2024 Kia Seltos
This year drew an ordinary 42 complaints for a Kia Seltos — the model's median is 44. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.1% of them mention showed, against 1.4% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 42 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 44 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 29 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- showed — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (5.1×). Owners wrote it as: showed, tool showed, showed open, open recall.
- mechanical — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the model's other years (5.1×).
- messages — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the model's other years (2.8×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 23V531000 (Power Train) however, the part to do the recall repair was unavailable. The contact stated that the manufacturer had exceeded a reasonable amount of time for the recall repair. The manufacturer was not made awa…
The dashboard goes completely black and will not work when it is really cold outside. This is a dangerous problem because I cannot see my speedometer, how much gas I have in my car, or the engine temperature. I have been to the Kia dealership 3 or 4 times for…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 23V531000 POWER TRAIN Fixed free of charge.
- 23V830000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia Seltos 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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