17 complaints reported

2021 Kia K5 Electrical System

Owner-reported problems and safety issues filed with NHTSA. Review common failures, severity levels, and complaint trends over time.

Reports
17
Crashes
0
Fires
1
Injuries
0

Complaint Timeline

Chronological view of owner reports

Jan 2026

Blower motor stops working for a bit with no ac or heat

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2026
Jul 2025

AC blower stoped working

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2025
Jul 2025

Air/hearing works intermittently. I’ve had fuses replaced and this seems to be a known and ongoing issue that Kia refuses to acknowledge. Many have reported that the wires are melting inside of the fuse box and I fear that this may result in a fire.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2025
Feb 2025 Fire

Kia has a known issue with the HVAC blower motor circuit on this vehicle model. They have issued a warranty extension related to relocating the blower motor fuse to another circuit in the fuse box, due to potential burning of fuse(s). After executing this extended warranty fuse-relocation-procedure, our blower motor relay burned and was replaced twice by separate Kia dealers. Kia is now claiming that our entire wire harness needs to be replaced at our own cost. It is quite obvious that any wire harness issue is now very dangerous (electrical arcing and melting) and was caused by the original motor circuit issue. (The two Kia dealers agree with our assessment but are saying that Kia will not repair because original warranty extension was limited to rewiring.) Safety issues: Electrical fire hazard (already demonstrated with burning/melting fuse-box before and after extended warranty procedure was executed). No A/C in 95 degree F conditions.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jul 2025
Dec 2024

Blower motor stops working, have to take fuse box cover off and move fuse assembly to regain function of blower motor. Replacing fuse only helped for a couple of months.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Oct 2024
Oct 2024

AC System faulty . Cannot defog windows. Fusebox connection is malfunctioning Changed blower motor, resistor, fuse, relay. Many vehicles are having the same issue. It needs to be recalled.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2024
Oct 2024

Issue with electrical wiring for HVAC. Air conditioner and heater goes out with no power. You have to pop the hood and press on the fuse box to get it to come back on.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Aug 2024
Jul 2024

AC stopped blowing, vehicle had 62k miles. Took to an autoshop and they indicated that the AC blower and resistor needed to be replaced. I have both of these replaced, the AC work for a few minutes and then stopped again. I took it back to the same shop and the mechanic indicated that the fuse box was melted/burned (I have a picture as evidence). This is a tremendous fire hazard and we have been leaving our car parked outside of our home out of fear that it will catch fire. Their were no warning lamps whatsoever that indicated that there was a problem. Upon further online research, it appears that numerous people are having the same issue and Kia Motors has not done anythins about it, and we are having to pay thousands of dollars for repair when it is a manufacturer defect.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2024
Jul 2024

The blower motor goes out intermittently. I replaced the blower motor but found the problem to be much greater. Upon further inspection the fuse for the blower and wiring harness are melting into eachother at the fuse box. This issue is becoming more and more prevalent in model from the year 2021-2024 the remedy is a complete wiring harness and fuse box replacement.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jul 2024
Jul 2024

The fuse pin melted into the wire harness. Kia is not recognizing this as a safety issue although they acknowledge that the melting pin could cause a fire.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2024
Jun 2024

nspected blower fuse 40A at E/R Junction block and found multi fuse & E/R Junction block melting Need replacement multi fuse and wiring repair at E/R Junction block Service adviser recommends performing repair which is a known issue for Kia, because the electrical short could create a fire The AC stopped working, got it repaired and within a month it failed again, took it to dealership and they said it was a known issue, but not a safety recall.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2024
Apr 2024

I bought my Kia k5, my blower motor went out upon inspection the problem was a multilink fuse for the blower motor. The fuse is burning the wiring harness, I believe this to be a fire hazard. After some research I believe this to be a common issue with this particular car.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Apr 2024
Feb 2024

Air conditioner blower goes on and off intermittently without any pattern. Sometimes it will work for days and then will not turn on again. There is no rhyme or reason to it. Without the blower working I cannot defog / defrost my windshield and gives me poor visibility. Brought it to the Kia dealership they said the fuse wire harness has melted and fused into the engine block. They went on say that it will cost around $5000.00 to fix. Because I drive frequently I am out of warranty. The service desk office manager said she has been seeing more of these come in. Sounds like a manufacturer defect and should be under recall.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jan 2024
Jan 2024

main body wiring harness grounding problem ... hvac blower motor works only some times at dealeship they found fuse melted at fuse block they want customers to pay for a new wire harness when is obvious a factory defect this can cause a fire or an accident if anything else fails while driving

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Jun 2024
Feb 2023

Vehicle radio fails to initialize wireless Apple Carplay. The process to get it to work varies. This has been an ongoing issue with the car. Dealer will not update vehicle software.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: May 2023
Jan 2021

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2021 KIA K5. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNDISCLOSED SPEED, AN UNKNOWN WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER KIA FORT WALTON BEACH (343 MIRACLE STRIP PKWY, FORT WALTON BEACH, FL 32548) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WERE ISSUES WITH TWO OF THE COMPUTER CHIPS IN THE VEHICLE THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 600.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Dec 2020
Nov 2020

KEEP LOST WIRELESS CARPLAY SCINAL.

Type: Vehicle, Vehicle: 2021 KIA K5, Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
Incident: Sep 2020

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Quick Summary

The 2021 Kia K5 has 17 Electrical System complaints on file. Review the timeline above for detailed owner experiences.