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2025 Kia Carnival: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 2025 Kia Carnival. The campaign is 26V232000. NHTSA received the report on 10 Apr 2026. The NHTSA record gives the component Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings. NHTSA has 124 complaints on file for this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 26V232000, in the NHTSA record

Dealers will inspect and tighten, or replace the fuel pipe as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2026. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC368. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 24, 2026.
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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. 141,032 units in total.

  1. 26V232000Received . 141,032 units.

    Fuel System, Gasoline / Delivery / Hoses, Lines/Piping, and Fittings

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Carnival vehicles. Fuel may leak at the pipe connection between the fuel pipe and fuel rail.
    Consequence, in the NHTSA record
    A fuel leak increases the risk of a fire.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Dealers will inspect and tighten, or replace the fuel pipe as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2026. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC368. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 24, 2026.

    Report filed by Kia America, Inc.. Manufacturer campaign number SC368. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Complaints by component

124 complaints, 170 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.

  • 2025 Kia Carnival
  • All 2025 vehicles
2025 Kia Carnival: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component2025 CarnivalAll 2025 vehiclesCarnival, all yearsMentions
Electrical System482.4167.8240.682
Unknown or Other111.8111.9201.419
Engine88.291.580.215
Fuel/Propulsion System47.138.655.38
Forward Collision Avoidance29.4118.826.75
Exterior Lighting29.420.9165
Power Train29.465.933.95
Seats29.421.830.35
Structure23.527.6105.24
Lane Departure17.637.914.33

The table shows the 10 components with the most mentions, of 21.

Complaints that report a crash
0
Complaints that report a fire
0
Injuries in the complaints
5
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
11 Sep 2026

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2024, with 55 complaints.

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.

  1. 20226
  2. 20234
  3. 20242
  4. 20251
  5. 20262

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

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Cite this page

Recall Register. 2025 Kia Carnival: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/carnival/2025/. 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
30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
30 Sep 2026
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
Kia America, Inc.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 2025 Kia Carnival?
141,032 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 have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 7 recall campaigns for the Kia Carnival, model years 2022 to 2026. 1 of them names the 2025 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival name most often?
Electrical System: 82 of 170 component mentions, or 482.4 per 1,000. For all 2025 vehicles the figure is 167.8 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 2025 Kia Carnival open?
The NHTSA investigation file has no investigation that names this model year.