2026 Kia Carnival: raw data

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vehicle2026 / kia / carnival
known issues5 clusters (reviewed 2026-08-20)
complaintsnone on file
recalls2
investigations0
farsnot identifiable in FARS
indexedyes
licenseCC BY 4.0 (derived)

Known Issues clusters all years →

Power sliding door fails to detect obstructionSTRUCTURE2 complaints2026-03 → 2026-06carnival-2026-sliding-door-obstruction-detection
  • 11743596 During normal use, the vehicle’s automatic power sliding door closed while my [XXX] child was partially outside the vehicle near the door track area
  • 11728404 My daughter was getting in the van, when her brother hit the door button, if my husband wouldn’t have glanced over at that exact moment and pulled her back, this would’ve been another story
Vehicle speed limited near 30 mph when acceleratingVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL3 complaints2025-12 → 2026-03carnival-2026-speed-limited-30mph-cold
  • 11706341 The car will not accelerate past 31 mph no matter the gas petal position, during cold mornings. Downhill or uphill, in any “drive mode” it will not go past 31 with the petal all the way down. Acceleration onto a highway is impossible
  • 11708175 While driving home from a friend's house this morning my car would not go above 31 mph. I could put my pedal all the way down and nothing beyond 31 mph
  • 11726379 When accelerating, the car feels stuck to gear up. After 2 seconds of loud revving, it would switch and have a prominent jerk motion that it finally switched gears
Driver-distracting control and alert interface designUNKNOWN OR OTHER2 complaints2025-08 → 2026-08carnival-2026-distracting-control-interfaces
  • 11754532 The control for the radio volume is the same knob as the control for the air and heating. As a result when you go to turn down the radio or change the volume you often change the fan and temperature
  • 11679632 When driving I need critical warning information. It is distracting while driving to be alerted to a COFFEE BREAK warning
Battery discharge and unexpected electrical shutdownELECTRICAL SYSTEM3 complaints2025-11 → 2026-05carnival-2026-battery-discharge-shutdown
  • 11738682 Battery died at under 3,300 miles. After roadside came and jumped the batter, it died again after two days. Jumped again for the second time, when driving the car around it would randomly shut off even when the car is moving at higher speeds on freeway
  • 11701699 Vehicle parked for 48 hours (Sunday 23 Nov evening) under carport, no keys near it. When approached on 26 Nov 10am , it was found with dead battery. Nothing was on when it was parked
  • 11720576 The car battery died, rendering the car completely unresponsive. The car had to be towed to the Kia Dealer
Instrument cluster and display malfunction while drivingVEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, LANE DEPARTURE, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE3 complaints2025-12 → 2026-04carnival-2026-instrument-cluster-display-failure
  • 11728640 Instrument cluster screen goes blank while driving, eliminating speedometer, TPMS, and all warning indicators. First observed February 2026
  • 11706008 System failure the warning lights on dash went crazy all of them flashing Speedometer wouldn’t work, lights won’t work, camera system won’t work, abs won’t work, tailgate won’t open, side doors won’t open, heat/ac controls stop working , windshield wipers stop working
  • 11704869 On Dec 12th the speedometer repeatedly showed very incorrect values, both displaying much faster than the vehicle was traveling and displaying zero when the vehicle had accelerated

NHTSA complaints (summary) all years →

none on file

Recalls all years →

campaign_numberreport_received_datecomponentsummaryconsequenceremedy
26V04600027/01/2026ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANELKia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Kia K4, 2025-2026 Sorento, Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage PHEV, K5, EV9, Carnival, and Carnival Hybrid vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with the requirements of Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard (FMVSS) numbers 101, "Controls and Displays" and 138, "Tire Pressure Monitoring System."An instrument panel display that fails to show critical safety information, such as the speedometer, tire pressure, or warning lights, increases the risk of a crash.The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 26, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC361. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will become searchable on NHTSA.gov on February 9, 2026.
26V23200010/04/2026FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGSKia 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.Dealers will inspect and tighten, or replace the fuel pipe as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed June 2, 2026. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC368. Vehicle Identification Numbers (VINs) involved in this recall will be searchable on NHTSA.gov on April 24, 2026.

Investigations all years →

none listed

FARS occupant deaths all years →

not identifiable in FARS (absent, not zero)

Cite this

Derived data is CC BY 4.0. Link back to the page you used. Text and BibTeX below.

Wrench.Pro (2026). 2026 Kia Carnival vehicle data [dataset]. https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2026/kia/carnival
@misc{wrenchpro_2026_kia_carnival_2026,
  author = {Wrench.Pro},
  title = {Wrench.Pro vehicle data: 2026 Kia Carnival},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://www.wrench.pro/data/vehicles/2026/kia/carnival}},
  note = {Derived from NHTSA public records. CC BY 4.0.}
}

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