2024 Kia Niro Ev problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Electrical System (2) · Seats (1)
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Safety recalls (2)
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: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 (24)
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 24 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2025-06-03 · Unknown Or Other“i have taken the car to brown-daub kia in easton twice, on may 1, 2025 and may 30, 2025, requesting the safety recall work (sc332) be completed. both times i have been told they are unable to complete the work because they are unable to connect with kia in some way.…”
2025-03-04 · Seats · 3,000 mi · 💥 crash“the contact owns a 2024 kia niro. the contact received notification of nhtsa campaign number: 25v024000 (seat, electrical). the contact stated that on one occasion while driving at approximately 40 mph, the vehicle crashed head-on into a pole. the air bags did not deploy and the seat belt did not retract. the contact sustained shoulder, collarbone,…”
2025-02-14 · Unknown Or Other“i currently have rental car from avis that has a open recall.…”
2024-06-25 · Unknown Or Other“emergency stop blocked by a piece of the bottom dash panel under the steering column. there are castings in the underside of the panel covering the steering column that prevent the right foot of a driver with a larger foot/shoe to operate the brake pedal. i have a size 11 shoe and my foot catches on this plastic casting and interferes with the br…”
2024-03-12 · Electrical System · 300 mi“the contact owns a 2024 kia niro ev. the contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the driver's side seat belt warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. the vehicle was taken to the dealer, who was unable to diagnose the failure but informed the contact that the vehicle had been repaired. the vehicle was repaired, but the …”
2024-01-23 · Electrical System“i picked up this car on 12/30/2023. on 1/10/2024, i noticed that the power folding side mirrors were folding slower than normal. on 1/13/2024, i went into the kia access app and was greeted by an error message stating that remote commands could not be sent as the battery was under 40%, however the app showed the battery at 80%. on 1/14/2024, i disc…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.