r/KiaNiro

2024 Kia Niro PHEV 22296 miles. According to my last oil change I've still got a couple thousand miles to go at 25382. But the car has started telling me, again, it wants an oil change. We are taking a long road trip, a few thousand miles, in a few weeks. Should I get the oil changed? wait a couple more weeks? wait until we get back in November? I think I read somewhere that you need more frequent changes if you take a lot of short trips, which we do, just a couple of miles on days we drive it with an very occasional road trip. Thoughts?

A few weeks ago we had a HEV and check engine light come on during a long drive in our 2019 Niro HEV with 185,000 KM. Up until this point we have had no major issues with the car. We took it to our mechanic and he took a look and said didn't see anything wrong with it. So he cleared the error and we used it for a few weeks without any issue. However during another long drive we had the same lights pop up again. I took a look at a few things and noticed the coolant for the battery was low. So I filled it up and the lights disappeared again for another week or so. Then the lights continued to come on when ever we drove it. The car seemed fine to drive, however it was a little jerky when shifting gears.

We took it in to Kia to have them run a diagnostics check. They came back with a quote to replace the engine clutch assembly and slave cylinder. It was roughly $1000 for parts and $2000 (CAD) for labor. The service agent that I spoke with mentioned that the car would be fine to drive short distances. But that the repair would need to be done at some point.

I brought that quote to our mechanic and he suggested we should trade the car in. Apparently the transmission needs to come out it is a rather large job.

My question is has anyone ever run in to this issue with their Niro? What was the outcome? I'm curious to know if it would be worth fixing or if we should just trade it in.

I have a 2022 Kia Niro EV with about 23k miles. I’ve recently noticed a faint repetitive “click click click click” when moving very slowly, and it seems especially noticeable when braking/decelerating.

The car drives and brakes normally otherwise — no warning lights, grinding, vibration, or loss of power.
I’ve read about the Niro EV “Wheel of Fortune” motor/reduction gear issue (TSB ELE234), so naturally I’m wondering if this could be an early sign of that, or if this sounds more like normal brake/rotor/caliper noise.

For anyone who has had the Wheel of Fortune issue:

Did yours start as a very faint clicking?
Was it noticeable during braking/regen?
Did it also happen while accelerating/coasting?
Did the clicking get faster with vehicle speed?
What did Kia ultimately diagnose/replace?

I’m taking the car to Kia for recall work anyway and plan to ask them to road-test it and check the noise while it’s there.

Would appreciate hearing what yours sounded like, especially if you have a video/recording to compare.

We (had) a Niro EV hit some road debris unavoidably recently. It was fine for a week or two, then kaput. Damaged battery casing, total loss. Apparently our model year had a less robust undercarriage. Shrug. Oh well.

I have a 2020 Niro PHEV with 86,000 km / 53,000 miles, and I’ve noticed some slightly odd behaviour during gear changes.

It’s by far most noticeable when driving on the electric motor. During acceleration, it feels like the car briefly increases its pull around the gear change, followed by a noticeable jerk. It happens at the same shift points and gets more noticeable with harder acceleration, especially when using adaptive cruise control.

I can also feel that the shifts aren’t always completely smooth when the petrol engine is running, but it’s much more noticeable in EV driving. Hot or cold doesn’t seem to make any difference.

My local mechanic test-drove it but couldn’t find anything they considered abnormal.

I’ve discussed it with AI, which mentioned DCT adaptation/touch point learning or software as possible explanations. That’s only a theory though, and I don’t want to focus too much on it.

Has anyone with a Niro PHEV experienced something similar? Is this just normal behaviour for this transmission, or did you find a cause/fix?

I pretty much only drive on East TX highways. Has anyone here tried to use the treadwear warranty? Are the Continentals better for tread and economy?

My car didn't have battery a few minutes after I stopped it. It happened many times so I had to use my manual key. Then one day, there was the message ""Check Hybrid system. Turn engine off", my car couldn't drive past 15 mph. It happened 3 times so I brought it to the Kia garage.

I was confident that it would be covered by the 100,000 miles battery warranty and I have 91,000 miles. I left my car there for 3 days, my kids missed 1 day of school, I had to rent a car and now, the supervisor told me that The part number 37507G2120 (control module) is under basic warranty (which expired) and not under battery warranty..

The cost of the repair is $1500. That's a lot for me. Should I try to call another Kia garage or just pay $1500o

I have 26k miles and my transmission feels fine and ive had no issues with the car. Im curious those if you with similar years, but with more miles, have experienced with the HEV niro.

I recently purchased a 2023 Kia Niro. I love everything except the sun reflection that blast my eyes from the center console during the day. Does anyone have a solution for that? I’ve just been putting a straw hat on top of it, but then I don’t have access to the gearshift.

2018 Niro HEV. Yesterday I was driving in a storm. Driving in town, moderately heavy rain, wet (but not flooded) roads. Driving a steady 35mph. Suddenly the car dings and says "Check Hybrid System - Turn Engine Off". The engine did indeed turn off, but the car ran on electric power. I went a couple blocks, pulled into a parking lot, turned the car off and on again, and it ran normally and got me to work and back.

Here's where things get weird. Last night I pulled out a code scanner. There are no stored codes. There are no pending codes. All emissions checks are healthy. All diagnostic scans are healthy, including the engine, transmission, BCM, and inverter. The hybrid battery reads healthy.

So ... wtf? The car seems fine. I'd expect any condition severe enough to shut down the engine and put the car in limp mode should store a DTC. I wondered if my scanner is missing a proprietary DTC, but:

1. It recognizes the BCM.

2. It's able to read proprietary diagnostic codes, because it was able to tell me that the right front TPMS sensor is bad (which I already knew, and is unrelated).

Has anyone had the car go into limp mode without any stored faults?

Hello we purchased a 2025 Kia Niro PHEV 2 months ago and have only used 1/4 tank of gas since my commute is short. Do I need to do something about all this fuel I haven’t used as I’m sure I won’t use the whole tank the dealership filled up for us 2 months ago. My husband was saying he will put fuel stabilizer in it but I’m worried that will wreck something. I’m sure the dealership only put in regular gas. Also I have no clue when to get my first oil change. Bought the car June 13th and they’ve scheduled it for December but my son says to do it under 2000kms for the first one, what do you think?
EDIT thanks everyone. I will drive with the fuel to burn it off and put premium in next time and use fuel stabilizer if it sits too long

I recently purchased a 2023 Hybrid Niro. Most things about it are great. One thing I absolutely freakin hate is how the exterior lights - front and back - flash on and off and make a beeping noise every single time i open or close the trunk with the button. I HATE THIS! Does anyone know how to turn this feature off? Is it possible? I go camping quite a bit, and when the car is parked and OFF at camp, I want to open and close the trunk as much as i want without getting blasted with flashing headlights and taillights in the peaceful darkness. It is truly so obnoxious. Anyone else annoyed by this? Please help! I have searched and searched through every setting and looked online for answers, but the only tricks i can find are about the interior trunk light (which is also quite awful and bright white and on the side of the trunk, but that’s a separate post). Nothing about the exterior lights. Why the HELL do these lights need to go off like that when opening the trunk anyway? Drives me bonkers!

End rant. Thanks for enduring that and i welcome any and all possible fixes. Please help!!!