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Hyundai Ioniq

Every model year 2017–2022: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

6 Model years 2017–2022

11 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

179 Complaints owner reports, all years

A Newest grade 2022 Safety Signal

2021 Best on record cleanest filed year

The 2022 Ioniq →Which years to avoid Compare it

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Active NHTSA advisory on 1 model year of the Ioniq — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Hyundai Ioniq model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2022	Plug-in hybrid Hybrid	A	0	27	—	59 mpg
2021	Electric Plug-in hybrid Hybrid	A	0	20	—	170 mi
2020	Electric Plug-in hybrid Hybrid	B	1	31	—	170 mi	Park outside
2019	Electric Plug-in hybrid Hybrid	C	2	33	—	124 mi
2018	Electric Plug-in hybrid Hybrid	D	3	17	—	124 mi
2017	Electric Hybrid	F	5	51	—	124 mi

Which model year the record favours

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road

Years to avoid, with the reasons →Best on the record 2021

On the filed record so far, the 2021 is the cleanest Ioniq year we hold, and the 2020 the one to check hardest. The 2020 carries a standing park-outside or do-not-drive advisory, which outranks every other number on this page.

Both figures are divided by the number of years the car has been on sale, because otherwise the oldest year on the page loses every time simply for having been around longer. The current model year and any year under three on the road are left out: their records are not finished.

Year	Safety Signal	Recalls /yr	Complaints /yr
2021	A	0	4
2022	A	0	7
2019	C	0.3	5	1 critical
2018	D	0.4	2	3 critical
2017	F	0.6	6	4 critical
2020	B	0.2	5	Advisory

Also on file Beside the Hyundai Ioniq

Best year on file The 2021 Ioniq Recalls Every Hyundai recall on file Compare The 2022 Ioniq against anything

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2022: dropped electric; 4 → 3 EPA configurations
2021: best combined mpg 58 → 59
2020: best range 124 → 170 mi
2018: added plug-in hybrid; 3 → 4 EPA configurations

Common questions about the Hyundai Ioniq

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Hyundai Ioniq year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2021 Ioniq comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade A (100/100), 0 recalls and 20 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Hyundai Ioniq years should I avoid?

2017, 2018, 2020 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet. Every Ioniq model year ranked, with the reasons.

How many recalls does the Hyundai Ioniq have?

Across model years 2017–2022, NHTSA has posted 11 recall campaigns for the Hyundai Ioniq. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.