23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2016 KIA CADENZA
2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 18 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints18
Complaints citing a crash0
Complaints citing a fire0
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 2 of 2
22V158000
VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
A front windshield that detaches from a vehicle can increase the risk of a crash or injury.
What owners report most
- 4ENGINE
- 3VISIBILITY
- 3VISIBILITY:WINDSHIELD
- 2UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 2SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 1SUSPENSION
- 1STRUCTURE:BODY
- 1ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 KIA CADENZAs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.