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Every model year 2022–2027: recalls, owner complaints, NHTSA crash ratings and EPA efficiency side by side, each value traced to the file it came from.

6 Model years 2022–2027

15 Recalls NHTSA campaigns, all years

512 Complaints owner reports, all years

A^* Newest grade 2027 Safety Signal

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Kia Carnival — photograph via Wikimedia Commons — Kia Carnival · Photo: Damian B Oh · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Active NHTSA advisory on 2 model years of the Carnival — park outside or do not drive. The year rows below carry it.

Every Kia Carnival model year

Source: NHTSA · EPA · one row per year

Year	Powertrains	Safety	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Best efficiency
2027	Hybrid Gas	A^*	0	0	—	33 mpg
2026	Hybrid Gas	B	2	53	—	32 mpg
2025	Hybrid Gas	A	1	196	—	33 mpg
2024	Gas	B	2	75	★★★★★	22 mpg
2023	Gas	D	4	52	—	22 mpg	Park outside
2022	Gas	D	6	136	—	22 mpg	Park outside

What owners filed about the Kia Carnival, by system

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communicationsEvery system, every year →

The systems the federal record is deep on for this nameplate: the complaints per model year, the mileage owners reported them at, and every recall, investigation and manufacturer bulletin filed under the heading — each one linked, none a failure rate.

electrical problems 176 complaints, every model year

What changed year to year

Source: computed from the filed record

2027: best combined mpg 32 → 33
2026: best combined mpg 33 → 32
2025: added hybrid; best combined mpg 22 → 33; 1 → 2 EPA configurations

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All Carnival head-to-heads →Which is better for you? →

Head-to-head	Verdict
2027 Carnival vs Chrysler Pacifica · Minivan	Carnival +18.2
2027 Carnival vs Honda Odyssey · Minivan	Carnival +3.6
2026 Carnival vs Toyota Sienna · Minivan	Carnival +6.6
2026 Carnival vs Chrysler Voyager · Minivan	Carnival +17.7

In the studies

Source: computed from the same record, method on each page

Same trim, next model year · 2025 → 2026 +1.4% at the median across 9 matched trims The manufacturer’s announced MSRP for the 2026 Kia Carnival against the same trim in 2025; the fleet moved +1.8% on 394 matched trims. Base trim $36,800 → $37,390. MSRP excludes destination; not a transaction price.

Common questions about the Kia Carnival

Source: EPA, NHTSA and manufacturer press kits

Which Kia Carnival year is the best used buy?

On the recall record, the 2023 Carnival comes out top of the years before the current one: Safety Signal grade D (68/100), 4 recalls and 52 owner complaints on file. That ranks paperwork, not condition — a specific car's history and service record still decide it.

What Kia Carnival years should I avoid?

2022, 2023 have the weakest recall records in this range — one carries an active park-outside or do-not-drive advisory. The year pages list every campaign, its severity and whether a repair exists yet.

How many recalls does the Kia Carnival have?

Across model years 2022–2027, NHTSA has posted 15 recall campaigns for the Kia Carnival. They are counted per model year in the table above, because a campaign almost never covers the whole run — it covers a build range.