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NHTSA Safety Recalls

2025 Kia Carnival Recalls

The 2025 Kia Carnival has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 10, 2026.

A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Kia Carnival. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.

Recalls
1

NHTSA campaigns

Owner complaints
126

filed with NHTSA

Crashes reported
0

in complaints

NHTSA crash test
★★★★☆

frontal crash, no overall star before 2011

On a 2025 Kia Carnival, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.

1 recall on the 2025 Kia Carnival

Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings

Campaign
26V232000
Reported
April 10, 2026
Vehicles affected
up to 141,032
Risk NHTSA names
fire
Same campaign
also 2022–2024 Carnival

26V232000: the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words →

2025 Kia Carnival complaints by year

NHTSA has received 126 owner complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival, the newest on October 1, 2026. Owners reported 5 injuries.

In complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival, the component group named most often is the electrical system (67%), followed by the engine (12%) and the fuel/propulsion system (6%).

The 2025 Kia Carnival's only recall does not concern the electrical system.

Component groups named in complaints

  • Electrical System84
  • Unknown Or Other20
  • Engine15
  • Fuel/Propulsion System8
  • Exterior Lighting5
  • Power Train5

Complaints received, by year

Complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival received by NHTSA, by calendar year
202455
202533
202638

Complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 55.

NHTSA crash-test stars

  • Overall: none before 2011
  • Frontal: 4/5
  • Rollover: 4/5

The 126 complaints about the 2025 Kia Carnival are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.

Kia Carnival by model year

Other 2025 Kia models

Newest record on this page: October 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted