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Kia Carnival Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 6 recall campaigns for the Kia Carnival, across 4 model years from 2022 to 2025. The 2022 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
4

2022–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
6
Most recalls
2022

6 recalls

Owner complaints
417

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 417 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Carnival across 5 model years; the most, 136, concern the 2022.

Owners marked a crash on 10 of the Kia Carnival complaints (2%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Kia Carnival model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 138 complaints), then the structure (49).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Carnival in 2026: 111, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Kia Carnival is fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Kia Carnival recall, 26V232000, was reported on April 10, 2026 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings.

Kia Carnival years to avoid

Too few Kia Carnival model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 1 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Kia Carnival, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2026028—not ranked
20251126—not ranked
2024275—not ranked
2023452—not ranked
20226136121not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia Carnival years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Kia Carnival

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS4
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR2
  • TRAILER HITCHES2
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL1
  • LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:ELECTRONIC LOCK/LATCH ACTUATOR1

Kia Carnival model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Kia Carnival recall campaign (6)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Kia Carnival, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V232000April 10, 2026fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings2022–2025fire141,032
24V025000January 18, 2024structure: body: roof and pillars2022–2024crash101,049
23V236000March 31, 2023structure: body: door2022–2023injury51,568
23V179000March 17, 2023trailer hitches2022–2023fire and injurypark outside3,555
21V908000November 19, 2021latches/locks/linkages: electronic lock/latch actuator2022injury2,956
21V277000April 21, 2021fuel system, gasoline: fuel injection system: fuel rail2022fire2,744

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Carnival. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 18, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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