Kia Stinger

Owners filed 171 complaints across 6 model years of the Kia Stinger. The 2018 drew the most (71).

Model years6
Complaints171
Recalls20
Fires8
Deaths1

Which Kia Stinger years should you avoid?

Not enough of the record to single a year out. Fewer than 4 Kia Stinger model years have at least 25 complaints and are old enough to judge, so any ranking would be noise. The table below has every year as filed.

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 Stinger model year compared

Complaints per year
YearComplaintsRelative volumeRecallsFiresCrashesMost reportedStatus
20235
1—1Structure › BodyRoutine
202218
1——Unknown or OtherRoutine
202117
5—1Unknown or OtherRoutine
202016
6—1Electrical SystemRoutine
201944
331EngineRoutine
201871
452EngineFatalities reported

Data: NHTSA complaint and recall files, October 2026. Complaints are unverified owner reports.