2015 Kia K900 problems
NHTSA has received 82 complaints about the 2015 Kia K900, and 22% of them involve lighting. After that come air bags (17%) and electrical system (11%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 82 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Lighting 22% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 1 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 3 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 14,000 miles 34 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 21 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 4 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 2 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 2 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 1 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 4 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 34 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 14,000 miles. For lighting specifically, the median reported mileage is about 22,000 miles (13 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 1 complaint mentions a crash; 3 complaints mention a fire; 3 injuries reported.
It is also covered by 2 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My Kia Consumer Care Case #[XXX] assigned May 2024. For Lights/Headlights/Illumination Safety hazards. My complaint purpose is to explain & show docs. of my Interrupted Illumination Headlights/Loss of Viewing while using the headlights during the night. See attached snapshots taken on [XXX], [XXX] and [XXX] showing the Safety Hazards Interrupted Illumination LED Headlights/Loss of Headlight Visibility and indicating a Safety Risk with me having another crash.
On three separate occasions the driver's air bag warning light has come on for no reason, twice while the vehicle was in motion, on a dry, flat road, driving for at least 10 minutes at 45 MPH. The red air bag light was on for several minutes then went off. It happened again while parked with the engine on. Had been parked for about 10 minutes and all the sudden the air bag light starts flashing; flashed for a couple minutes then went off.
Lights went out all over car around 11:30 pm came back on blinking,screen goes out,something wrong with right front tire feel vibration
When you hit a bump or a uneven surface the car just don't like it,in fact the car even move the steering well one side to another with a shaking filing teeth feels like the weells are loose or something,at the same time the steering well move giving you a feeling that you may not going to be able to control the car,very disappoint it with kia.they need to fix this.I call and they say is normal for the k900 to drive like that .really kia I think you are wrong.try not to hit a bump or a little hole in the road…
When new, the car vibrated at higher speeds (60+) and the dealer replaced 3 of the four new hankook tires because they were defective at about 1,500 miles on the car odometer. At about 22,000 miles, the car started vibrating again. About 2 weeks later, I took the car over to discount tires and they pointed out the the tread on the right/passenger was separating, making this 4 out of 7 hankook tires that have been put on this car that are defective.
Other model years of the K900
- 2020
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- 2015