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2021 Kia Seltos fuel system problems

28 complaints about fuel system have been filed for the 2021 Kia Seltos, which is 5% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
28 5% of this year's complaints
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

What the data shows

None of the fuel system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

Transmission defect , transmission over heats in stop and go traffic , also causes skipping of the gears. Kia know this is a problem and indicated that car will shut down on its own because of this.

Reported at 9,000 miles, September 2020

The contact owns a 2021 Kia Seltos. The contact stated that while stopped, the fuel-saving system would turn off the engine however, whenever the brake pedal was released, the engine failed to immediately restart. The contact then had to turn off and restart the vehicle. The failure had occurred on multiple occasions. The cause of the failure was not yet determined. The local dealer was notified of the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted or notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 2,000.

Reported at 2,000 miles, October 2020

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