2025 Kia EV6 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 72 evidence records for the 2025 Kia EV6, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 85 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system39 (45.9%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2022–2024.
- Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)13 (15.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2022–2023.
- Fuel system10 (11.8%)
- Engine5 (5.9%)
- Driver-assistance systems3 (3.5%)
- Brakes2 (2.4%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2022.
Other / uncategorized: 7 classifications (8.2%) 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 (1,070 records, model years 2022–2025) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
- Manufacturer communications (314 records, model years 2022–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, fuel system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
"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.
- 2022 361 records for 2022
- 2023 211 records for 2023
- 2024 114 records for 2024
- 2025 72 records for 2025
- 2026 4 records for 2026
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
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
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 19
- Owner complaints NHTSA 53
Where to go next
- Kia EV6 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 EV6 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.