2025-2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5 and 2026 IONIQ 9 Battery Fire Risk Recall
Hyundai is recalling certain 2025-2026 IONIQ 5 and 2026 IONIQ 9 vehicles due to an improperly tightened bus bar in the high voltage battery system that can cause an electrical short and increase fire risk.
What this means for you
Real risk of harm even if no illness or injury has been reported yet. Stop using the product and follow the agency's guidance.
Our severity reasoning: This recall addresses a structural electrical system defect (improperly tightened bus bar in the high voltage battery) with serious potential consequences (fire risk). However, the source text reports no fires, injuries, or property damage. Per the rubric, when the hazard is theoretical with no reported incidents, the score is at most 3.
Plain-English summary
Hyundai Motor America is recalling certain 2025-2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5 vehicles and 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 9 vehicles. The high voltage battery system in these vehicles may contain an improperly tightened bus bar, which can cause an electrical short.
An electrical short in the high voltage battery system increases the risk of a fire.
Approximately 27 vehicles are affected by this recall. Owner notification letters were mailed on April 3, 2026. Vehicle identification numbers (VINs) of recalled vehicles became searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 7, 2026.
Hyundai dealers will inspect and tighten the bus bar retention bolts and replace the battery system assembly as necessary at no charge to owners. For more information, owners may contact Hyundai customer service at 1-855-371-9460.
The recalled product
- Product
- 2025 HYUNDAI IONIQ 5
- Brand
- HYUNDAI
- Manufacturer
- Hyundai Motor America
- Hazard
- electrical-short
- fire
- Affected units
- 27
Is your product affected?
Check your packaging against the codes below. If any of them match, the product is part of this recall.
Model numbers (2)
- IONIQ 5
- IONIQ 9
Distribution
Distributed nationwide across the United States.
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