2015 Kia K900
Complaints about this year name driving far more often than the model's other years — 37% of them, about 91× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 52 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 2 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 2 |
| EPA combined | 19.5 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- time — 29% of complaints, 72× usual
- headlights — 27% of complaints, 67× usual
- off — 25% of complaints, 63× usual
What owners wrote
While driving at night, the headlights flicker and then just turn off automatically. When I tried to manually turn them on, they will flicker again and then turn off automatically again. There is a recall on this exact thing happening to the same year, make an…
AUTO HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. ALSO, HEADLIGHTS SHUT OFF WHEN USING TURNING SINGLE. LIGHT SWITCH WAS REPLACED IN 2016 DUE TO RECALL.
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 16V210000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V652000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia K900 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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