NHTSA Safety Recalls
Kia Seltos Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 4 recall campaigns for the Kia Seltos, across 4 model years from 2021 to 2024. The 2024 has the most (2); the fewest among years with a recall is 2022 (1).
- Model years
- 4
- Recall campaigns
- 4
- Most recalls
- 2024
- Owner complaints
- 567
2021–2024, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 567 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Seltos across 7 model years; the most, 378, concern the 2021.
Owners marked a crash on 29 of the Kia Seltos complaints (5%) and a fire on 10.
Across all Kia Seltos model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 299 complaints), then the electrical system (93).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Seltos in 2025: 190, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Kia Seltos is engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical, in 3 model-year listings.
The newest Kia Seltos recall, 25V099000, was reported on February 17, 2025 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical.
Kia Seltos years to avoid
Too few Kia Seltos 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
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia Seltos years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Kia Seltos
- ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL3
- POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:FLUID/LUBRICANT:PUMP2
- AIR BAGS1
- ENGINE1
Kia Seltos model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Kia Seltos recall campaign (4)
| Campaign | Component | Years | Risk named | Vehicles |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25V099000February 17, 2025 | engine and engine cooling: engine: hard parts internal/mechanical | 2021–2023 | crash, fire and injury | 137,256 |
| 23V830000December 22, 2023 | air bags | 2024 | crash and injury | 2,967 |
| 23V531000July 31, 2023 | power train: automatic transmission: fluid/lubricant: pump | 2023–2024 | firepark outside | 39,765 |
| 21V259000April 13, 2021 | engine | 2021 | crash and fire | 147,249 |
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Seltos. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted