Kia OBD-II support

Pelican knows 81 Kia models. The OBDb has parameter data for 27 of them.

Every Kia that supports OBD-II also reports the standard parameters, such as speed and engine data.

Models

About Kia

Kia is a South Korean automaker with headquarters in Seoul. The company began in May 1944 as Kyungsung Precision Industry. It first made bicycles. Hyundai Motor Company is the largest shareholder, with about 35 percent of Kia.123

Kia sells the Sportage, Seltos and Sorento SUVs. It also sells the Telluride SUV and the K5 sedan. In 2025, Kia sold a record 3.135 million vehicles worldwide.45

The EV6 and EV9 are electric models from Kia. In 2021, Kia announced a plan to sell only electric cars in Europe by 2035.46

Kia cars sold in the United States since 1996 support OBD-II. European petrol cars have used EOBD since model year 2001.78

Footnotes

  1. About Kia Corporation, Kia Malta ↩

  2. Kia history, Kia Australia (archived) ↩

  3. Shareholders, Kia Global Brand Site ↩

  4. All Kia vehicles, Kia America ↩ ↩2

  5. Kia Announces Global Sales Record for 2025 and Shares 2026 Targets, Hyundai Motor Group ↩

  6. Kia will be fully electric in Europe by 2035, and this new EV9 will help, Top Gear ↩

  7. Vehicle Emissions On-Board Diagnostics (OBD), US Environmental Protection Agency ↩

  8. What is an on-board diagnostic OBD system, x-engineer.org ↩

  1. Kia Motors Corp, Encyclopedia.com

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