2025 Kia Carnival: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 130 complaints
130
Total Complaints
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
0
Crash Reports

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
72
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
15
ENGINE
10
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
4
POWER TRAIN
4
STRUCTURE:BODY
4
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
3
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
3
VISIBILITY/WIPER
2
AIR BAGS
2

Severity Assessment

0
Crashes
0
Fires
4
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"Brand new 2025 Kia Carnival models are experiencing major electrical failure right off the lot, which is my experience. Kia will not acknowledge the issue but there is parasitic draw issues with the vehicle and mine is rendered unable to drive and dealer service departments won’t accept my vehic..."
"Battery is dying repeatedly due to electric system failure. Dealership mechanics suspect a parasitic drain but have not been able to identify the cause. There are many other 2025 Kia Carnival owners reporting the same issue. Our car has been at the dealer multiple times for 17 days (so far) without ..."
"07/23/2024 13:48:24 Dealership confirmed battery is fine and did not need to replace it. I'm going to delete the Kia Access app and see if that has any affect on the battery drain. This needs to be fixed ASAP. 07/23/2024 05:25:47 The 2025 Kia Carnival appears to have some parasitic battery drain, l..."

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