Kia Access User Reviews

Customer Experience

Positive experience31.9% of reviews
Neutral12.9% of reviews
Negative experience55.2% of reviews

~ Based on 1,437 written reviews from the US App Store.

What users say

Is Kia Access Safe?

Kia Access appears safe based on user ratings. AppsHunter Safety Score for Kia Access is 94/100.

This assessment is based on 396,529 user ratings, with an App Store average of 4.7/5.

Safety Analysis

93.1% of ratings point to a safe experience
2.3% of ratings suggest some concerns
4.6% of ratings point to a risky experience

~ Based on 396,529 App Store ratings for Kia Access.

Is Kia Access Legit?

Kia Access appears to be a legitimate app. AppsHunter Legitimacy Score for Kia Access is 83/100.

Based on 83 of 100 points across 7 verification signals from App Store and developer data.

Top reviews

Needs updating

This is very frustrating to use.. I constantly have to verify the account

Subscription nonsense

Subscription culture for a car you paid for is theft.

Love the app, but…

This app is very convenient for locking doors and vehicle info like gas, etc. I wish Kia offered a low cost plan for basic needs such as this.

Poor software + $15/mo

There are barely two or three useful features. No dog mode. How hard is that to code?! $15/mo+ if you want to be able to preheat or cool your car. Total rip off.

Very good app

Easy to use. Could be better if we could set charging times.

Not good

I love the EV nine but the app is terrible. Please try to replicate the Tesla app. They do it way better.

21 k5

Since Kia updated their system my 21 k5 can no longer get app access

Pathetic

This app is an embarrassment to Kia.

The remote entry only works occasionally and then only if it is currently connected. In other words you need to close and open the app each time that you walk up to your car and hope for the best. Forget about opening the passenger door for a guest. If you are lucky enough for it to work you will probably need to walk around to the driver side to unlock the doors. Driver side seems to work about 50% of the time and passenger side about 25%.

If you want to turn charging on and off remotely you better buy a Tesla.

I really like my Sorrento PHEV but Kia really needs to figure out their app.
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Change key fab start length

Why does the car turn off so quickly when starting with the key fab?

Forward thinking

This is an impressive vehicle. So many of the amenities that comfort passengers missing in other EVs have been addressed in this vehicle.

Too expensive

To Renew subscription is way too expensive. I was told by the dealer that Kia would send me a code for a reduced year rate. But they haven’t. Even after contacting corporate. Very disappointed

Getting started

My call to the support team resulted in a non answer or solution. The team bento be more skilled in addressing and resolving issues related to MSN-short codes being blocked resulting in the failure to verify the phone number linked to an account. This resulted in connecting to two additional support groups to resolve the problem
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Terrible app

Constantly makes you log in and doesn’t work when you need it.

Thank you for the reply. That’s unnecessary security. Ford doesn’t do it, Tesla doesn’t do it. It’s super annoying when trying to get into the vehicle or start climate.

Also the app is cluttered. You should literally just copy what Tesla did, verbatim.
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Not please regretting buying it.

We are totally frustrated with our new car. So many weird things happening. 1. Used the Valet option once and can’t get it to turn off, called Service and never got a call back. 2. The GPS sent us to literal DEADENDtwice. 3. My Kia Access won’t recognize us. 4. My first payment, I had setup an automatic withdrawal from bank. I never received any notification about taking the payment, so in fear of making my payment late I sent another payment. Now my account shows two payments made. We are not satisfied at all.
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Best kia service

I buy every car from Joe he has the best family! Everyone is so helpful in this store. Love them and my KIA K 5🫶👍🏼

must have!!!

fantastic

Fab

U lous

Convenience

This app allows me to remotely manage my vehicle from starting with climate control in both winter and summer at work to checking fuel levels, lock my vehicle and even schedule maintenance

Bad interaction with apple products

The app keeps logging me out when I needed the most. Also, bad interaction with Apple Watch, I was never able to lock or do anything through the watch, so I have to stop doing everything I’m doing and grab my phone, just to realize that I’m logged out from the app, so sign in again, and it won’t recognize my face for Face ID so type or look for the password, wait for a code or email, very inconvenient and doesn’t serve the purpose for what this should be intended. Hopefully it will be fixed soon
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Stop logging me out every two fobbing days

Stop it. It’s my phone, needing my unlock code or Face ID, ten failed logins and the device locks.

Stop logging me out of your stupid app.

I got a canned reply from developers that shows that they don’t know how smart phones work.

“The app will sign out for security purposes. If your phone has Face ID or Touch ID, you can use those to sign into the app quicker.”

They’re doing security theater and being a useless nuisance. If someone can get to the app login screen, the forgot password function only requires access to the related email address or phone number(SMS message) to reset the password. Guess what, you incompetent buffoons, if they can get that far on the device that automatically logged out the app, they have access to both of those reset options already.

I repeat: Stop it. It’s my phone, no one can get to the app without my unlock code or Face ID. Ten failed logins and the device will erase it self. That’s actual security.

Stop logging me out of your stupid app.

Everything is security theater and capitalism rewards incompetence with a paycheck as long as you’ll do the same silly song and dance as the rest of the incompetent gainfully employed. I’m going to gleefully lie on my next job interview and nail it. I’m going to print this silly nonsense out and re-read it every time I get anxious about a job interview.
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