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What 10 owners told NHTSA about the 2025 Kia Seltos

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (10)Crash / fire / injury (1)Electrical system (3)Lights (3)Driver assistance (2)Body & structure (1)Brakes (1)Engine (1)Lane Departure (1)Steering (1)

1 of 10 complaints match · Engine · clear filters

Nov 10, 2024SteeringEngine

I just bought 2025 kia seltos EX for 5 days. oil cooler already leaking oil, car running fine no lights on. And another issue is when I moved steering to left or right, even on slow speed make any turn, I heard 'dot dot dot' mental sounds under passage wheel, can't believe it happened in new car.

NHTSA ODI 11624432

Working with the data? Download all 10 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2025 Kia Seltos verdict →