2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5 Reviews - Verified Owners

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Michael D.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/05/2026

Verified Review

Excellent example of electric vehicle

It's been fun to drive. I am slowly still figuring out all of the little features that is packed into this SUV. With rear seats down, I can fit a LOT of things. One time I had to pack multiple boxes and a hand truck and it was no problem.

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Erik M.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/04/2026

Verified Review

Really great can for the cost - feel like I am the product though.

This is a great car. Fun to drive. Good features for the money. Comfortable. Feels safe and really grounded. Just two really major flaws. Advertising to me in the app and adding subscription features in the car. Get that garbage out of the car I paid for. Ridiculous. HDA2 (Highway drive Assist) - If this worked it would easily make the review 4 or 5 stars. As it is, it is unusable. It cannot tell I am looking straight ahead with eyes on road and hands at 10 and 2, so every 2-5 minutes it sounds an alarm and flashes, causing me to look away from road and directly down (away from road) at a sensor and shake wheel until it turns off. Maybe because I wear glasses? No idea, reddit forums suggest it is largely unusable for so many people and for many years. So, I would not suggest you buy this vehicle if that type of feature is important to you. It simply does not work. Some plasticky and creaky parts that look nice but super high build quality. Still totally reasonable. I am really disappointed that they took away digital key from SEL and also frustrated that there is no save seat position. This seems like sad thing to leave out since they have profiles for logging in and then to not have saves seat positions? I would gladly give up the profiles or even HDA2 since it does not work, for 2 saves seat positions.

Hyundai Motor America responded on 07/06/2026 10:31 AM

Hi Erik, we are sorry to hear about your experience with your 2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5. Your feedback will help us in identifying the areas where we can improve overall driving experience and durability of our vehicles. Thank you for your feedback. ^cc

Susan T.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/03/2026

Verified Review

It’s been a great car over the last 2900 miles. The route planner is pretty good, it’s quiet, comfortable and feels well built. My only two issues are the trunk handle is a bit loose and I wish the app offered widgets.

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Timothy D.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/03/2026

Verified Review

Great drive with a couple major oversights Hundai needs to address.

I've been pretty happy with my 2026 Ioniq 5 for the first few months I've had it. It's fun to drive, fast charging is actually fast, and home charging makes my wallet happy. Hyundai really needs to fix a few things, however. The driver attention system hates joy (it breaks every time I smile) and freaks out at night, and is nigh-unusable for the driving automation features unless I open my eyes so widely that they are about to fall out of my face. I have to resort to turning the associated drive assist features off completely for the majority of my driving. It's a shame, really. It needed a lot more calibration and testing before being put into a production vehicle. The capacitive touch sensing on the steering wheel is great, though, and is a major improvement over torque sensing. The lack of automatic locking when the driver walks away with the keys is a terrible design choice and lags behind other manufacturers. It's not hard to do, y'all. On the infotainment side, the maps are... acceptable but not great, and it commonly takes up to a minute or two to actually load the user profiles when starting the car, far far far too slow. Otherwise the infotainment system is pretty good, and Android Auto works great. Overall, though, the vehicle is really, really good and probably my favorite vehicle so far to drive and own. If/once Hyundai puts some more work into the driver attention system and polishes a couple rough edges, things will be nigh on perfect.

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Barbara G.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/02/2026

Verified Review

Nice car for the money. Very pleased with the extended battery range!

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Hyundai Motor America responded on 07/02/2026 10:04 AM

Hello Karin, Thank you for sharing your feedback on your 2026 IONIQ 5. We continuously monitor the feedback of our owners as we develop new models and trims to best match our consumers' preferences. ^cc

Gordon K.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/01/2026

Verified Review

IONIQ 5 review

Every thing works as expected/

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Dennis G.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

07/01/2026

Verified Review

Ioniq 5 2026

The digital screen with the temperature gauge and fan etc is VERY hard to read during daytime. It is a distraction to try to adjust things and potentially requires too much focus that should be spent looking at the road.

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EZGI B.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

06/30/2026

Verified Review

don't recommend

this is my first car and l regret buying this car and hyundai brand because of electric/charging problem and the person in the service area who did not treat me kindly

Hyundai Motor America responded on 07/01/2026 08:47 AM

Hey EZGI, thank you for sharing your concerns with us. Allow us to take a further look at your vehicle's concerns. A representative will be in touch with you shortly to investigate further. Thank you ^cc.

MARIA S.

2026 Hyundai IONIQ 5

Verified Owner

06/30/2026

Verified Review

Great car for the price

I got an HI5 Limited and I love it. It's my baby. I've been buying accessories for it and am even making headway at clearing out space for it in the garage. Not there yet, but I keep on keeping on. The exterior is designed in a way that prevents drive through car washes from cleaning it properly, but that's okay. I just wash the car myself now.

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