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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Kia Stinger Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 7 recall campaigns for the Kia Stinger, across 6 model years from 2018 to 2023. The 2020 has the most (6); the fewest among years with a recall is 2023 (1).

Model years
6

2018–2023, with a recall

Recall campaigns
7
Most recalls
2020

6 recalls

Owner complaints
171

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 171 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Stinger across 6 model years; the most, 71, concern the 2018.

Owners marked a crash on 6 of the Kia Stinger complaints (4%) and a fire on 8.

Across all Kia Stinger model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 49 complaints), then the electrical system (35).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Stinger in 2025: 29, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Kia Stinger is engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger: hoses/plumbing, in 6 model-year listings.

The newest Kia Stinger recall, 24V169000, was reported on March 1, 2024 and concerns the engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger: hoses/plumbing.

Kia Stinger years to avoid

Too few Kia Stinger model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 4 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 Stinger, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202315—not ranked
202211811not ranked
202151714not ranked
20206168not ranked
201934426not ranked
201847125not ranked

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

What gets recalled most on the Kia Stinger

  • ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER:HOSES/PLUMBING6
  • FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP6
  • SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE4
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:FUEL GAUGE2
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD1
  • STEERING1

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

Every Kia Stinger recall campaign (7)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Kia Stinger, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
24V169000March 1, 2024engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger: hoses/plumbing2018–2023fire36,248
23V634000September 13, 2023fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2018–2021crash18,224
21V862000November 5, 2021electrical system: instrument panel: fuel gauge2020–2021crash53
20V560000September 16, 2020fuel system, gasoline: delivery: fuel pump2020–2021crash635
20V518000August 27, 2020service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module2018–2021crash, fire and injurypark outside28,200
20V422000July 22, 2020steering2020crash104
18V754000October 25, 2018electrical system: wiring: front underhood2018fire16,011

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Stinger. 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