2024 Kia Ev9: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 331 complaints
331
Total Complaints
7,606mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
1
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

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

166 25th Percentile
7,606 Median Mileage
12,501 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
99
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
37
SUSPENSION
20
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
17
STEERING
14
WHEELS
12
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
11
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
10
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
10
VISIBILITY/WIPER
9

Severity Assessment

1
Crashes
2
Fires
4
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"The car died in my garage after only owning it for 4 weeks"
"There was ~1/4" of slush on the roof of the EV9 when starting an in-town trip. On a back road when decelerating, most of the slush slid forward and down the windshield. It was very wet but frozen enough to create a lump under the wipers. It seems the EV9's wipers will completely stop if they are una..."
"The wipers stopped working completely when some slush slid down my windshield and got piled up at the base of the windshield where the wipers sit. I had to pull over and scoop out the slush before they would resume working. This was super dangerous as not having the wipers work it was hard to see t..."

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

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