Automatic Emergency Braking problems of the 2024 Hyundai Kona

Two problems related to automatic emergency braking have been reported for the 2024 Hyundai Kona. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2024 Hyundai Kona based on all problems reported for the 2024 Kona.

1 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 05/30/2026

My wife was driving and braked on a hill, not in park. The emergency brake auto-engaged while she was in park, then the emergency brake disengaged automatically. The care starts rolling down the hill, the regular brakes fail and do not work after pumping them multiple times. The emergency brake won't engage either. She tries reversing and that won't work. She shifted the car into drive, car keeps rolling, then she was able to engage the regular brakes and she turned into my driveaway to avoid hitting a wall or other cars. The brake system warning light turned on during this time, indicating some failure in the brake system.

2 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 03/03/2025

On Monday [xxx] I was driving home from work going 45 mph when my forward collision warning came on and the car stopped. However, there was no one in front of me. This was extremely dangerous and if there was a car behind me I could have been hit. I am extremely scared to drive this car. I had it towed to lynne’s Hyundai in bloomfield NJ. They said their computer could not find an issue so had nothing to fix and asked me to pick up the car. However, after what I experienced I refused and called corporate Hyundai. They told me my safety was their number one priority and they would resolve this for me. However, after they spoke to the dealership they said they could not duplicate the problem so nothing could be done. I gave numerous solutions that would make me happy but none were taken. I now have a car I am literally scared to death to drive and had another malfunction with the front sensor yesterday where it told me the car in front of me was pulling away but it was stopped. The vehicle is available for inspection. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).


Other Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of the 2024 Hyundai Kona

Automatic Emergency Braking problems
2
Adaptive Cruise Control problems
1
Warnings problems
1


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