2025 KIA Carnival
Too new to assess The 2025 KIA Carnival is too new for this measure. Almost every complaint about a vehicle this recent is a first-year complaint, because that is all the service life there has been, so the figure cannot separate a genuine early defect from simple youth. The complaint counts, systems and recalls below still stand on their own. The most-reported system is electrical system (35 complaints), typically at 11 mo or about 34,967 miles.
- Complaints
- 115
- Median age at failure
- 11 mo
- Median mileage
- 20,000 n=7
- Crash / fire / tow
- 7% of reports
- Safety recalls
- 1
26V232000 2026-04-10
Fuel system, gasoline:delivery:hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2022-2026 Carnival vehicles. Fuel may leak at the pipe connection between the fuel pipe and fuel rail.
A fuel leak increases the risk of a fire.
Electrical system mileage not reported 2 mo in service
I'm getting an alert in the car app that says low battery and will not perform any lock/unlock/start, etc features. It says the battery level is under 40%.
Electrical system mileage not reported 2 mo in service
There seems to be a very common problem of the 2025 Kia Carnival having a battery drain issue, leaving people stranded. I had a dead battery today with only one month and 300 miles of use. Thousands have had the same experience and have discussed this on various forums.
Electrical system mileage not reported 2 mo in service
Battery went dead. Been at dealer 2 weeks. They are waiting to hear from Kia but nothing is being done.
Other mileage not reported 8 mo in service
Carnival came with DVD players for kids in the back seat. It contains a volume control that can be controlled by the child. The child at any point can blast the stereo insanely high which can distract the driver and could cause an accident. This needs to be recalled immediately. There is no reason for the sound to be able to be blasted that loud. Then if it happens, there is no fast way to turn it down which causes the driver to fumble. Please look into this immediately as it can effect any owner.