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Kia Niro

Every Kia Niro model year on file, 2017 to 2026. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years35048 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years102017 to 2026
Recall campaigns6Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins506Summed across model years
By model year

The 2017 model year drew the most complaints, 82, 23% of the model's total

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

0255075100201782201820192020202120222023202420252026
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 complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Electrical system
92
Engine and cooling
92
Powertrain
84
Brakes
35
Fuel system
31
Driver assistance
21
Airbags
19
Speed control
15
Structure
13
Steering
12
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kia Niro 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 by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2026SUV250.033004
2025SUV1711.81311012
2024SUV1040.0501028
2023SUV4418.22202052
2022SUV3116.11351138
2021SUV911.1301153
2020SUV3912.81391168
2019SUV5610.71331176
2018SUV6010.01453193
2017SUV8212.21614082
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia Niro

  • 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
  • 23V-534 Jul 31, 2023
    Fluid may leak into the printed circuit board inside the hydraulic clutch actuator, which can result in an engine compartment fire
    Powertrain · 121k vehicles
  • 23V-298 Apr 26, 2023
    Instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started
    Electrical system · 109k vehicles
  • 22V-836 Nov 11, 2022
    Main Relay within the Power Relay Assembly (PRA) may have inadequate connections between its contacts, causing increased electrical resistance,…
    Hybrid and electric propulsion · 27k vehicles
  • 18V-666 Sep 25, 2018
    Main Relay within the Power Relay Assembly (PRA) may have inadequate connections between its contacts, causing increased electrical resistance
    Hybrid and electric propulsion · 27k vehicles
  • 18V-257 Apr 20, 2018
    Hydraulic Clutch Actuator (HCA) inner oil seal may leak, allowing oil to accumulate in the cap area, possibly resulting in an electrical short
    Hybrid and electric propulsion · 27k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.