What is the worst year for a KIA EV9?

The 2024 KIA EV9 has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 342 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the electrical system.

What is the best year for a KIA EV9?

The 2025 KIA EV9 has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 29 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a KIA EV9?

Electrical System accounts for more complaints than any other part on the KIA EV9.

Worst years for a KIA EV9

Owners have filed 404 complaints about the KIA EV9 with NHTSA across model years 2024 to 2026. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2024 KIA EV9

342 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2025 KIA EV9

29 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA EV9 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.

342 29 33

24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Fires	Median miles	Most reported
2026	A	33	3	0	—	Electrical System
2025	A	29	0	0	—	Wheels
2024	D	342	1	2	7,606	Electrical System

What breaks on a KIA EV9

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Electrical System 118 29.2%

Worst in 2024

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 61 15.1%

Worst in 2024

Other & Unspecified 43 10.6%

Worst in 2024

Suspension 22 5.4%

Worst in 2024

Steering 20 5.0%

Worst in 2024

Acceleration & Cruise Control 20 5.0%

Worst in 2024

Wheels 20 5.0%

Worst in 2024

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 15 3.7%

Worst in 2024

Fuel & Propulsion 14 3.5%

Worst in 2024

Seats 14 3.5%

Worst in 2024

Transmission & Drivetrain 12 3.0%

Worst in 2024

Brakes 12 3.0%

Worst in 2024

Body & Structure 9 2.2%

Worst in 2024

Engine & Cooling 7 1.7%

Worst in 2024

Exactly what failed on a KIA EV9

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Adaptive Cruise Control 11 15.3%

Warnings 11 15.3%

Automatic Emergency Braking 9 12.5%

Body 9 12.5%

Assist 8 11.1%

Blind Spot Detection 8 11.1%

Warning 7 9.7%

Rearview System Braking 3 4.2%

Warnings 3 4.2%

Speedometer/Odometer 3 4.2%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every KIA EV9, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Feb 2024 peak 83 Aug 2026

KIA EV9 problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

KIA EV9 in California 82 KIA EV9 in Florida 42 KIA EV9 in Washington 31 KIA EV9 in Virginia 28

Compare the KIA EV9

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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