Kia K5
What it says about you
Opinion
A saloon that looks far more expensive than it is, which is the whole appeal. You are getting away with something.
Not measured, not from the data, and offered in fun. Everything below this is not.
7 model years on record, 475 complaints filed.
The years to look at closely: 2022 (well), 2021 (tank). Everything else drew a normal number of complaints for this model.
What owners report, and when
Faults that dominated the complaints of more than one model year. Not the same question as which year to avoid — a car can have an ordinary number of complaints every year and have most of them be about the same thing.
Every year
- 2027 nothing on record 0 complaints
- 2026 1 recall 11 complaints
- 2025 2 recalls 49 complaints
- 2024 2 recalls 28 complaints
- 2023 4 recalls 104 complaints
- 2022 well 123 complaints
- 2021 tank 160 complaints
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints — compared against itself rather than against other cars, so popularity and age do not decide the answer.
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