2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 Lemon Law Buyback in New Hampshire
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Our client leased a new 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 in New Hampshire. At 4,892 miles its high-voltage battery system failed and had to be replaced, keeping the EV out of service for 43 days. Hyundai repurchased it in a buyback valued at $47,474.
The vehicle and its defects
The Ioniq 5 was a 2025 model leased new in July 2025, delivered with 77 miles. The owner brought it in at 4,892 miles with problems that needed an electric vehicle system check.
The diagnosis was a failed high-voltage battery system assembly, the main battery in an electric car. The dealer replaced the whole assembly, and a field service recall was performed in the same visit.
| Vehicle | 2025 Hyundai Ioniq 5 |
|---|---|
| State | New Hampshire |
| Purchase | Leased new, July 2025 |
| Repair visits | 1 |
| Mileage at first repair | 4,892 |
| Days out of service | 43 |
| Resolution | Buyback, settled September 2026 |
| Total | $47,474 |
The repair record
The record has 1 repair visit, starting at 4,892 miles, and 43 days out of service.
- February 4–March 18, 2026
The owner reported problems that called for an electric vehicle system check. Testing confirmed the high-voltage battery system assembly had failed. Technicians removed and replaced the assembly, along with its bolts and washers, and also completed a field service action recall.
New Hampshire Lemon Law and federal warranty law
The New Hampshire Lemon Law, N.H. Rev. Stat. §357-D:1 to §357-D:10, protects people who buy or lease new vehicles in the state for personal, family or household use. It looks at whether the same defect has gone through 3 repair attempts, or whether the vehicle has been out of service for 30 or more business days in total. An owner who qualifies can seek a replacement, or a refund reduced by a fair allowance for use. Claims go to the state-run New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board, and the deadline is 1 year after the later of the express warranty's expiration or the manufacturer's final repair attempt. In a lawsuit, RSA 357-D:10 lets the court award costs and reasonable attorney fees to the consumer, and a manufacturer reselling a bought-back vehicle has to disclose that history.
This Ioniq 5 record showed 1 repair visit and 43 calendar days out of service for a failed main battery, the kind of record the statute's 30-business-day test looks at. The federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq., can give a companion claim under the written warranty and may allow an owner who prevails to recover attorney fees.
- Statute
- New Hampshire Lemon Law, N.H. Rev. Stat. §357-D:1 to §357-D:10
- Repair test
- 3 repair attempts for the same defect, or 30 cumulative business days out of service
- Time limit
- Within 1 year after the later of the express warranty's expiration or the manufacturer's final repair attempt
- Federal law
- Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, 15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.
How RockPoint built the claim
The size of the failure carried this case. The high-voltage battery is what powers an electric vehicle, and this one failed at 4,892 miles, about seven months into the lease.
The length of the visit added to it. The car was gone from February 4 to March 18, 2026, 43 days in all, and the replacement came with a recall performed at the same time.
The outcome
Hyundai repurchased the Ioniq 5 under a settlement reached in September 2026. The total value of the resolution was $47,474 ($47,474.70 exactly), which covered the lease payoff, the amount paid to our client and attorney fees.
Questions about this case
New Hampshire's test is 3 repair attempts for the same defect. A vehicle can also qualify after 30 or more business days out of service in total. This particular Ioniq 5 received one visit that lasted for 43 days.
Yes. It applies to new motor vehicles purchased or leased in New Hampshire for personal, family or household use. This Ioniq 5 was leased new.
The claim must be filed within 1 year after the later of two dates, the express warranty's expiration or the manufacturer's final repair attempt.
New Hampshire uses a state-run board, the New Hampshire Motor Vehicle Arbitration Board, rather than a manufacturer program. This Ioniq 5 claim was resolved as a Hyundai buyback in September 2026.
Hyundai bought the EV back. The total value of the resolution was $47,474, covering the lease payoff, the payment to our client and attorney fees.
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