NHTSA Safety Recalls
Kia Niro Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the Kia Niro, across 5 model years from 2021 to 2025. The 2023 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).
No Kia Niro model year reaches 2 times the median: the highest, 2022, is at 1.3×.
- Model years
- 5
- Recall campaigns
- 3
- Most recalls
- 2023
- Owner complaints
- 350
2021–2025, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 350 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Niro across 10 model years; the most, 82, concern the 2017.
Owners marked a crash on 35 of the Kia Niro complaints (10%) and a fire on 10.
Across all Kia Niro model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 92 complaints), then the power train (83).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Niro in 2026: 102, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Kia Niro is seats, in 3 model-year listings.
The newest Kia Niro recall, 25V024000, was reported on January 17, 2025 and concerns the seats.
Kia Niro years to avoid
The best-measured Kia Niro years are 2017 (0.7×), 2020 (1.0×) and 2018 (1.0×).
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
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia Niro years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Kia Niro
- SEATS3
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:CLUTCHES/BANDS:ACTUATORS/SOLENOIDS2
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
Kia Niro model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Kia Niro recall campaign (3)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25V024000January 17, 2025 | seats | 2023–2025 | crash and injury | 80,255 |
| 23V534000July 31, 2023 | power train: automatic transmission: internal: clutches/bands: actuators/solenoids | 2021–2022 | fire and injury | 121,411 |
| 23V298000April 26, 2023 | electrical system: instrument cluster/panel | 2023 | crash | 108,936 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Niro. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: September 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted