7.9

pretty bad
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
5,333 miles

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problem #3

Dec 142021

K5

  • miles
Brand new vehicle purchused off show room floor with 4 miles on it. 3 months after ownership, when push to start the car. The steering wheel will lock up, unable to drive and a systems check will display on the dash. It does not stop, until you turn the car off and on several times, with no set amount of times until the car is drivable again. The car has been brought to Kia several times for service, but they have never been able to determine a reason. A lemon law was filed and completed in 2022. The car since then has continued to have the steering wheel lock up randomly when starting it and has even progressed to doing it while driving on the highway!!! no recall from Kia has been issued. They are just waiting for someone to die!

- Cookeville, TN, USA

problem #2

Aug 092022

K5

  • 16,000 miles
The contact owns a 2021 Kia K5. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the power steering malfunctioned, and the steering wheel failed to turn in either direction. Additionally, during the failure several unknown warning lights were displayed. After turning off and restarting the vehicle, the failure self-corrected on several occasions. Recently, the failure failed to self-correct and the vehicle was towed to the local dealer. While the vehicle was at the dealer, the mechanic experienced the failure but was unable to determine the cause of the failure. No repair was performed. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 16,000.

- Rutherford, NJ, USA

problem #1

Dec 202021

K5

  • miles
Took my car to the dealership on 12/20/21 because all of my sensors were going off so they installed a new harness and cleared all the sensors, I got my car back on 1/3/22. On 1/16/22 all my sensors came back on so I brought it back to the dealership on 1/19/22 and I got it back the next day and was told it was safe for me to commute to work (I got it back with the front panel off with exposed wires and no working airbags) and a few days later all the sensors were back on and as I-??m driving home in the middle of the night from work my tire pressure sensor came on even tho I had air in my tires, my headlights turned off for seconds at a time, my speedometer kept dropping to 0 as I-??m going 60 and my cruise control stopped working. Have pictures and videos of every issue every time

- Yuba City, CA, USA