75 of the 433 complaints about the Kia Carnival (17.3%) concern Body & structure, making it the model's second-largest problem area. That share is 1.9× the Body & structure share across all tracked vehicles.
By model year, Body & structure complaints peak with the 2022 model (47, 35% of that year's complaints) and are lowest for the 2025 model (7). 8 Body & structure complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 14 in the 12 months before — the pace is falling.
Owners most often describe: “sliding”, “door”, “closing”, “closed” and “hand”. None of these reports describes a crash or fire.
3 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 24V025000 (2024-01-18, model years 2022, 2023 and 2024).
Last 12 months: 8 · Previous 12 months: 14
The contact owns a 2024 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that while her husband was loading the child into the car seat. The rear button for the door was depressed by the child. The husband became stuck in between the sliding doors.
Passenger side sliding door periodically gets stuck trying to open or close. My 3 year olds finger got stuck in the closed position of the sliding door and we could not get the door open immediately because of the faulty door periodically getting stuck.
This is a bran new vehicle purchased and only driven by me. I have video evidence that on the morning of 8/10/26 my windshield was perfectly fine.
The contact owns a 2022 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that the vehicle was previously repaired under NHTSA Campaign Number: 21V908000 (Latches/Locks/Linkages, Structure); however, the failure persisted.
The contact owns a 2023 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 MPH, the driver’s side roof molding ejected from the vehicle. The contact immediately stopped the vehicle but was unable to locate the molding.
The contact owns a 2025 Kia Carnival. The contact stated that while driving in warm weather, heat from the exhaust pipe could be felt inside the cabin of the vehicle.
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Summary: Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Sportage and 2022-2024 Carnival vehicles. The roof molding may loosen and detach.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the roof molding and replace or secure it as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 15, 2024. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC292.
Summary: Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling all 2022 and certain 2023 Carnival vehicles. The auto-reverse feature for the power sliding doors (PSD) may not activate in all situations.
Remedy: Dealers will update the power sliding door control module software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed April 28, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC266.
Summary: Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2022 Carnival vehicles. The remote controller assembly for the passenger-side power sliding door may malfunction, preventing the passenger-side sliding door from securely latching.
Remedy: Dealers will replace the passenger-side power sliding door release actuator's drum and holder inside the remote controller assembly, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed December 16, 2021. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC221.
75 of the 433 complaints about the Kia Carnival (17.3%) concern Body & structure, making it the model's second-largest problem area. That share is 1.9× the Body & structure share across all tracked vehicles.
By model year, Body & structure complaints peak with the 2022 model (47, 35% of that year's complaints) and are lowest for the 2025 model (7).
3 recall campaigns relate to this area, most recently campaign 24V025000 (2024-01-18, model years 2022, 2023 and 2024).