2021 Kia Stinger — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 25 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Brakes6 (24.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2018–2021.
• Engine4 (16.0%)Official recall records for this system: 2, covering model years 2018–2023.
• Fuel system4 (16.0%)Official recall records for this system: 4, covering model years 2018–2021.
• Electrical system2 (8.0%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2018–2021.
• Visibility (glass, wipers, mirrors)2 (8.0%)
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)1 (4.0%)

Other / uncategorized: 5 classifications (20.0%) 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 (332 records, model years 2018–2023) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (449 records, model years 2018–2023) 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.

1. 2018 174 records for 2018 174
2. 2019 97 records for 2019 97
3. 2020 69 records for 2020 69
4. 2021 70 records for 2021 70
5. 2022 59 records for 2022 59
6. 2023 38 records for 2023 38

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

• Safety recalls NHTSA 5
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 45
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 3
• Owner complaints NHTSA 17

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0088 in 1 record

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.