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2025 Kia K4 Forward collision avoidance Problems

Complaints
7about this part
Share
15%of 47 total for the year
Median mileage
1,300miles
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 7 complaints about the forward collision avoidance of the 2025 Kia K4, 15% of the 47 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 1,300 miles. 4 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“To whom this may concern, I was using my cruise control on my way to work. I usually set it to 80 because police are okay with that speed on I-75. I braked before my automatic brakes hit after I got cut off. I pressed resume in the cruise control and it accelerated pretty quick. I’ve experienced that quite a bit, but there’s been a few times that the car exceeded the set cruising speed while trying to resume. I forget it happens because it’s happened about 4 times since purchasing the vehicle. …”

NHTSA complaint #11737989, filed 2026-05

“Check Driver Assistance System light came on. It wasn’t until driving at night that I realized the steering wheel had no power. The horn, buttons, and lights all did not work or function. This also caused all driver assistance settings to not work or function. With no power to the steering wheel, their is no way of knowing if the airbag would deploy. The problem was seen by the dealer and after two months of repair attempts, the clock spring was replaced. The light slowly started coming on and then finally stayed on. Later I noticed the horn and lights were not working on the steering wheel.”

NHTSA complaint #11768305, filed 2026-10

“When parked and cutting the car on check driver assistance system come on, check and, and esc comes on. The parking brake does not go off and malfunction. When trying to move the car sometimes it still drives and sometimes the parking brake will not allow you to move until the system resets its self. There are 6 codes that appear. Started in December 2025 have taken car to the dealership 3 times and they report back because the codes are no longer present they can not fix it.”

NHTSA complaint #11718311, filed 2026-02

“Blind spot and front collision features inactive. Seat belt didn't unlock after crash. Airbags deployed no passenger didn't work on driver airbag b1652 dtc codes on recall for another vehicle”

NHTSA complaint #11699024, filed 2025-11

Forward collision avoidance: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2026215%
2025715%

Other parts of the 2025 Kia K4

Electrical system
14 complaints
Other or unknown
12 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
8 complaints
Air bags
7 complaints
Engine
7 complaints
Lane departure
7 complaints
Steering
5 complaints
Vehicle speed control
4 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaints
Fuel system
3 complaints
Brakes
2 complaints
Engine cooling
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Kia K4

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 29, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

To check a specific vehicle for open recalls, use its VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. Methodology