Kia K5
Across 6 model years (2021–2026), the Kia K5 has 9 NHTSA recall campaigns and 0 complaints on file.
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
Recall campaigns peaked in 2021 with 3; Within Kia, this line ranks 24 of 34 by total complaints.
Complaints are consumer reports and have not been verified by NHTSA.
Model years
| Model year | Recalls | Complaints | vs line average | Units in campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 Kia K5 | 6 | 0 | — | 531,060 |
| 2022 Kia K5 | 5 | 0 | — | 530,918 |
| 2023 Kia K5 | 4 | 0 | — | 608,560 |
| 2024 Kia K5 | 2 | 0 | — | 350,610 |
| 2025 Kia K5 | 2 | 0 | — | 182,344 |
| 2026 Kia K5 NHTSA record | 1 | 0 | — | 42,677 |
"vs line average" is the model year's complaints as a share of the line's average per model year (100% = average). A campaign covering several model years counts once per year. Model years with one campaign and fewer than 25 complaints are listed but have no page of their own; the NHTSA link opens the agency's record.
Components most reported
Per 1,000 component mentions across all Kia K5 complaints (0 mentions).
Campaigns by year reported
Complaints by year received
Other Kia model lines
- Sorento 76 recalls · 3,888 complaints
- Optima 59 recalls · 3,028 complaints
- Sportage 77 recalls · 2,579 complaints
- Sephia 16 recalls · 1,702 complaints
- Sedona 69 recalls · 1,583 complaints
- Soul 34 recalls · 1,061 complaints
- RIO 27 recalls · 869 complaints
- Spectra 5 recalls · 866 complaints
- Forte 34 recalls · 677 complaints
- Rondo 11 recalls · 260 complaints
- Amanti 4 recalls · 225 complaints
- Optima Hybrid 12 recalls · 187 complaints
- Sedona EX 3 recalls · 120 complaints
- Borrego 18 recalls · 69 complaints
- Cadenza 12 recalls · 46 complaints
- Forte Koup 16 recalls · 44 complaints
- K900 11 recalls · 20 complaints
- Soul EV 18 recalls · 14 complaints
- Niro 15 recalls · 14 complaints
- Stinger 20 recalls · 9 complaints
- Optima Phev 4 recalls · 6 complaints
- Niro Phev 9 recalls · 4 complaints
- Telluride 35 recalls · 2 complaints
- K5 20 recalls · 0 complaints
- Carnival 15 recalls · 0 complaints
- EV9 13 recalls · 0 complaints
- EV6 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Niro EV 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Sorento Hybrid 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Sorento Phev 11 recalls · 0 complaints
- Seltos 7 recalls · 0 complaints
- Sportage Phev 5 recalls · 0 complaints
- K4 3 recalls · 0 complaints
- Telluride Hybrid 2 recalls · 0 complaints
Questions and answers
Which Kia K5 model years have the most recalls?
2021 (6), 2022 (5), 2023 (4). Across model years 2021–2026 there are 9 distinct campaigns.
Which Kia K5 model year has the most complaints?
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
What do owners of the Kia K5 complain about?
No complaints for this line are in the NHTSA file.
Where does this data come from?
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall and complaint flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019.
Provenance
Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation recall, complaint and investigation flat files, public domain, dated 29 Sep 2026 and 15 May 2019. Model names are as NHTSA records them; variants such as "Accord" and "Accord Hybrid" are separate lines. See the methodology.