2023 Kia Niro
Complaints about this year name warning far more often than the model's other years — 29% of them, about 71× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 56 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 2 |
| Involving a crash | 10 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 51 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- car — 68% of complaints, 3× usual
- out — 21% of complaints, 54× usual
- able — 21% of complaints, 54× usual
What owners wrote
There have been days where the weather starts out to be low to no rain or snow and then while driving from Kenosha, WI to Milwaukee, WI the rain or snow gets heavier or mild and the smart cruise control will stop and say radar blocked and it will disable the u…
The car continues to not be able to charge at home. My other electric car (different manufacturer polestar) with the same cord charges without issues. The cord only allows 27amps and the car abruptly stops charging over and over. I have to reset it constantly.…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V298000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 25V024000 SEATS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia Niro 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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