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Every Kia sold in the U.S., one page per nameplate and one per model year: recalls, owner complaints, crash ratings, EPA data and trim specs, each value traced to its file.

19 Nameplates sold in the U.S.

128 Model years 2016–2027

311 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

16,366 Complaints owner reports, all years

14 Graded A of 18 current model years

Every nameplate →Active advisories (44)Every Kia recall Kia window sticker by VIN

Kia Sportage — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — Kia Sportage · Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Every Kia nameplate

Source: newest model year’s grade top-right

A 2016–2027 · Plug-in hybrid, Hybrid, Gas Sportage 0 recalls on the 2027 · 1 complaints C 2020–2027 · Hybrid, Gas Telluride 3 recalls on the 2027 · 43 complaints A^* 2016–2027 · Hybrid, Gas Sorento 0 recalls on the 2027 · 0 complaints A^* 2022–2027 · Hybrid, Gas Carnival 0 recalls on the 2027 · 0 complaints A 2022–2026 · Electric EV6 0 recalls on the 2026 · 0 complaints B 2024–2026 · Electric EV9 2 recalls on the 2026 · 27 complaints A^* 2017–2027 · Hybrid Niro 0 recalls on the 2027 · 0 complaints A 2021–2027 · Gas Seltos 0 recalls on the 2027 · 2 complaints A^* 2021–2027 · Gas K5 0 recalls on the 2027 · 0 complaints A^* 2025–2027 · Gas K4 0 recalls on the 2027 · 0 complaints A 2016–2025 · Gas Soul 0 recalls on the 2025 · 12 complaints A 2016–2020 · Gas Cadenza 1 recall on the 2020 · 0 complaints A^* 2027 · Electric EV3 0 recalls on the 2027 · 0 complaints A 2016–2024 · Gas Forte 0 recalls on the 2024 · 26 complaints A 2016–2020 · Gas K900 1 recall on the 2020 · 0 complaints A 2016–2020 · Plug-in hybrid, Hybrid, Gas Optima 0 recalls on the 2020 · 153 complaints A 2016–2023 · Gas Rio 0 recalls on the 2023 · 12 complaints A 2016–2021 · Gas Sedona 0 recalls on the 2021 · 10 complaints A 2018–2023 · Gas Stinger 1 recall on the 2023 · 5 complaints

Which Kia years to avoid, by nameplate

Source: recalls and complaints per year on the road, critical recalls and advisories first

Kia Sportage years to avoid best 2016 · check hardest 2017 · 8 model years ranked Kia Telluride years to avoid best 2023 · check hardest 2022 · 4 model years ranked Kia Sorento years to avoid best 2020 · check hardest 2022 · 8 model years ranked Kia Niro years to avoid best 2023 · check hardest 2017 · 7 model years ranked Kia Soul years to avoid best 2020 · check hardest 2023 · 8 model years ranked Kia Cadenza years to avoid best 2020 · check hardest 2017 · 5 model years ranked Kia Forte years to avoid best 2020 · check hardest 2023 · 8 model years ranked Kia K900 years to avoid best 2019 · check hardest 2016 · 5 model years ranked Kia Optima years to avoid best 2020 · check hardest 2017 · 5 model years ranked Kia Rio years to avoid best 2023 · check hardest 2017 · 8 model years ranked Kia Sedona years to avoid best 2021 · check hardest 2020 · 6 model years ranked Kia Stinger years to avoid best 2022 · check hardest 2020 · 6 model years ranked

Active park-outside / do-not-drive advisories

2024 EV6 Park outside 2024 EV9 Park outside 2024 Seltos Park outside 2024 Telluride Park outside 2023 Carnival Park outside 2023 EV6 Park outside 2023 Forte Do not drive 2023 Seltos Park outside 2023 Sorento Park outside 2023 Soul Park outside 2023 Sportage Park outside 2023 Telluride Park outside 2022 Carnival Park outside 2022 EV6 Park outside 2022 Sorento Park outside 2022 Sportage Park outside 2022 Telluride Park outside 2021 Sorento Park outside 2021 Sportage Park outside 2021 Stinger Park outside 2021 Telluride Park outside 2020 Sorento Park outside 2020 Sportage Park outside 2020 Stinger Park outside 2020 Telluride Park outside 2019 Cadenza Park outside 2019 Sorento Park outside 2019 Sportage Park outside 2019 Stinger Park outside 2018 Cadenza Park outside 2018 K900 Park outside 2018 Sorento Park outside 2018 Sportage Park outside 2018 Stinger Park outside 2017 Cadenza Park outside 2017 K900 Park outside 2017 Rio Park outside 2017 Sorento Park outside 2017 Sportage Park outside 2016 Cadenza Park outside 2016 K900 Park outside 2016 Rio Park outside 2016 Sorento Park outside 2016 Sportage Park outside