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2020 Kia Niro Ev

Safety Score
89
Safe
Recalls
2
Complaints
16
NCAP Stars

Recalls (2)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
2025-06-20 25V426000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 11,327 Details
2022-12-06 22V899000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:PROPULSION SYSTEM:TRACTION BATTERY:THERMAL MANAGEMENT:FLUID/COOLANT 872 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2025-09-12 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 I had just left my doctor after a protracted visit and was almost late for dinner guests. I noticed a thumping and thou…
2025-06-04 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 There is a silver strip that runs horizontally along the middle of the dashboard from one side to the other. It’s made …
2024-11-30 WHEELS No 0 vehicle started jerking suddenly and uncontrollably. It jerked to the side almost gliding into another vehicle there is…
2024-05-21 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 The interior instrument panel horizontal angled trim has a shiny metal surface that when the sun shines on it, reflects…
2024-03-15 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 Car lost power, turtle warning lamp came on with “power limited” warning. This happened as I was slowing down in the fa…
2024-03-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 About 7 months ago, "Refill Inverter Coolant" warning came up. Since then, I've scheduled service appoitment wtih Van N…
2023-12-19 POWER TRAIN No 0 Drive unit defect in EV motor/reduction gear. These vehicles have a manufacturing defect that causes a percentage of th…
2023-11-13 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING No 0 The contact owns a 2021 Kia Niro. The contact stated that when the vehicle was started, the refill inverter coolant war…
2023-10-14 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 Faulty EPCU and circuit board damaged from coolant leak, as described by Kia technician. Other components have been aff…
2023-09-20 FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM No 0 -Abnormal Reduction Gear and/or EV motor Rumble noise as identified in KIA TSB-234. The car is available for inspectio…
2022-12-20 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2020 Kia Niro. The contact stated that after charging the battery to 80 percent, the vehicle immedia…
2022-12-06 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM No 0 The contact owns a 2020 Kia Niro EV. The contact stated that the vehicle was repaired under an undisclosed recall on tw…
2021-11-16 LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST Yes 0 Driving in my 2020 Kia Niro EV EX in the right lane of a 2-lane northbound highway at 3PM on a weekday, clear-weather, …
2021-11-07 FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL No 0 The Adaptive Cruise Control System is not working. It is available for inspection upon request. The cruise control syst…
2021-10-29 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 My husband and I have both experienced an abrupt jolt when the Lane Keeping Assist is activated. It's not the "normal" …
2020-12-11 UNKNOWN OR OTHER No 0 VOLUME ON VESS AND BACKUP ALERT SYSTEM GREATLY EXCEEDS RECOMMENDED LEVELS, TO THE POINT WHERE BACKING UP OUT OF GARAGE …