3 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2024 Kia EV6. 1 carries a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 76 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 2024 Kia EV6. Check your EV6 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 76 complaints with NHTSA about the 2024 Kia EV6, reporting 6 crashes, 2 fires, 3 injuries. Kia has issued at least 46 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.
Owners have filed 76 complaints with NHTSA about the 2024 Kia EV6. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“I was driving my car on the highway, then I got the message çheck your electrical system'for around a minute. Then there was a rumble or bang as if I hit something with the back, but the road was clean. Then the car started slowing down and I drove to the side.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11767188
“The contact owned a 2024 Kia EV6 and stated that while driving at 40 MPH, an elk suddenly appeared in front of the vehicle, resulting in a head-on collision that completely crushed the front end of the vehicle with no air bags deployed.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11740227
“I was backing out of my driveway and backed into a vehicle parked directly behind me. The collision avoidance and emergency braking system should have stopped my car before impact but it did not. No sounds other than the normal backing up beeping. Proximity alert did not ping.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11732922
“Incident took place 1/31/26. I was pulling into my driveway at approximately 5 mph. Normally, as I approach the wooden driveway gate, sensors would begin to beep and I would be prompted to stop.The car normally would stop itself if a collision was imminent. This did not take place.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11716470
“When I stopped the car in a parking lot, before I could engage the parking brake, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and climbed over the curb adjacent to the side walk. Stopped for few seconds and again suddently started accelerating.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11691230
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2024 Kia EV6 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.