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Kia Niro EV

Every Kia Niro EV model year on file, 2019 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years909 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years82019 to 2026
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins280Summed across model years
By model year

The 2022 model year drew the most complaints, 30, 33% of the model's total

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

01020302019202020212022302023202420252026
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 Kia Niro EV complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
35
Powertrain
19
Brakes
11
Driver assistance
9
Speed control
8
Fuel system
8
Engine and cooling
7
Visibility and wipers
3
Back-over prevention
2
Seat belts
2
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kia Niro EV 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 Niro EV by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2026Not decoded0NoneNone003
2025SUV10.081012
2024SUV616.7302024
2023SUV1513.3753044
2022SUV3013.31302140
2021SUV20.071143
2020SUV195.3682163
2019SUV175.9410151
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia Niro EV

  • 25V-426 Jun 20, 2025
    Circuit board for the rearview camera may become damaged and cause the rearview camera image not to display
    Back-over prevention · 11k vehicles
  • 25V-024 Jan 17, 2025
    Floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying…
    Electrical system · 80k vehicles
  • 24V-358 May 21, 2024
    High voltage battery safety plug may overheat and melt, which can cause a loss of drive power or fire
    Electrical system · 2,209 vehicles
  • 24V-271 Apr 16, 2024
    Differential gear bolts in the gear drive unit may not be tightened properly, which can result in a loss of drive power or cause the differential…
    Powertrain · 8 vehicles
  • 24V-057 Jan 31, 2024
    One of the drive shafts may have been improperly heat-treated, allowing it to break under load and resulting in a loss of drive power
    Powertrain · 1,243 vehicles
  • 22V-899 Dec 6, 2022
    Electric Power Control Unit (EPCU) may have been improperly sealed and may leak coolant internally
    Electrical system · 872 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.