25V794000
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
A melted fuel tank can leak, increasing the risk of a fire.
2023 KIA K5
4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 146 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints146
Complaints citing a crash10
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 4 of 4
25V493000
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
Detached trim pieces can create a road hazard for other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.
23V149000
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW:CURTAIN
Air bags that do not deploy as intended can increase the risk of injury in a crash.
22V760000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
Loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 36FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 20UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 12FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
- 12ENGINE
- 11POWER TRAIN
- 10STRUCTURE:BODY
- 6SERVICE BRAKES
- 5SEATS
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2023 KIA K5s 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.