6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 100 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most common solutions:
- lesson the tension (1 reports)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Kia dealer.
6.0
fairly significantThis problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Kia dealer.
The second-row seats on the left and right have a very high-powered spring forward lever. I have to tell anyone getting in the back to watch their head while moving the seat forward. Now I just have them let me move the seats so no one gets hurt. I got a very hard hit to the head with sunglasses on. It about knocked me out. This happened right after I got the car, probably the day or so after getting it. My son took a look at my new car after that, and he got bashed in the head and let out a few cuss words. A few months later my daughter-in-law was putting the grandkids in the back, and she got knocked in the head and had a headache after that. The seats are very hard to move forward for people getting in the back. It's easier to just climb over the second-row middle seat pulled down to the arm rest setting. You have a hard time moving the seat forward if you have a car seat in it as well. You have to pull the under-seat bar forward. It would be nice to just pull a lever forward and the seat slide forward. Everyone that tries to get in the back has a hard time getting the seats to move.
Update from Jun 26, 2026: Recall on the second-row seats has been issued. They will replace the coil springs on the 2 outer seats with a softer coil.
- Joann F., Erlanger, KY, US