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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Kia Niro Ev Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 3 recall campaigns for the Kia Niro Ev, across 3 model years from 2023 to 2025. The 2023 has the most (3); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (1).

Model years
3

2023–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
3
Most recalls
2023

3 recalls

Owner complaints
93

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 93 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Niro Ev across 7 model years; the most, 31, concern the 2022.

Owners marked a crash on 9 of the Kia Niro Ev complaints (10%) and a fire on 0.

Across all Kia Niro Ev model years, owners name the electrical system most often (at least 37 complaints), then the power train (20).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Niro Ev in 2024: 26, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Kia Niro Ev is seats, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest Kia Niro Ev recall, 25V024000, was reported on January 17, 2025 and concerns the seats.

Kia Niro Ev years to avoid

Too few Kia Niro Ev 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 Niro Ev, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202511—not ranked
202426—not ranked
2023315—not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Kia Niro Ev

  • SEATS3
  • POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DRIVESHAFT2
  • POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE:DIFFERENTIAL UNIT1

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

Every Kia Niro Ev recall campaign (3)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Kia Niro Ev, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
25V024000January 17, 2025seats2023–2025crash and injury80,255
24V271000April 16, 2024power train: driveline: differential unit2023crash8
24V057000January 31, 2024power train: driveline: driveshaft2023–2024crash1,243

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

Newest record on this page: October 12, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted