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Kia Stinger

Every Kia Stinger model year on file, 2018 to 2023. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years16913 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years62018 to 2023
Recall campaigns7Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins305Summed across model years
By model year

The 2018 model year drew the most complaints, 69, 41% of the model's total

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

02040608020186920192020202120222023
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Engine and cooling leads the Kia Stinger complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Engine and cooling
52
Electrical system
35
Fuel system
34
Brakes
30
Powertrain
13
Visibility and wipers
12
Lighting
10
Structure
9
Steering
5
Driver assistance
4
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each Kia Stinger 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 Stinger by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
2023Hatchback520.0461031
2022Hatchback180.02001040
2021Hatchback175.92435045
2020Hatchback166.32006044
2019Hatchback449.13393145
2018Hatchback698.749340100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia Stinger

  • 24V-169 Mar 1, 2024
    Left turbocharger oil feed pipe and hose assembly may deteriorate and leak oil
    Engine and cooling · 36k vehicles
  • 23V-634 Sep 13, 2023
    Fuel control valve plunger may stick inside the high pressure fuel pump, causing over-pressurization and loss of drive power
    Fuel system · 18k vehicles
  • 21V-862 Nov 5, 2021
    Software error in the instrument cluster may cause an inaccurate fuel gauge reading
    Electrical system · 53 vehicles
  • 20V-560 Sep 16, 2020
    Fuel pump's jet nozzle may have a plastic burr remaining from the manufacturing process, possibly causing a blocked nozzle and an insufficient…
    Fuel system · 635 vehicles
  • 20V-518 Aug 27, 2020
    On December 30, 2020, Kia expanded the recall population and added certain 2018-2021 Stinger vehicles
    Brakes · 28k vehicles
  • 20V-422 Jul 22, 2020
    Component within the Rack Mounted Motor Driven Power Steering (MDPS) Assembly may have been manufactured incorrectly, possibly resulting in the…
    Steering · 104 vehicles
  • 18V-754 Oct 25, 2018
    Front wiring harness located in the engine and passenger compartment may get damaged from contacting a burr on the left fender body panel
    Electrical system · 16k vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.