general problems of the 2019 Hyundai Kona

While stopped our 2019 Kona ev at a traffic light with my foot on the brake, the car spontaneously accelerated and crashed into the car also sitting at the light about eight feet in front of us. If there wasn't a car in front of us, we would have gone through a busy intersection at very high speed. The front end of the car was destroyed and both airbags deployed. The car was towed to a collision center and is considered: "totaled" . We tried to get it inspected for the computer system to confirm what happened, but there was no interest by any party. There was no pre-warning or issues with the vehicle before this happened. The incident happened about ten miles from our house, and we had been driving it for about 15 minutes. The temperature outside was extremely cold at about 5 degrees fahrenheit.

Car stalled while stopped in drive or while in park. Forward collision system error warning. Every yellow warning light illuminated. Car would restart and would shift gears up when accelerating but would not shift back down. Tachometer would not move although engine was revving. Park and turn off car. Open door. Close door. Restart and all lights off and engine runs fine until it stalls again. Repeat process. No accidents. Car at 62000 miles. Very dangerous on highway.

The button that sets or changes the speed control broke and no longer provided functionality, requiring replacing the whole right-side steering wheel button control module. This in turn required removing the entire steering wheel, which included removng the driver’s side airbag.

For about a month, the car is pausing for a second or two during acceleration. The car was brought for service to great lakes Hyundai of columbus (ohio) on 12/19/2023. This is diagnosis and remediation that was offered: needs immediate attention 1 of 5 services related requested service [primary]: 10hyz06 - c/s check engine light check and advise: c/s check engine light check and advise check engine light - diagnosis - customer states the car is driving rough when changing gears, does not want to accelerate, has to put the peddle on the floor. [other]: transmission control unit update speak with your service advisor for more information on this recommended service. There were no warnings. I just noticed to the problem, and it was getting worse.

After the recall was corrected, the engine light came on two months later. I noticed the car will not accelerate and now will not start. The engine rumbles on the occasion that it does start.

Car lost speed on going uphill. Took car to dealer and they found nothing related. I am concerned about this recall. The length of time it has taken to repair and the fact that they do not know how to repair these piston rings.