NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Kia K5 Recalls
The 2025 Kia K5 has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 28, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 Kia K5. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 53
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 Kia K5, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2025 Kia K5
Structure: body: roof and pillars
- Campaign
- 25V493000
- Reported
- July 28, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 100,063
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2023–2024 K5
Exterior lighting: lighting control module: software
- Campaign
- 25V351000
- Reported
- May 27, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 82,281
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- only the 2025 Kia K5
2025 Kia K5 complaints by year
NHTSA has received 53 owner complaints about the 2025 Kia K5, the newest on October 15, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2025 Kia K5, the component group named most often is the tires (28%), followed by the electrical system (21%) and the power train (11%).
None of the 2025 Kia K5's 2 recalls concerns the tires.
Component groups named in complaints
- Tires15
- Electrical System11
- Power Train6
- Unknown Or Other6
- Exterior Lighting5
- Structure5
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | |
| 2026 | 25 |
Complaints about the 2025 Kia K5 peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 25.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 53 complaints about the 2025 Kia K5 are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia K5 by model year
Other 2025 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted