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Kia K5 · 2025

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

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·25V493000·2025-07-28

    Kia K5 rear window trim pieces may loosen and detach

    Kia is recalling certain 2023-2025 K5 vehicles because the left and right rear window trim pieces may loosen and detach, becoming a road hazard for other vehicles.

    Product
    KIA — KIA K5
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide
  • Severity pendingNHTSA·25V351000·2025-05-27

    Kia K5 parking lights can flicker due to a software error

    Kia is recalling certain 2025 K5 vehicles because a software error in the Power-net Domain Controller may cause the parking lights to flicker, failing FMVSS 108.

    Product
    KIA — KIA K5
    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.

  • 20255/5

    2 trims tested for 2025; overall ratings can differ by trim.

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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
  • PE19004 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
  • RQ17003 Recall Query · engine

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2021 · electrical 41 complaints
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2022 · electrical 20 complaints
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

195 manufacturer service bulletins across 6 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2026: 4.9/5
  • 2025: 3.9/5 · 50 complaints · most complained-of: tires
  • 2024: 4.0/5 · 29 complaints · most complained-of: body
  • 2023: 3.5/5 · 106 complaints · most complained-of: fuel-system
  • 2022: 3.3/5 · 124 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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