2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2026 Kia Carnival. Owners have filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Kia dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2026 Kia Carnival. Check your Carnival by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about the 2026 Kia Carnival, reporting 3 crashes, 4 injuries. Kia has issued at least 27 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Kia Carnival owner complaints and bulletins, every year
Owners have filed 48 complaints with NHTSA about the 2026 Kia Carnival. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“2026 Kia Carnival Hybrid SX. The digital instrument cluster intermittently flickers, goes blank, and displays "NO SIGNAL" while driving, potentially causing loss of access to speed, gauges, warning indicators, and other safety information. The failures occur unpredictably.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11767908
“The alert "consider taking a break" with the coffee cup symbol won't stop going off. It goes off when I first start driving, it goes off every other minute sometimes, it does off for no reason all the time. It is so distracting. Today it was rainy and I'm sure is one reason it kept going off.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11764959
“Ac compressor has now failed twice and this will be the third compressor they are going to install. The car was completely shutting off at lights and having other electrical errors that they said was all related to the ac system. The part is now on back order with the company”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11759505
“Subject: Safety Complaint – Power Sliding Door Failure Injuring Child (2026 Kia Carnival) I am submitting a safety complaint regarding a 2026 Kia Carnival.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11743596
“While driving approximately 70 mph on the highway returning from Door County, 20 miles north of Manitowoc, on a clear day with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 70s and no other vehicles nearby, the panoramic sunroof glass spontaneously shattered with a loud noise.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11758111
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2026 Kia Carnival is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Kia dealer.