Safety Score
88
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
42
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (1)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-17 | 25V099000 |
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:HARD PARTS INTERNAL/MECHANICAL | 137,256 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-16 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The gages fall all the way down, I’m not able to accelerate, engine light, traction light, tire pressure light, crash d… |
| 2026-03-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car burns/ consumes oil constantly having to top off 2-3 quarts every 1,000 miles maybe even less I do my oil change ev… |
| 2026-03-13 | FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS | No | 0 | Driving 65mph on [XXX] and all the lights came on flashing and alerting me causing the emergency braking to occur whil… |
| 2026-02-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2023 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while driving on several occasions at various speeds, the t… |
| 2026-01-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2023 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, there was an abnormal fuel odor c… |
| 2025-12-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | In April 2025 my vehicle had a recall (1: SC336 or 25V099), I brought it into a Kia dealership, they said it failed the… |
| 2025-11-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Vehicle acts like it’s going to die. No maintenance lights well maintained. Rattle noise and acts like it’s misfiring. … |
| 2025-10-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Incident Date: October 26, 2025 Summary: On October 26, 2025, while merging onto a highway at high speed, the vehicle … |
| 2025-10-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | One night I started my car and my screen on my Kia seltos had a bunch of gibberish on the screen and then I went to pow… |
| 2025-08-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2023 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was while smok… |
| 2025-08-18 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 3 times in the last 24 hours my vehicle has completely stopped while in motion. Once on the highway and twice in reside… |
| 2025-08-11 | ENGINE | No | 0 | We first noticed that the car was sputtering and jerking when accelerating at highway speeds. It wasn't consistent at … |
| 2025-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2023 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was gray smoke… |
| 2025-02-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Bought my 2023 Kia seltos new, Been driving it and maintaining the maintaince myself. Vehical has 58,000 Miles still un… |
| 2025-02-06 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | On 4 different occasions my vehicle applied the brakes forcefully on its own at high speeds. The dash flashed with the … |
| 2025-01-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Dear, I own a 2024 Kia Seltos and have experienced a recurring issue. While driving, I stopped at a red light, and the… |
| 2024-11-04 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The vehicle acts like it is trying to change gears when I am driving. This is the third time I have noticed this on the… |
| 2024-09-30 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 0 | Went to stop at a red light and I had no breaks pushed break pedal all to the floor and nothing hit another car no air … |
| 2024-09-20 | WHEELS | No | 0 | I was driving the car & instantly started losing air on my left front tire. No explanation. The tires on have 16000 mil… |
| 2024-08-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | I purchased my vehicle in mid June 2024 used from the dealership. I purchased extended warranty although my vehicle st… |
| 2024-08-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Car has stalled 3 times after driving short or long distances in hot weather (near Great Lakes, not even southern heat)… |
| 2024-07-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When I change gears the gears get stuck from drive to park. I have to give it a push to put vehicle on park. |
| 2024-03-24 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The check engine light came on .. for a day then went off. Took it they said they couldn’t find anything.. 2 days later… |
| 2024-01-20 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 3 | I was in a car crash [XXX]. My 8 year old child was buckled in the backseat on the driver's side. Her seat belt fail… |
| 2023-11-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Unknown. Was told there was a recall when i took it in for my first oil change over a year ago, was told that they woul… |
| 2023-11-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Issues with idle stop and go. On 11/8/23 was at a light and stop and go was on. Light turned green took my foot off of … |
| 2023-10-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The recall issue has not been resolved in a timely manner since first appointment was made on October 9, 2023 at Riverc… |
| 2023-06-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | When the stop/ go is on .. it some times stalls and will not move when pressing petal. |
| 2023-05-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | The contact owns a 2023 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while parallel parking her vehicle, the vehicle independent… |
| 2023-05-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The analog speedometer stopped working on 5/10/2023. |
| 2023-05-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The horn in my 2023 Kia Seltos started glitching and then went out completely. After a google search this appears to be… |
| 2023-05-01 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | After purchasing my 2023 KIA SELTOS, I noticed a very distracting glare in the front windshield. A large portion of th… |
| 2023-04-08 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | "GLARE IN THE FRONT WINDSHIELD" AFTER I PURCHASED MY 2023 KIA SELTOS EX AWD I NOTICED A HAZARDOUS GLARE IN THE FRONT WI… |
| 2023-02-13 | VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR | No | 0 | Driver side rear door glass exploded spontaneously at 65mph for no reason, sending glass all over the interior. Was on … |
| 2023-02-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | When driving the 2023 Kia Seltos on several occasions, it lunges / jerks / lurching forward frequently. At times, when … |
| 2023-02-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2023 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while at a complete stop with her foot on the brake pedal, … |
| 2023-01-17 | VISIBILITY/WIPER | No | 0 | Was driving very early in the morning, there were no other vehicles close to me when my windshield suddenly spontaneous… |
| 2022-12-24 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | On Saturday, December 24th of 2022, the right driver passenger window randomly shattered, the car windows were perfectl… |
| 2022-12-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | My car sensors go off when they aren’t supposed to. My front collision sensor goes off when cars are 2 cars in front of… |
| 2022-11-17 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I have been having issues with my touch screen in my car. I bought my car new and the console has not worked correctly.… |
| 2022-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Areas of the console, mainly the frame around the gps/media display, as well as the interior doors are highly reflectiv… |
| 2022-08-30 | STRUCTURE:INTERIOR PANELS:DASHBOARD | No | 0 | when driving in sun or lighted areas the dash board reflects off the window glass making the driver impaired . the dash… |