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2026 Kia K5 Consumer Reviews

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Final assembly in South Korea

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2025 GT

GT, 06/13/2024
2025 Kia K5 GT 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl Turbo 8AM)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Gorgeous and quick. Comfortable and the twin 12 inch displays are cool. Love it.

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Young grandpa

Paul, 11/04/2023
updated 05/08/2025
2024 Kia K5 EX 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful

Sporty yet practical. Great value with all the features and safety. Great gas mileage Great warranty. I bought my wife a new K5 a year ago and bought myself one this year. No buyers remorse, just love it every time I drive it

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Trim falling off of 2024 Kia K5 GT

Laura Delray Beach FL, 08/29/2024
2024 Kia K5 GT-Line 4dr Sedan (1.6L 4cyl Turbo 8A)
7 of 10 people found this review helpful

I bought the car last Nov. 2023 and noticed 2 months ago that the trim near the roof was very loose and lifting up. Kia said had to order 2 new trim pieces but I keep getting told that it is in BO and they have no idea when the trim pieces will be in. I already lost one of the pieces as it fell off and I do not know where this happened. Very poor cs. serv. as they should be able to at least tell you when they will receive the pieces, instead all I get is "on backorder and have no idea when the pieces will arrive." That is not a satisfactory response!!! This is Kia Delray Beach.

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Sharp & Quiet Ride - GT-Line Fun.

Jack , 03/19/2025
2025 Kia K5 GT-Line 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful

I bought my car only 4 weeks ago. I traded in my 2019 Camry SE that I really liked, and had no problems. I read a lot about the K5 and was impressed enough to look at it. The test ride was perfect, and it looked sharped and drove smooth & quiet . Very insulated ride. I believe the windows are special to deaden noise. I then drove it to Florida and back, about 3,500 miles. My intially impession. Very quiet and smooth ride. Very well balanced handling and driving. Many features. I got the Wolf Grey with the Red syn Seats. I was really impressed with the quietness of the car, I was mostly going 80 mph, and virtually no wind noise, and I was getting around 37- 38.5 mpg on average (checking per each fill up) surpassing the EPA estimate and this is with two people and lot of luggage etc. I found the seats very comfortable, and the Bose stereo was really great. Nice to have the panoramic roof, to let more light in when needed. Excellent room inside, and loaded with alot of nice features. The only thing negative thing I would say is it combined heating & media controls which shares the same screen based on a screen press toggle. That took somewhat time to get use to etc. The Nav system was dead on and very timely in instructions. ride was very balanced. Decent room for luggage and the trunk arms have their own insert sleeving so your luggage won't get ruined once shut. I know these cars don't have the resale value of the Camry, but they do have a very good rating for durability from what I read. BTW, the engine uses the same setup as my Camry with 2 injectors per cylinder. One for port injection the second for Direct injection. It's no secret as to why since Direct inject engine have a problem with carbon build up after 40K miles. This greatly reduces that problem, hence why Toyota and I think Ford went that route. Only time will tell, but after hard driving for long hours, it was excellent!!!

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Infotainment extreme

Gary, 12/29/2024
2025 Kia K5 EX 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 8A)
4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Ride and quietness are outstanding. Info screens are unbelievably complete, but not as intuitive as I would like - takes some time to understand.

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