2025 KIA K4 — Complaint #2176588
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NHTSA Complaint about BACK OVER PREVENTION: AUTOMATIC SYSTEM BRAKING filed February 13, 2026
NHTSA complaint #2176588 (ODI reference 11717827) concerns a 2025 KIA K4 and was filed on February 13, 2026. The owner reports the failure occurred on February 13, 2026. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as back over prevention: automatic system braking, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.
The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: yes, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. A complaint that flags a crash, fire, or fatality is escalated on NHTSA's internal review queue and factors more heavily into any Preliminary Evaluation decision on this make and model. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.
Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same KIA K4 cohort independently describe similar back over prevention: automatic system braking failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2025 KIA K4 shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.
Complaint Description
The insurance claim agent called on behalf of their insured driver, who rented a 2025 Kia K4. The contact stated that while their insured driver was attempting to reverse, the reverse sensor became inoperable with no warning lights illuminated. The contact stated that the reverse sensor failed to function properly. The contact stated that due to the failure, the rear of the vehicle crashed into a barrier. The driver did not suffer any injuries, and no medical attention was required. A police report was not filed. The contact stated that the air bags did not deploy during the incident. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The rental company was made aware of the failure, and a case was opened. The failure mileage was not available.
Complaint Details
| NHTSA Complaint ID | 2176588 |
| ODI Number | 11717827 |
| Date Filed | February 13, 2026 |
| Failure Date | February 13, 2026 |
| VIN | 3KPFT4DE0SE |
Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.
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