealership and they plan to investigate and repair. Google search indicated this is not the first Hyundai Kona to have this issue. This should be more looked into by regulatory boards.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 1945994 |
| ODI Number | 11557134 |
| Date Filed | November 27, 2023 |
| Failure Date | November 27, 2023 |
| VIN | KM8K6CAB2PU |
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Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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