2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid: recalls and complaints
NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid. The campaign is 26V046000. NHTSA received the report on 26 Jan 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel. NHTSA has 25 complaints on file for this model year. The Kia Carnival Hybrid has 2 model years on the register. No model year has more recall campaigns than the 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid. Complaints about this model year, by the year NHTSA received them: none in 2024 and 1 in 2025. For complaints about all vehicles, the count rose by 9.7%, from 67,371 in 2024 to 73,903 in 2025. The component with the largest gap from all 2026 vehicles is Electrical System: 250 per 1,000 component mentions, against 142.4 for all 2026 vehicles.
The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.
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Remedy of campaign 26V046000, in the NHTSA record
The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 26, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC361. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 9, 2026.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
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Recall campaigns
1 campaign. 42,677 units in total.
26V046000Received . 42,677 units.
Electrical System / Instrument Cluster/Panel
- Defect, in the NHTSA record
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Kia K4, 2025-2026 Sorento, Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage PHEV, K5, EV9, Carnival, and Carnival Hybrid vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 101, "Controls and Displays" and 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring System."
- Consequence, in the NHTSA record
An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer, tire pressure, or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.
- Remedy, in the NHTSA record
The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 26, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC361. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 9, 2026.
Report filed by Kia America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number SC361. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .
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Complaints by component
25 complaints, 52 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
- 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid
- All 2026 vehicles
| Component | 2026 Carnival Hybrid | All 2026 vehicles | Carnival Hybrid, all years | Mentions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical System | 250 | 142.4 | 207.9 | 13 |
| Power Train | 173.1 | 68.4 | 140.4 | 9 |
| Engine | 115.4 | 107.5 | 151.7 | 6 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 96.2 | 32.9 | 185.4 | 5 |
| Fuel/Propulsion System | 96.2 | 32.4 | 89.9 | 5 |
| Unknown or Other | 96.2 | 130 | 78.7 | 5 |
| Forward Collision Avoidance | 38.5 | 118.4 | 22.5 | 2 |
| Service Brakes | 38.5 | 58.3 | 33.7 | 2 |
| Back Over Prevention | 38.5 | 21.5 | 16.9 | 2 |
| Structure | 19.2 | 31.4 | 16.9 | 1 |
The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 12.
- Complaints that report a crash
- 0
- Complaints that report a fire
- 1
- Injuries in the complaints
- 0
- Deaths in the complaints
- 0
- Date of the newest complaint
- 20 Oct 2026
These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.
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Investigations
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.
Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.
Other model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
- 20250
- 20261
A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
- NHTSA page of the 2026 Kia Carnival HybridThe recalls, the complaints and the investigations that NHTSA shows for this model year.
Cite this page
Recall Register. 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/carnival-hybrid/2026/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 23 Oct 2026
- Complaint file through
- 25 Oct 2026
- First complaint in the file
- 1 Jan 1995
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- Kia America, Inc.
The NHTSA record is the authority. A complaint count is the number of different complaint numbers for the make, the model and the model year. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid?
- 42,677 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
- How many recall campaigns does the Kia Carnival Hybrid have for all model years?
- NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the Kia Carnival Hybrid, model years 2025 to 2026. It names the 2026 model year.
- Which component do the complaints about the 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid name most often?
- Electrical System: 13 of 52 component mentions, or 250 per 1,000. For all 2026 vehicles the figure is 142.4 per 1,000.
- Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid open?
- The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.