Car Defect Radar

Kia EV6 years to avoid (and the best years)

540 NHTSA owner complaints and 5 recalls across 4 model years, 2022 to 2025. Built from NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, generated October 26, 2026.

Which Kia EV6 years should you avoid?

By NHTSA owner complaints, the Kia EV6 year to avoid is 2022. The typical Kia EV6 year has 105 complaints on file.

What are the best Kia EV6 years?

The Kia EV6 year with the fewest complaints on file is the 2023 (136). Model years after 2023 are left out: they have not been on the road long enough to compare.

NHTSA does not publish sales figures, so these are complaint counts, not a rate per car on the road. A year that sold more cars collects more complaints, and older years have had longer to collect them.

Every model year

YearComplaintsvs typical year RecallsCrashes InjuriesOur readMost reported
2025530.5×010Few red flagsElectrical system
2024740.7×363Few red flagsElectrical system
20231361.3×420Few red flagsElectrical system
20222772.6×4116Approach with cautionElectrical system

Most reported problem areas

Share of the 540 complaints sorted by system, all years together.

Recalls (5)