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Kia Ev6

5 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·26V431000·2026-07-02

    Kia Recalls EV6 and EV9 Models Due to Battery Fire Risk

    Kia is recalling 2022-2024 EV6 and 2024 EV9 vehicles because high voltage battery cells may contain misaligned electrodes, creating a fire hazard.

    Product
    KIA — KIA EV6, EV9
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24V867000·2024-11-18

    KIA EV6 vehicles electric charging control unit damage risk

    Kia is recalling certain 2022–2024 EV6 vehicles because the Integrated Charging Control Unit may become damaged and stop charging the 12-volt battery, resulting in loss of drive power and increased crash risk.

    Product
    KIA — KIA EV6
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24V057000·2024-01-31

    Kia EV drive shafts can break under load causing power loss

    Kia is recalling certain 2023-2024 Niro EV and 2023 EV6 vehicles because an improperly heat-treated drive shaft can break under load, resulting in a loss of drive power.

    Product
    KIA — KIA NIRO EV, EV6
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·24V200000·2024-03-14

    2022-2024 Kia EV6: Loss of Drive Power from Charging System Failure

    Kia is recalling 2022-2024 EV6 vehicles because the Integrated Charging Control Unit may fail, stopping the 12-volt battery from charging. This loss of drive power increases crash risk.

    Product
    KIA — KIA EV6
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·22V322000·2022-05-11

    2022 KIA EV6 Parking Brake Software Defect May Cause Vehicle Rollaway

    Kia Motors America is recalling 2022 EV6 vehicles due to a software error in the Shifter Control Unit that may disengage the parking mechanism, allowing the vehicle to roll away unexpectedly.

    Product
    KIA — KIA EV6
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

  • 20245/5

    2 trims tested for 2024; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 20235/5

    2 trims tested for 2023; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov
  • 2022Not rated by NHTSA

    2 trims tested for 2022; overall ratings can differ by trim.

    View on NHTSA.gov

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • AQ25001 Audit Query · engine and engine cooling:engine:hard parts internal/mechanical
  • PE23012 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery
  • PE19004 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17003 Recall Query · engine

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2022 · powertrain 41 complaints
  • 2025 · electrical 28 complaints
  • 2023 · powertrain 26 complaints

Technical service bulletins

105 manufacturer service bulletins across 5 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2025: 4.0/5 · 53 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2024: 3.7/5 · 71 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2023: 3.4/5 · 136 complaints · most complained-of: electrical
  • 2022: 3.3/5 · 275 complaints · most complained-of: electrical

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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