2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid
Safety Score
92
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
44
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle shows a Driver Assistance System Warning randomly. Then the vehicle is unable to accelerate past ~30MPH. We… |
| 2026-02-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving the car it will stick in the electric mode and not go back into gas mode. You will only be able to go up … |
| 2026-01-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | When driving my vehicle would not go over 31 MPH. Had to turn the vehicle off then restart to get it to clear. |
| 2025-12-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Vehicle will randomly not engage into 3rd gear or go faster than 31 mph. The engine temp will increase as the RPMs cont… |
| 2025-11-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving around, the van will go into "limp mode" effecting my speed and acceleration. Then the battery will becom… |
| 2025-10-11 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The car fails to accelerate sporadically, occurred multiple times in a 2 day period. First time was getting on an on ra… |
| 2025-10-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When the vehicle is idling, the battery refuses to charge, therefore, the car suddenly dies and makes it unsafe to pull… |
| 2025-09-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The car gave alert of "hybrid system failure" and showed a picture of a drained battery. After about 20 seconds, we wer… |
| 2025-08-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | While driving, the vehicle intermittently fails to accelerate when the accelerator is pressed; it will only coast at ab… |
| 2025-08-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The hybrid car intermittently switches into EV mode after coming to a complete stop (e.g., at a traffic signal or after… |
| 2025-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2025 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that on several occasions the vehicle failed to start due to t… |
| 2025-08-11 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | While driving at random times, there is no acceleration while pressing the gas pedal. The battery shows low charge and … |
| 2025-07-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | UNKNOWN. While driving, an alert will pop up "Consider taking a break." It is very distracting and actually startles me… |
| 2025-04-27 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The Kia Carnival Hybrid wouldn't allow me to accelerate, topping out at 30/31 MPH despite me fully pressing down on the… |
| 2025-04-26 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | My carnival is only a few weeks old. The first week of driving I was on the freeway and I was suddenly unable to accele… |
| 2025-04-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | When pulling out onto the highway from my drive way the car would no accelerate when I pressed the gas, the car would n… |
| 2025-04-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid. The contact stated that while driving at undisclosed speeds, the vehicle h… |
| 2025-04-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Vehicle lost power and would not accelerate past 30 mph even when fully pressing down on the accelerator. After a few m… |
| 2025-04-04 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 2025 KIA Carnival Hybrid gets stuck in electric mode. This cause rapid draining of the electric vehicle battery, reduce… |
| 2025-04-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 1 | Sometimes when I start the engine the sliding doors does a quick open and closes. Told the dealership about it and they… |
| 2025-03-29 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Car would not allow me to accelerate. It seemed to keep me running only on the electric motor vs the gas engine (the ve… |
| 2025-03-25 | SERVICE BRAKES | Yes | 0 | While coasting at very low speed with foot off accelerator or brake, into a crowded parking spot, the brakes failed aft… |
| 2025-03-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | When driving my van to work in the morning, I would get an alert on my screen that says to check the driver assistance … |
| 2025-02-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | When driving the vehicle it would not accelerate beyond 31 mph. We were in traffic so not being able to drive the speed… |
| 2025-02-20 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Turned out onto a busy city street and tried to accelerate but speed was electronically limited to 31mph. once it got t… |
| 2025-02-19 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | While driving in the cold the hybrid vehicle will not go over 31 miles an hour. I was turning on to a road that is 45m… |
| 2025-02-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Car would not accelerate past 30 or 31 MPH no matter how hard gas pedal was engaged. The RPMs increase, acknowledging t… |
| 2025-02-18 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Vehicle not be able to accelerate over 31 mph, seems to happen when its cold outside. This is unsafe especially on high… |
| 2025-02-14 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I own a 2025 Kia Carnival SX Prestige Hybrid, and the vehicle intermittently fails to exceed 31 mph when the outside te… |
| 2025-02-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Van accelerates up to 31mph only. Top speed is 31mph even with accelerator/gas pedal completely pressed to the ground (… |
| 2025-02-04 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I'm not sure which component caused the issue, but this happened a couple of times already, when I stepped on the accel… |
| 2025-01-30 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The shifter would indicate it's in neutral but the car would think it's in drive. The car was immobilized and could not… |
| 2025-01-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | My wife and I have a 2025 Carnival SX Prestige Hybrid. We live in northern Maryland (lots of cold days lately!). This e… |
| 2025-01-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Today I had an issue with my 2025 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX Prestige where it would not allow me to accelerate past 31 mph… |
| 2025-01-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | On a day which had a high temperature of 16F our Kia Carnival Hybrid SXP, after not being used most of the day, when dr… |
| 2025-01-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | Cold winter day, the car would not accelerate past 30-35 MPH. The engine would rev but would not be able to get past ab… |
| 2025-01-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The following has happened 4-5 times now on our Kia Carnival 2025 SXP Hybrid: After turning on the car, the car can be … |
| 2025-01-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | The acceleration didn’t want to pass 31 mph |
| 2025-01-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle(2025 Kia Carnival HEV) is brand new, just over one month old. We parked it in the garage, and after just 4 … |
| 2024-12-18 | SEATS | No | 0 | Being a new vehicle the 2nd row seats do not easily slide forward and back. My wife was attempting to move the 2nd row … |
| 2024-12-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | Temperature was 28 degrees outside. Car had 4500 miles on it. Car warmed up for 10 minutes before driving. At the one m… |
| 2024-12-07 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | The vehicle is brand new. We drove it home from the dealership and parked it in the garage, and after just a few days, … |
| 2024-11-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Battery died without cause |
| 2024-10-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I was driving on a secondary road that has a 45 MPH speed limit when the vehicle decelerated to 31 MPH on its own. I co… |