Vehicle report
2027 KIA CARNIVAL
This model year
What the record shows
The 2027 Kia Carnival is a two-wheel-drive minivan, and the 30th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1998 to 2027.
The EPA rated one configuration: a single 3.5-litre six-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S8) and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
No complaints, recalls, investigations or service bulletins are on the federal record for this model year.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.