2022 Kia EV6
Complaints about this year name ev6 contact far more often than the model's other years — 8% of them, about 19× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 275 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 71 |
| Involving a crash | 11 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| EPA combined | 117 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- level — 15% of complaints, 4× usual
- using — 9% of complaints, 5× usual
- needed — 11% of complaints, 3× usual
What owners wrote
ICCU failed while charging using Level 2 charger. Dealer still has my vehicle and issue was diagnosed.
WHen charging in warmer weather using a Level 2 charger, the charging connector heats up causing the vehicle to suspend charging. Vehicle does resumes charging and then stops again minutes later. Brought up to dealer who installed software update in 2023 yet t…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V322000 PARKING BRAKE Fixed free of charge.
- 24V200000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 24V867000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 26V431000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia EV6 was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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