Worst years for a KIA Cadenza
Owners have filed 292 complaints about the KIA Cadenza with NHTSA across model years 2014 to 2019. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.
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2014 KIA Cadenza148 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.
Every KIA Cadenza year, graded
The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.
What breaks on a KIA Cadenza
Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.
Worst in 2014
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Worst in 2015
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Worst in 2015
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Complaints filed over time
Every complaint about every KIA Cadenza, by the month it reached NHTSA.
Compare the KIA Cadenza
Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.