2024 Kia EV9 — reported problems
CarFaultIQ holds 290 evidence records for the 2024 Kia EV9, drawn from official sources and owner complaints.
What owners report: issue areas
Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 344 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.
- Electrical system104 (30.2%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2024–2026.
- Driver-assistance systems57 (16.6%)
- Suspension21 (6.1%)
- Speed control & accelerator17 (4.9%)
- Tires & wheels16 (4.7%)
- Steering14 (4.1%)
Other / uncategorized: 39 classifications (11.3%) 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 (496 records, model years 2024–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, driver-assistance systems and tires & wheels.
- Manufacturer communications (240 records, model years 2024–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors) and fuel system.
"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.
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
- 4mention 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 7
- Manufacturer communications NHTSA 72
- Investigations NHTSA 1
- Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
- Owner complaints NHTSA 207
Where to go next
- Kia EV9 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 EV9 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.