2025 Kia Niro Ev problems, complaints & recalls
Most-reported problem areas: Vehicle Speed Control (1)
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Safety recalls (1)
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.
Service bulletins (12)
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
Visibility/Wiper 2025-12-23 · TSB_SC358 · Service Bulletin/Repair Instructions
voluntary service campaign: incorrect amount of air conditioning refrigerant (sc358) - this bulletin provides information regarding an incorrect amount of air conditioning refrigerant in certain 2025my niro ev, hev, and phev (sg2 p/hev, sg2 ev) vehicles manufactured between september 2, 2024 and may
Visibility/Wiper 2025-12-19 · SC358_OWNR · Service Campaign
voluntary service campaign: owner notification (sc358) - this document is the owner notification advising that kia is conducting voluntary service campaign on certain 2025 my niro, niro plug-in hybrid, and niro ev vehicles, manufactured from september 2, 2024 through may 19, 2025, to inspect and, if
Visibility/Wiper 2025-12-17 · SC358_QA · Service Campaign
voluntary service campaign: question and answer (sc358) - this document is the question and answer guide containing the most frequently asked questions regarding the voluntary service campaign sc358.
Showing the 6 most recent of 12 bulletins. Search all of them free at nhtsa.gov.
What owners report
2026-08-17 · Vehicle Speed Control“i was slowly driving in the parking lot of the meadowmeer golf course on [xxx] today, monday xxx at about 11:30am. as i began the turn to pull into a parking space, at about 5 miles an hour, the car rapidly and unexpectedly accelerated. i immediately slammed on the brakes, leaving skid marks on the payment. before the car stopped it drove into a cu…”
Excerpts of consumer complaints filed with NHTSA, lightly truncated. They are owner statements, not verified findings.