2022 Kia Carnival
Safety Score
59
Average
Recalls
4
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (4)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-18 | 24V025000 |
STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS | 101,049 | — | Details |
| 2023-03-31 | 23V236000 |
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | 51,568 | — | Details |
| 2021-11-19 | 21V908000 |
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:ELECTRONIC LOCK/LATCH ACTUATOR | 2,956 | — | Details |
| 2021-04-21 | 21V277000 |
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL | 2,744 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Engine light turns on every couple months. The Kia either stops accelerating and goes into “limp mode” or gives code fo… |
| 2026-03-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My engine smells like fire and fuel my can will not start or do anything. There was smoke coming out of it. The van has… |
| 2026-02-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | The driver side passenger door will open by itself when the key fob is near. Today it injured me while pumping gas and … |
| 2026-01-07 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I am unsure as for what is wrong with my car the dealership keeps saying its running rich and there is a recall on seve… |
| 2025-12-15 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Fuel door will not open, there is no manual override, vehicle cannot be refueled and since there is no emergency releas… |
| 2025-11-08 | SEATS | No | 0 | Frame of drivers side seat broke in half. I weigh under. 200 pounds and am the primary driver of the car |
| 2025-10-23 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | In October 23, 2025 I started to notice a fuel smell while I was driving the vehicle. The smell of fuel seemed more str… |
| 2025-10-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The dealer is attempting to classify the torn rubber and pulled-out wiring as “non-recall wear and tear,” but the damag… |
| 2025-10-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Vehicle: 2022 Kia Carnival Component: Liftgate — right-side support/strut (shoulder) failure Safety Issue: The right-ha… |
| 2025-08-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I went to use my vehicle horn when another driver pulled out in front of me and the sound was way off...it sounded like… |
| 2025-08-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Left sliding door window (Drivers side) exploded while driving down the highway. Nobody was around us on a sunday afte… |
| 2025-08-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | When traveling on the highway, the vehicle would not shift into a higher gear limiting the control of the vehicle to ac… |
| 2025-07-26 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The Kia Carnival was parked a slight decline and when the button to close the passenger sliding door the door closed ra… |
| 2025-05-31 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2022 Kia Carnival. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the driver's side windshield exterior A… |
| 2025-05-30 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | My front windshield on my 2022 Kia Carnival has shattered in two places from a small hit. I have owned lots of cars an… |
| 2025-05-27 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | My car was jerking between 1-2 rpm while driving on the highway, on other roads as well. It was very hard to accelerate… |
| 2025-05-16 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Dealer says recall sc211 doesn’t apply to this vehicle, however CEL is displaying (once again) with DTC “P0191 Fuel Rai… |
| 2025-05-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Driver side sliding door closed COMPLETELY on daughter's finger causing significant damage and laceration down to the b… |
| 2025-05-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | The passenger side sliding door would not respond to any button pushed to open the door. Once I get it manually opened,… |
| 2025-04-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | The sensor on the sliding doors failed to detect that my daughter’s hand was in the way. She hit the button to close t… |
| 2025-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I am submitting this complaint regarding the failure of the Kia Connect telematics system and the cessation of critical… |
| 2025-03-20 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I was driving down the highway, and I heard what sounded like a seal breaking. I thought that someone had put one of th… |
| 2025-03-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | While driving my 2022 Kia Carnival Prestige, the engine started knocking and the vehicle started sounding like it was g… |
| 2025-02-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | While driving spare tired became detached causing vehicle to have major damage to undercarriage. If speed was higher it… |
| 2025-02-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | En lo que vade compra me ha dañado 2 baterías las que he tenido que comprar. También daño la bomba de la gasolina. Tuve… |
| 2025-02-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 3 | The back tailgate door, when opened, will go up to desired height set in car settings, then slam back down 1/4 to 1/2 o… |
| 2024-08-31 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | On [XXX], my kids were getting into the vehicle to go to a playdate. My [XXX] got in the car and into his seat. I was … |
| 2024-08-31 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 1 | The sliding doors do not reverse like they should. The sensors are not good. Yes Kia added the warning sounds but it is… |
| 2024-08-10 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 2 | air condition system was putting refrigerant into cab over the summer making us sick. We could not tell ,because ther… |
| 2024-08-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The rear sliding doors are unsafe. The sensors do not stop and reverse under pressure of an object in its path. Under a… |
| 2024-07-31 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Sometimes my passenger side door will slam shut if I am parked on the hill and the sliding door lock is on, I have noti… |
| 2024-05-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | When trying to alert a vehicle that was merging into my lane but did not see me, my horn did not work. It randomly does… |
| 2024-04-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The power sliding door does not reverse or stop closing if something is in the way. Our child closed his arm in the doo… |
| 2024-03-20 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The rear turn signals are too low and small in the vehicle and people are unable to notice it. Almost ended up in crash… |
| 2024-03-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Front windshield cracked for no apparent reason. |
| 2024-02-01 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | The windshield cracked while driving. Nothing hit it, it just cracked. Was 8inches long and now covers half the windshi… |
| 2023-12-11 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | The rear side passenger window busted from the bottom. Only top half of window remained while driving down the road. N… |
| 2023-11-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | Steering column leaking oil. |
| 2023-09-27 | LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:DOORS:LATCH:EMERGENCY MECHANICAL RELEASE | No | 1 | The contact owns a 2022 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that while opening the passenger-side sliding door, she placed… |
| 2023-09-03 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | The right passenger sliding door failed to sense my daughter’s hand and it crushed her ring finger causing a cut, bleed… |
| 2023-08-29 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Door took waaaaayyy too much pressure to stop it from closing The recall before literally added beeping noises but it N… |
| 2023-08-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The air conditioning system is leaking water in the trunk of the car. It has caused mold to grow on the trunk cloth lin… |
| 2023-08-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I bought this car June of 2022. The car was days old and the front end started making a popping sound when you turn the… |
| 2023-07-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Rear sliding doors DO NOT STOP when something is in the way. All my body weight could not stop the door. Yes I had the … |
| 2023-07-21 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 1 | The contact owns a 2022 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that while her daughter was inside the vehicle, the door close… |
| 2023-06-06 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Got in car and drove less than a mile and exited car. Got back in and my windshield had a huge crack running from the l… |
| 2023-06-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 2 | These doors need a sensor to reverse the sliding doors upon resistance. It has smashed me and my young children multipl… |
| 2023-05-12 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Kia issued a safety recall recognizing the power sliding doors on the Kia Carnival do not properly reverse when they en… |
| 2023-05-09 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Had maintenance and recall "fix" for sliding door issue done on 5/9/2023. Technicians explained to me that the actual … |
| 2023-04-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:HORN | No | 0 | Vehicle’s horn intermittently stops working. The length of outage varies. Restarting the vehicle does not resolve the i… |