Kia Seltos
Owners filed 570 complaints across 7 model years of the Kia Seltos. The 2021 drew the most (380).
Which Kia Seltos years should you avoid?
Going by 570 owner complaints filed with NHTSA, the Kia Seltos years to avoid are 2021.
- 2021380 complaints, 6.2× a typical Seltos year, most often about the engine.
Too new to judge: 2025, 2026 and 2027. Complaints take a few years to arrive, so a new model year looks better than it is.
How this is worked out: each year is compared with a typical year of the same model, which takes most of the difference in sales out of it, and its share of serious failures is compared with every other car of the same model year, because older cars were complained about differently. A year needs 25 complaints to be judged at all. Complaints are unverified owner reports. Full method →
Every Kia Seltos model year compared
Complaints per year| Year | Complaints | Relative volume | Recalls | Fires | Crashes | Most reported | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2027Too new | 3 | 0 | — | — | Unknown or Other | Routine | |
| 2026Too new | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | Service Brakes, Hydraulic | Routine | |
| 2025Too new | 13 | 0 | — | 1 | Exterior Lighting | Routine | |
| 2024 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 4 | Electrical System | Routine | |
| 2023 | 47 | 2 | — | 4 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2022 | 76 | 1 | 3 | 6 | Engine | Routine | |
| 2021Avoid | 380 | 2 | 6 | 13 | Engine | Above average |
Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.