YearsTellEspañol

2022 Kia Seltos

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2022 Seltos in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 2 Seltos years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2023 (0.66 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2021 (2.62).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.47 per 1,000

too few complaints to rank against its other years

Counted from 23 complaints filed in the first three years, of 77 ever. 95% lower bound 0.28.

Every Seltos model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years
This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 0.66

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20212.62128
20220.4723
20230.6635

Issues owners of the 2022 Seltos report

No phrase appears often enough in these complaints to describe them reliably.

When it breaks

Too few complaints record mileage for this model year to show a pattern. NHTSA largely stopped capturing mileage after 2021.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 37 complaints about this component over roughly 5 months before an investigation opened.

Kia 25V099 Piston Oil Ring Recall Effectiveness

Questions buyers ask about the 2022 Kia Seltos

Is 2022 a good year or a bad year for the Seltos?

Too few owners filed complaints about the 2022 Seltos in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others. Among the 2 Seltos years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2023 (0.66 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2021 (2.62). The typical year is the median across its model years.

What problems does the 2022 Seltos have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Engine (40), Unknown Or Other (17), Power Train (10).

Is the 2022 Seltos reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Seltos years: too few owners filed complaints about the 2022 Seltos in its first three years to say whether it is a better or a worse year than the others.

Which Seltos year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2023, at 0.66 per 1,000 sold. Every Seltos year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Seltos.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is taken year by year from published US sales figures, each one quoted from a named source.