Hyundai Ioniq 5 Driver-assist systems problems
51 of the 1,359 complaints about the Hyundai Ioniq 5 (3.8%) concern Driver-assist systems, making it the model's #5 problem area. That share is 0.7× the Driver-assist systems share across all tracked vehicles.
Analysis
23 Driver-assist systems complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 12 in the 12 months before — up 92%.
3 of these reports (5.9%) describe a crash or fire, with 0 injuries and 0 deaths mentioned.
No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.
When complaints were filed
Last 12 months: 23 · Previous 12 months: 12
What owners report
ABS or All wheel Drive did not seem to work while driving on a Highway, and I tried to stop as there was another vehicle on the road which was spinning out of control.
Incident occurred when head-in parking in a space pointed into an stores exterior wall. There were no parking/wheel stops, just pavement then wall. No adjacent cars. I was decelerating with foot completely off accelerator and over the brake pedal.
When I use the adaptive cruise control and use the lane keeping assistance the system keeps giving me an error message that I'm not looking at the road. I believe this is a known problem and Hyundai pushed an software fix TSB 25-G1-16H in November 2025.
The ioniq 5 highway driving assist, which steers the car and keeps it centered in the lane, will disengage without clear warning - the small green steering wheel icon (which is at the top of the dash cluster) simply becomes grey and blinks, but there's no…
The driver attention warning feature is defective and often requires you to take your eyes off the road and stare at the DAW sensor in order to eliminate the car's constant "attention" warnings.
The Driver Attention Warning system fails every time I put the car in Cruise Control. I have adjusted my seat and the steering column but no relief. I have removed my hat and sunglasses with no relief. I have my hands at 8 and 4.
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Related recalls
No recall campaign addresses Driver-assist systems for the tracked model years.
Problem areas · Hyundai Ioniq 5
- Electrical752
- Transmission / powertrain222
- Engine121
- Unspecified or other59
- Driver-assist systems51
- Fuel system41
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Related reading
- Phantom braking and other driver-assist complaints: what goes wrong and where the complaints concentrateHow automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise and lane keeping produce false alarms, which tracked models have the highest share of their own complaints in this category, what NHTSA has investigated, and what to test before buying.