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Kia K5 Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 8 recall campaigns for the Kia K5, across 5 model years from 2021 to 2025. The 2021 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (2).

Model years
5

2021–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
8
Most recalls
2021

6 recalls

Owner complaints
506

all model years, NHTSA

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Owners have filed 506 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia K5 across 6 model years; the most, 169, concern the 2021.

Owners marked a crash on 35 of the Kia K5 complaints (7%) and a fire on 6.

Across all Kia K5 model years, owners name the fuel/propulsion system most often (at least 123 complaints), then the electrical system (91).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia K5 in 2025: 161, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Kia K5 is fuel system, gasoline, in 4 model-year listings.

The newest Kia K5 recall, 25V794000, was reported on November 17, 2025 and concerns the fuel system, gasoline.

Kia K5 years to avoid

Too few Kia K5 model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 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 K5, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
2026014—not ranked
2025253—not ranked
2024231—not ranked
20234110—not ranked
20225129100not ranked
2021616982not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia K5 years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Kia K5

  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE4
  • POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION3
  • AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN3
  • STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS3
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS2
  • LANE DEPARTURE: LANE KEEP: STEERING ASSIST2
  • AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE1
  • EXTERIOR LIGHTING:LIGHTING CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE1

Kia K5 model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Kia K5 recall campaign (8)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Kia K5, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V794000November 17, 2025fuel system, gasoline2021–2024fire250,547
25V493000July 28, 2025structure: body: roof and pillars2023–2025crash100,063
25V351000May 27, 2025exterior lighting: lighting control module: software2025crash82,281
23V149000March 7, 2023air bags: side/window: curtain2021–2023crash and injury188,912
22V760000October 11, 2022power train: automatic transmission2021–2023crash69,038
21V519000July 8, 2021fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings2021–2022fire21,575
21V447000June 14, 2021lane departure: lane keep: steering assist2021–2022crash846
21V164000March 11, 2021air bags: air bag/restraint control module2021crash and injury142

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia K5. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

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Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted

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