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Year · Make · Model

2023 KIA Niro Phev

What the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration knows about this vehicle: every recall, every consumer complaint, every defect investigation, every NCAP crash test. Sourced directly from NHTSA data feeds.

2
Open recalls
6
NHTSA complaints
0
Defect investigations
44
Service bulletins

Consumer complaints

6 filed
0
Crashes
0
Fires
0
Injuries reported
0
Fatalities reported

What people complain about

  • Unknown OR Other
    4
  • Power Train
    2
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Warnings
    1
  • Vehicle Speed Control
    1
  • Forward Collision AVOIDANCE: Adaptive Cruise Control
    1
  • Lane DEPARTURE: Warning
    1

Recalls

3 campaigns
25V024000·SEATS2025-01-17

Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain air bag deployment.

RiskAir bags and seat belts that deploy improperly or an air bag deploying unintentionally can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

FixDealers will inspect, replace and reroute the floor wiring assembly, as necessary, free of charge. In addition, dealers will install wiring covers. Owner notification letters were mailed February 27, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC332.

25V024000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING2025-01-17

Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain air bag deployment.

RiskAir bags and seat belts that deploy improperly or an air bag deploying unintentionally can increase the risk of injury in a crash.

FixDealers will inspect, replace and reroute the floor wiring assembly, as necessary, free of charge. In addition, dealers will install wiring covers. Owner notification letters were mailed February 27, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC332.

23V298000·ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL2023-04-26

Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage Plug-in Hybrid, Niro Hybrid, Niro Plug-in Hybrid, Soul, and Telluride vehicles equipped with a digital instrument cluster containing a 4.2" LCD screen.  The instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started.  As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 101, "Control and Displays," and 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."

RiskA blank instrument cluster display will not show critical information, such as tire pressure, warning messages, and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash.

FixDealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 26, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC270.

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