NHTSA Safety Recalls
Kia Niro Phev Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 1 recall campaign for the Kia Niro Phev, across 1 model year from 2022 to 2022.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 1
- Most recalls
- 2022
- Owner complaints
- 68
2022–2022, with a recall
1 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 68 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Niro Phev across 8 model years; the most, 26, concern the 2019.
Owners marked a crash on 3 of the Kia Niro Phev complaints (4%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Kia Niro Phev model years, owners name the power train most often (at least 26 complaints), then the electrical system (10).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Niro Phev in 2023: 20, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Kia Niro Phev is power train: automatic transmission: internal: clutches/bands: actuators/solenoids, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Kia Niro Phev recall, 23V534000, was reported on July 31, 2023 and concerns the power train: automatic transmission: internal: clutches/bands: actuators/solenoids.
Kia Niro Phev years to avoid
Too few Kia Niro Phev 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
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 0 | 2 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 0 | 3 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 0 | 6 | — | not ranked |
| 2022 | 1 | 12 | 12 | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia Niro Phev years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Kia Niro Phev
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:INTERNAL:CLUTCHES/BANDS:ACTUATORS/SOLENOIDS1
Kia Niro Phev model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Kia Niro Phev recall campaign (1)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23V534000July 31, 2023 | power train: automatic transmission: internal: clutches/bands: actuators/solenoids | 2022 | fire and injury | 121,411 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Niro Phev. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: June 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted