2014 Kia Cadenza
Complaints about this year name control far more often than the model's other years — 12% of them, about 30× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 110 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 14 |
| Involving a crash | 3 |
| Involving a fire | 3 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 22 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- several — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
- cause — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
- vin tool — 11% of complaints, 27× usual
What owners wrote
Continental pure contact LS 245/40r19. The inner sidewall of the rear passenger tire disintegrated while traveling after approximately 5 hours. The speed at blowout was 80mph. 2 inches of the bottom of the tire was still attached to the rim but no other sidewa…
Several times the car has accelerated without me pushing on the gas pedal. Kia has been unable to find a problem.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 14V289000 WHEELS Fixed free of charge.
- 22V158000 VISIBILITY Fixed free of charge.
- 23V652000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia Cadenza was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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