Kia K5

Common K5 problems

Across 6 model years (2020–2025), the Kia K5 carries 19 recall campaigns on record. Owners have filed 446 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 1 investigation. Crash-test ratings cover 5 of 6 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Rating	Report link
2025	2	46		Report
2024	2	27		Report
2023	4	97		Report
2022	5	120		Report
2021	6	156		Report
2020	0	0	—	Report

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