2025 Kia K5: Reliability Data

Source: NHTSA — 52 complaints
52
Total Complaints
4,358mi
Median Mileage
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
Top Issue
6
Crash Reports

When Do Complaints Happen?

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

2,365 25th Percentile
4,358 Median Mileage
7,000 75th Percentile

What Fails?

Most reported component issues from NHTSA complaints.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
8
TIRES
8
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
5
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
4
POWER TRAIN
4
AIR BAGS
3
WHEELS
3
VISIBILITY/WIPER
3
ENGINE
3
STRUCTURE:BODY
2

Severity Assessment

6
Crashes
0
Fires
10
Injuries
0
Deaths

Sample Complaint Reports

"While driving on a rural road, a cow ran in front of my vehicle and I collided with it. The car was towed to a repair shop and the estimated cost of repairs was $15,000. The impact was on the front corner of the drivers side of the vehicle. No airbags deployed. It seems to me that with the violence ..."
"TPMS malfunction light came on around 7-3-24. Took car in for repair, they fixed it. (Said something was unplugged) Today 9-8-24 light came back on, 3125 miles. I will be take it car in this week."
"Battery keeps dying even after replacement. I would drive it then park it overnight and the next day it would dead. this put my safety at risk because at any time my car could die and I wouldn’t know until I sat in it. I would then have to figure out what to do next since the last 3 times it has d..."

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: 6 CA: 6 AZ: 5 TX: 4 IN: 3 MO: 3 GA: 3 LA: 3 WI: 3 ID: 2

Kia K5 — Other Years

See how this model compares across different model years.

YearComplaintsCrashes
20212168
202219030
202312510
2024291

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