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Fisker Karma

Every Fisker Karma model year on file, 2012 to 2013. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years60 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22012 to 2013
Recall campaigns5Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins25Summed across model years
By model year

The 2012 model year drew the most complaints, 6, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

0246201262013
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Electrical system leads the Fisker Karma complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
4
Powertrain
2
Fuel system
2
Engine and cooling
1
Brakes
1
Lighting
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Fisker Karma model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Fisker Karma by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2013Not decoded0NoneNone001
2012Not decoded60.06005124
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Fisker Karma

  • 19V-181 Mar 6, 2019
    These vehicles are equipped with air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules, used as original equipment or…
    Airbags · 472 vehicles
  • 17V-004 Jan 6, 2017
    These vehicles are equipped with certain air bag inflators assembled as part of the passenger frontal air bag modules used as original equipment…
    Airbags · 811 vehicles
  • 12V-413 Aug 22, 2012
    Manufacturing defect in the low temperature cooling fan may result in a direct short
    Engine and cooling · 1,377 vehicles
  • 12V-241 May 30, 2012
    Within the high-voltage battery, certain hose clamps may have been positioned incorrectly during assembly
    Electrical system · 19 vehicles
  • 11V-598 Dec 27, 2011
    Within the high-voltage battery, certain hose clamps may have been positioned incorrectly during assembly
    Electrical system · 239 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.