What is the worst year for a KIA Stinger?

The 2018 KIA Stinger has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 91 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the engine & cooling.

What is the best year for a KIA Stinger?

The 2022 KIA Stinger has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 29 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a KIA Stinger?

Engine & Cooling accounts for more complaints than any other part on the KIA Stinger.

Worst years for a KIA Stinger

Owners have filed 235 complaints about the KIA Stinger with NHTSA across model years 2018 to 2023. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2018 KIA Stinger

91 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2022 KIA Stinger

29 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Stinger 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.

91 55 29 25 29 6

18 19 20 21 22 23

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
2023	—	6	1	0	—	Body & Structure
2022	A	29	0	0	—	Electrical System
2021	B	25	3	0	—	Brakes
2020	B	29	1	0	47,922	Fuel & Propulsion
2019	D	55	1	3	16,041	Engine & Cooling
2018	F	91	4	12	17,500	Engine & Cooling

What breaks on a KIA Stinger

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

Engine & Cooling 51 21.7%

Worst in 2018

Electrical System 35 14.9%

Worst in 2018

Fuel & Propulsion 34 14.5%

Worst in 2018

Brakes 30 12.8%

Worst in 2019

Other & Unspecified 22 9.4%

Worst in 2022

Transmission & Drivetrain 13 5.5%

Worst in 2018

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 12 5.1%

Worst in 2022

Lights 10 4.3%

Worst in 2018

Body & Structure 9 3.8%

Worst in 2018

Steering 5 2.1%

Worst in 2018

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 5 2.1%

Worst in 2022

Suspension 3 1.3%

Worst in 2018

Acceleration & Cruise Control 3 1.3%

Worst in 2018

Airbags 1 0.4%

Worst in 2023

Complaints filed over time

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

Oct 2018 peak 9 Sep 2026

Compare the KIA Stinger

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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