FaultScore

Worst years for a KIA Niro EV

Owners have filed 143 complaints about the KIA Niro EV with NHTSA across model years 2019 to 2025. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2022 KIA Niro EV

49 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly other & unspecified.

Cleanest on record

2020 KIA Niro EV

29 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Niro EV 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.

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
2025 1 0 0 Acceleration & Cruise Control
2024 8 2 0 Electrical System
2023 D 30 4 0 Electrical System
2022 D 49 5 0 9,500 Other & Unspecified
2021 2 0 0 Brakes
2020 C 29 1 0 17,972 Other & Unspecified
2019 C 24 2 0 10,100 Transmission & Drivetrain

What breaks on a KIA Niro EV

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

Worst in 2022

Worst in 2022

Transmission & Drivetrain 19 13.3%

Worst in 2019

Brakes 11 7.7%

Worst in 2019

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 11 7.7%

Worst in 2020

Acceleration & Cruise Control 8 5.6%

Worst in 2019

Fuel & Propulsion 8 5.6%

Worst in 2020

Engine & Cooling 7 4.9%

Worst in 2022

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 3 2.1%

Worst in 2022

Airbags 2 1.4%

Worst in 2022

Wheels 2 1.4%

Worst in 2020

Seat Belts 2 1.4%

Worst in 2022

Seats 2 1.4%

Worst in 2023

Steering 1 0.7%

Worst in 2020

Complaints filed over time

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

Jan 2020 peak 9 Aug 2026

Compare the KIA Niro EV

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