Summary
The KIA EV9 has 9 recalls covering the 2024-2025 model years, with the most serious being a rear drive unit motor shaft defect on 2025 models where a damaged weld can cause sudden loss of drive power while in motion, raising the risk of a crash.
The 2024-2025 model years share a seat mounting recall where second- and third-row seat bolts may be missing entirely, meaning those seats can shift or detach in a crash and fail to restrain occupants. On the instrument cluster side, a software error on 2024-2025 vehicles can cause the instrument panel screen to go blank, taking the speedometer and warning lights with it. The 2025 model year has a separate instrument cluster issue where the screen can remain dark at startup, hiding gauges and warning indicators from the driver.
Specific to 2024 models, the headliner may not provide adequate impact protection in a crash, leaving occupants more exposed to head injury from interior surfaces. The front passenger seat belt retractor cover on some 2024 vehicles can come loose, preventing both the locking and emergency-locking modes of the retractor from working correctly during a crash. Two related recalls cover the remote smart parking assist feature on 2024 EV9 Land models with Premium or GT-Line packages: a software problem can reduce braking during remote parking maneuvers, and a separate software error can cause the system to miscalculate stopping distances when the driver is remotely moving the vehicle.
