2023 Kia Niro Ev problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Service Brakes (3) · Electrical System (2) · Wheels (1)
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Safety recalls (3)
Seats 2025-01-17 · campaign 25V024000 · 80,255 vehicles
Defect: Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain air bag deployment.
Risk: Air bags and seat belts that deploy improperly or an air bag deploying unintentionally can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
Fix: Dealers will inspect, replace and reroute the floor wiring assembly, as necessary, free of charge. In addition, dealers will install wiring covers. Owner notification letters were mailed February 27, 2025. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC332.
Power Train:driveline:differential Unit 2024-04-16 · campaign 24V271000 · 8 vehicles
Defect: Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Niro EV and 2024 EV9 vehicles. The differential gear bolts in the gear drive unit may not be tightened properly, which can result in a loss of drive power or cause the differential to lock up.
Risk: A loss of drive power or differential lock up can increase the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the gear drive unit, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 17, 2024. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC308.
Power Train:driveline:driveshaft 2024-01-31 · campaign 24V057000 · 1,243 vehicles
Defect: Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Niro EV and 2023 EV6 vehicles. One of the drive shafts may have been improperly heat-treated, allowing it to break under load and resulting in a loss of drive power.
Risk: A loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
Fix: Dealers will replace the drive shaft, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 28, 2024. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC295.
Service bulletins (44)
Technical service bulletins are repair instructions manufacturers send dealers for known issues. Unlike recalls, the fix is not automatically free — but naming the bulletin at the service desk can save diagnosis time and support goodwill repairs.
Visibility/Wiper 2026-08-28 · TSB_CLI049_R2 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
technical service bulletin: partial repair – electrical a/c compressor - this bulletin has been revised to include additional information. new/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. this bulletin provides information regarding the partial repair of the air
Electrical System 2026-08-19 · TSB_ELE426 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
technical service bulletin: avn gen 5.0 wide software update - this bulletin provides information on the audio video navigation (avn) system software update for certain vehicles equipped with avn5w and navigation system listed in the table below. affected vehicles may overestimate travel times durin
Electrical System 2026-05-28 · TSB_ELE422 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
technical service bulletin: infotainment system software update using update.kia.com - this bulletin provides information and service procedures for updating the infotainment systems on applicable kia vehicles using the kia navigation updater available at update.kia.com. the software update may impr
Back Over Prevention: Warnings 2025-12-09 · PS797 · Other
pitstop: technical operations: external damage to ultrasonic sensor: this pitstop provides information related to parking distance warning (pdw) alerts and repairs involving ultrasonic sensors. the pdw system alerts the driver while parking, by calculating distance based on the difference in signal
Wheels 2025-10-22 · TSB_GEN099_R3 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
technical service bulletin: service action: tire mobility kit inspection & replacement/ repair (sa556) - this bulletin has been revised to include additional information. new/revised sections of this bulletin are indicated by a black bar in the margin area. this bulletin provides information to insp
Power Train 2025-10-09 · SC345Z_TSB · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
technical service bulletin: subsequent repair action: front motor reduction gear assembly replacement (sc345z) - this bulletin provides information regarding grinding or whining noise coming from the front motor reduction gear assembly after replacing the oil under sc345 (published in august 2025) o
Showing the 6 most recent of 44 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-06-15 · Vehicle Speed Control“check electric vehicle system warning light indicator illuminates and car stops driving on highway! a/c and defrost won't work properly and when turned on causes the above warning light and malfunction. car will not charge at "fast" charging stations and will leave you stranded on highway. i live in [xxx] and the vehicle only does it when humidi…”
2026-02-21 · Power Train“the vehicle is a rental vehicle. it experienced two incidents of sudden loss of propulsion within the first two days of operation. during both events, the vehicle became completely unresponsive to accelerator pedal input and would not move despite being placed in drive. i attempted to shift the vehicle into park and then back into drive, but propul…”
2026-01-23 · Fuel/Propulsion System“i did an ota update that made the rear view camera work intermittently. it would just flash an image every couple of seconds instead of a live stream. i took it into the dealer, and on the way, it totally gave out in the middle of traffic in a very unsafe way. i was flashed with many warning signs and was not able to get it started again for 5min …”
2025-01-21 · Structure:body“i have had the car since may 2023 and every winter moisture builds up on my windows on the inside of the car and over night it gets frozen from the inside. there is mold growing on the inside of the door panels, the back hatch window and under the seat and on the seat belts.…”
2024-11-14 · Service Brakes · 12,030 mi · 💥 crash“the contact owns a 2023 kia niro. the contact stated when parking the vehicle, the brake pedal was depressed, however, the vehicle failed to stop as intended. the contact stated that the vehicle accelerated and jumped the curb. the contact stated that the vehicle was headed in the direction of the building. the contact noticed that a consumer wa…”
2024-09-11 · Unknown Or Other“while driving on freeway, at a speed of 65-70mph. vehicle appeared to lose power. navigation screen turned off, dash display dimmed and vehicle seemed to coast and not accelerate. speed did drop down a bit, but then powered came back on, screen turned on and was able to accelerate again. no warning lights or error messages appeared on screen.…”
2024-06-21 · Service Brakes“ when slowing with regenerative braking, there is a ticking sound and shaking until the car stops.…”
2024-04-17 · Wheels“i pulled the vehicle out of my garage yesterday and drove it out and turned it around and put it in reverse to park it on a very slight incline on my driveway close to the garage to clean it, put it in park, and shut if off. i spent a couple hours vacuuming and cleaning it. i then went to turn it on to back it into my garage for the night and it …”
2024-02-14 · Electrical System · 6,000 mi“the contact leased a 2023 kia niro ev. the contact stated that the vehicle failed to charge as designed. the message "charge interrupted" was displayed on the mobile app that monitored the vehicle. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, where the cause of the failure could not be determined; however, the failure persisted. the vehicle was taken back …”
2024-02-04 · Unknown Or Other“i received this recall notice that i thin is a scam as it is not listed on your site. u.s. department of transportation (dot) national highway traffic safety administration (nhtsa) <nhtsa-recall-alerts@service.govdelivery.com> reply-to: nhtsa-recall-alerts@service.govdelivery.com your vehicle may be involved in a safety recall and may create a saf…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.