MODELYEARINDEX

Kia Stinger

139 complaints across 4 scored model years and 7 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Kia Stinger Full report
F
Grade 2018–2021
2018 vs model median 1.8×
Model median3× median
Electrical 8
Engine 8
Brakes 7
Avoid

2018

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2018
1.81× 38 F
2019
1.16× 35 C
2020
0.84× 16 C
2021
0.84× 22 C
2022 P
0.56× 22 B

P — provisional. These years have not completed 60 months on the road, so their totals are incomplete and they are excluded from the verdict.

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG22
City / Highway19.5 / 27
Engine2.9L, 5 cyl
DriveAll-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,475

Recalls

7 campaigns on record, 1 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
24V169000 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:TURBO/SUPERCHARGER:HOSES/PLUMBING 2018–2022 36,248
20V518000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE 2018–2021 28,200
23V634000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2018–2021 18,224
18V754000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD 2018 16,011
20V560000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:FUEL PUMP 2020, 2021 635
20V422000 STEERING 2020 104
21V862000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:FUEL GAUGE 2020, 2021 53

Others in Midsize Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura TL
2012
C
Acura TLX
20152020
C
Acura TSX
2010
C
Alfa Romeo Giulia
2017
C
Audi A4
none flagged
B
Audi A4 Allroad
2013
C
Audi A5
none flagged
C
Audi S4
none flagged
B

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2018 Stinger
Complaints in window
38
Severity-weighted
80
Model median (weighted)
44
vs model median
1.81×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
6
Open investigations
0
Score 39.8 F