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Data through Oct 2026
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Kia K4

Every Kia K4 model year on file, 2025 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years5817 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years22025 to 2026
Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins26Summed across model years
By model year

The 2025 model year drew the most complaints, 46, 79% of the model's total

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

02040602025462026
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Driver assistance leads the Kia K4 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Driver assistance
20
Electrical system
14
Steering
10
Engine and cooling
9
Airbags
8
Powertrain
7
Speed control
6
Back-over prevention
3
Fuel system
2
Tires
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kia K4 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.

Kia K4 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2026Sedan1250.01,200107
2025Sedan4623.91,1502019
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia K4

  • 26V-135 Mar 6, 2026
    Rear center seat belt anchor buckle in the 2026 K4 and the third-row center seat belt anchor buckle in the 2027 Telluride may not latch properly
    Seat belts · 15k vehicles
  • 26V-046 Jan 26, 2026
    Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail
    Electrical system · 43k vehicles
  • 25V-548 Aug 25, 2025
    Connecting rod bolts in the engine may have been improperly tightened, which can cause a loss of drive power
    Engine and cooling · 30 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.