Reliability & cost of ownership
Kingston Essex Reliability & Common Problems
How reliable is the Kingston Essex? Compare every model year side by side — NHTSA recalls, owner complaints, and crash-test stars — then open the year you're shopping for its AI reliability outlook where NHTSA has enough data.
Kingston Essex problems by model year
8 recall entries and 0 owner complaints on file across 8 model years, sourced from the federal NHTSA database.
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | NCAP stars | Full report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2012 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2011 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2010 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2009 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2008 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2007 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |
| 2006 Essex | 1 | 0 | No NCAP test | Recalls & complaints → |