NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Kia Niro Recalls
The 2022 Kia Niro has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on July 31, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 Kia Niro. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 31
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
On a 2022 Kia Niro, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2022 Kia Niro
Power train: automatic transmission: internal: clutches/bands: actuators/solenoids
- Campaign
- 23V534000
- Reported
- July 31, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 121,411
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Niro, 1 other model
2022 Kia Niro complaints by year
NHTSA has received 31 owner complaints about the 2022 Kia Niro, the newest on September 7, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (16%); owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2022 Kia Niro, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the service brakes (23%) and the engine (19%).
The 2022 Kia Niro's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System7
- Service Brakes7
- Engine6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Power Train4
- Air Bags3
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2024 | 5 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2022 Kia Niro peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 11. 65% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Kia Niro drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Kia Niro year in the same window: 1st highest of the 5 ranked years.
The 31 complaints about the 2022 Kia Niro are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Niro by model year
Other 2022 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted