2020 KIA NIRO EV

2 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 27 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns2
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints27
Complaints citing a crash1
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

25V4260002025-06-20

BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA

A rearview image that does not display reduces the driver's view of what is behind the vehicle, increasing the risk of a crash.

22V8990002022-12-06

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:THERMAL MANAGEMENT:FLUID/COOLANT

Coolant contacting the EPCU circuit board may cause a loss of drive power, increasing the risk of a crash.

What owners report most

  • 7UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 4ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 3FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 3POWER TRAIN
  • 2LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST
  • 1VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 1VISIBILITY/WIPER
  • 1BACK OVER PREVENTION

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Two 2020 KIA NIRO EVs 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.

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