2023 Kia K5: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 125 complaints
125
Total Complaints
18,000mi
Median Mileage
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
Top Issue
10
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

Distribution of NHTSA complaints by vehicle mileage at time of report.

13,250 25th Percentile
18,000 Median Mileage
37,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
27
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
17
POWER TRAIN
11
ENGINE
11
STRUCTURE:BODY
10
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
10
SERVICE BRAKES
5
AIR BAGS
4
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
3

Severity Assessment

10
Crashes
0
Fires
20
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"Purchased a 2023 Kia K5 in August 2022 and as of Oct 2022 it has 800 miles. Four times within that period when I was either stopped or coming to a stop the acceleration excessively increased to 4 or more RPMs. I held my brake hard and put it in Neutral in which the RPMs got higher so I proceeded to..."
"MPG is lower then number provided by both dealer and manufactorer (my average 24 city 27 highway ) factoring that i rarely even use climate controls and other fuel consuming things and often turn off engine in mcdonald's drive thru lane"
"Wheel resonance ducting separated from wheel inside of the tire. Broken pieces, threw off the balance of the wheel/tire resulting in very excessive vehicle vibration."

Source: NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Names and identifying details omitted.

When Were Complaints Filed?

Number of complaints by the year the issue occurred.

Where Are Complaints Coming From?

Top states by complaint count.

FL: 40 TX: 14 CA: 8 OH: 8 PA: 7 GA: 6 NC: 6 MD: 4 MS: 4 TN: 4

Kia K5 — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
20212168
202219030
2024291
2025526

Data source: View this vehicle on NHTSA.gov | NHTSA ODI Complaints Database. Public domain.

Methodology: Complaint counts and mileage distributions are computed directly from consumer-reported NHTSA complaints. This data represents reported issues, not failure rates — vehicles without complaints are not represented. Full methodology.

Data through: 2026-03-28