Kia EV6Years to avoid, problems & recalls

Based on 553 NHTSA owner complaints across 4 model years, no Kia EV6 year stands out as one to avoid, and the strongest years are 2023 and 2024. The EV6 has 5 safety recalls on record.

Years to avoidNoneUse caution: 2022 Best years'23 '24Fewest complaints for their age Owner complaints553Top: Electrical system Safety recalls52022–2025 model years

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer recall reports. Updated daily. How we score years. Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Best & worst years

Kia EV6 years to avoid

Complaints by model year, colored by the CarFlaw verdict: complaints weighted for crashes, fires and injuries, adjusted for years on the road and compared with the EV6 median. Tap a year for its full report.

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Caution
Solid
Best
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2025Too new–/10056 complaints · 0 recalls 2024Solid52/10078 complaints · 3 recalls 2023Solid50/100139 complaints · 4 recalls 2022Caution37/100280 complaints · 4 recalls

Complaints by system

Most common Kia EV6 problems

All model years combined: 553 complaints grouped by the system owners reported.

414Electrical system9 crash/fire/injury

98Fuel/propulsion system2 crash/fire/injury

97Power train2 crash/fire/injury

40Engine

26Service brakes

24Vehicle speed control

23Forward collision avoidance

15Structure

13Exterior lighting

5011 other systems7 crash/fire/injury

Box size = number of complaints naming that system. Darker = larger share. One complaint can name more than one system.

Complaints by system
System	Complaints	Crash, fire or injury
Electrical system	414	9
Fuel/propulsion system	98	2
Power train	97	2
Engine	40	1
Service brakes	26	6
Vehicle speed control	24	3
Forward collision avoidance	23	9
Structure	15	5
Exterior lighting	13	0
11 other systems	50	7

5 recalls

Kia EV6 recalls

Newest first. The ring shows the share of affected vehicles repaired, from the manufacturer's latest report to NHTSA.

Propulsion system: traction battery26V-431 · 2022–2024 · Jul 2, 2026 · 8 vehiclesPark outside Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery24V-867 · 2022–2024 · Nov 18, 2024 · 62,872 vehicles Electrical system: 12v/24v/48v battery24V-200 · 2022–2024 · Mar 14, 2024 · 48,232 vehicles Driveline: driveshaft24V-057 · 2023 · Jan 31, 2024 · 1,243 vehicles Control module: software22V-322 · 2022 · May 11, 2022 · 9,014 vehicles

2 investigations

NHTSA investigations of the EV6

Jul 3, 2023
Loss of Motive PowerPE23012 · 2022 · closed Apr 17, 2024
Led to recall 24V-200
Jan 27, 2023
Pedestrian alert soundsDP22005 · 2022 · closed Aug 7, 2023
Led to recall 22V-063