2015 Kia Cadenza — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 149 evidence records for the 2015 Kia Cadenza, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 64 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system13 (20.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2017–2020.
- Engine13 (20.3%)
- Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)7 (10.9%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2014–2020.
- Brakes5 (7.8%)Official recall records for this system: 5, covering model years 2014–2019.
- Lights4 (6.3%)
- Steering3 (4.7%)
Other / uncategorized: 9 classifications (14.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.
These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.
What the records are about, by source
Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.
- Owner complaints (432 records, model years 2014–2019) are most frequently classified under: engine, brakes and electrical system.
- Manufacturer communications (698 records, model years 2014–2020) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.
"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records
Evidence by model year
Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.
- 2014 234 records for 2014
- 2015 149 records for 2015
- 2016 95 records for 2016
- 2017 108 records for 2017
- 2018 61 records for 2018
- 2019 48 records for 2019
- 2020 49 records for 2020
Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.
Reports mentioning outcomes
- 1mention a crash
- 2mention a fire
- 3mention an injury
These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.
Official records held
- Safety recalls NHTSA 2
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 96
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 2
- Owner complaints NHTSA 48
Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle
These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.
A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.
Where to go next
- Kia Cadenza coverage hub Published problems, year windows and buyer guidance for this model.
- Evidence Explorer — the underlying records Read the individual recalls, investigations, manufacturer communications and complaints these counts come from.
- All model years of the Kia Cadenza Compare how much evidence is held for each year before narrowing to one.
- Browse all vehicle coverage Every make and model CarFaultIQ has published coverage for.