Complaints by model year
Each bar is one model year. The most recent years are still collecting complaints.
NHTSA ODI complaints (public domain) · updated 23 Oct 2026
Year by year
| Model year | Complaints | Recalls |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| 2024 | 3 | 1 |
| 2023 Niro Phev | 6 | 2 |
| 2022 Niro Phev | 12 | 1 |
| 2021 Niro Phev | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 Niro Phev | 5 | 1 |
| 2019 Niro Phev | 26 | 1 |
| 2018 Niro Phev | 13 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 |
A model year gets its own page when it has enough data for at least three sections
Most common problems
- Power train26
- Unknown or other16
- Electrical system10
- Engine9
- Vehicle speed control5
- Service brakes5
- Visibility/wiper4
- Structure3
NHTSA ODI complaints, all model years
New registrations in Europe
272 new Kia Niro Phev cars registered in the EU, Norway and Iceland between 2017 and 2022, from the European Environment Agency's CO₂ monitoring of every new car. In 2022 the largest markets were Austria (25), Germany (1).
| Year | New cars | CO₂ g/km |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 26 | 24 (WLTP) |
| 2021 | 17 | 31 (WLTP) |
| 2020 | 36 | 31 (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 66 | 31 (WLTP) |
| 2018 | 87 | 31 (WLTP) |
| 2017 | 40 | 29 (NEDC) |
Averages are weighted by registrations; CO₂ is the type-approval value (NEDC until the WLTP switch). European Environment Agency, CO₂ emissions from new passenger cars · re-use permitted with acknowledgement
Recalls
3 campaigns cover the Niro Phev.
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2025 Niro EV, Plug-in Hybrid (PHEV), and Hybrid vehicles. The floor wiring assembly beneath the front passenger seat may become damaged, which can prevent the front air bags and seat belts from deploying properly or cause an unintended side curtain air bag deployment.
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2017-2022 Niro and 2018-2022 Niro Plug-in Hybrid vehicles. Fluid may leak into the printed circuit board inside the hydraulic clutch actuator, which can result in an engine compartment fire.
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage Plug-in Hybrid, Niro Hybrid, Niro Plug-in Hybrid, Soul, and Telluride vehicles equipped with a digital instrument cluster containing a 4.2" LCD screen. The instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard numbers 101, "Control and Displays," and 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring Systems."
NHTSA recalls