Kia Sportage: recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA lists 36 recall campaigns for the Kia Sportage, model years 1995 to 2026. NHTSA has 4,694 complaints on file for this model line. 30 of the 31 model years have a page on this register.

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Model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

Kia Sportage: recall campaigns and complaints for each model year, newest first
Model year	Recall campaigns	Complaints	Share of the line average	Units in the campaigns
2026 Kia Sportage	1	27	18%	42,677
2025 Kia Sportage	1	52	34%	5,046
2024 Kia Sportage	3	71	47%	107,170
2023 Kia Sportage	6	190	125%	445,313
2022 Kia Sportage	1	46	30%	70,887
2021 Kia Sportage	2	53	35%	450,818
2020 Kia Sportage	2	161	106%	450,818
2019 Kia Sportage	2	70	46%	450,818
2018 Kia Sportage	3	164	108%	522,471
2017 Kia Sportage	4	401	265%	532,683
2016 Kia Sportage	2	131	87%	198,400
2015 Kia Sportage	2	146	96%	198,400
2014 Kia Sportage	3	123	81%	210,361
2013 Kia Sportage	3	381	252%	2,420,005
2012 Kia Sportage	5	392	259%	2,747,057
2011 Kia Sportage	6	181	120%	3,440,400
2010 Kia Sportage	2	20	13%	2,710,569
2009 Kia Sportage	3	80	53%	1,123,785
2008 Kia Sportage	3	98	65%	1,123,785
2007 Kia Sportage	2	77	51%	1,120,221
2006 Kia Sportage	1	111	73%	139,844
2005 Kia Sportage	3	68	45%	21,651
2003 Kia Sportage NHTSA page	0	4	3%
2002 Kia Sportage	1	234	155%	35,090
2001 Kia Sportage	0	228	151%
2000 Kia Sportage	2	304	201%	318,076
1999 Kia Sportage	3	284	188%	368,236
1998 Kia Sportage	3	303	200%	306,348
1997 Kia Sportage	3	181	120%	290,185
1996 Kia Sportage	3	57	38%	213,892
1995 Kia Sportage	2	56	37%	191,025

The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.

A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.

Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Components in the complaints

6,842 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

Kia Sportage: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component	Per 1,000	Mentions
Engine	219.1	1,499
Electrical System	96	657
Engine and Engine Cooling	77.5	530
Power Train	71.2	487
Unknown or Other	70.3	481
Service Brakes, Hydraulic	67.2	460
Air Bags	43.6	298
Structure	42.2	289
Fuel System, Gasoline	41.2	282
Visibility	30.1	206

Counts by year

Recall campaigns that name the Kia Sportage, by the year NHTSA received the report. The largest year is 2022, with 5 campaigns.

Complaints about the Kia Sportage, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 2022, with 355 complaints.

Other model lines of the make

Sorento40 campaigns
Optima22 campaigns
Soul15 campaigns
Forte18 campaigns
Sedona23 campaigns
Telluride19 campaigns
Sephia8 campaigns
RIO11 campaigns
Spectra2 campaigns
Seltos4 campaigns
EV65 campaigns
K59 campaigns
Carnival7 campaigns
Niro6 campaigns
Rondo5 campaigns
Optima Hybrid5 campaigns
EV910 campaigns
Amanti2 campaigns
Cadenza6 campaigns
Stinger7 campaigns
Sportage Hybrid2 campaigns
Sedona EX1 campaign
Sorento Hybrid6 campaigns
Borrego4 campaigns
Niro EV6 campaigns
Carnival Hybrid1 campaign
K9004 campaigns
Niro Phev3 campaigns
K43 campaigns
Forte Koup5 campaigns
Sorento Phev8 campaigns
Soul EV5 campaigns
Sportage Phev3 campaigns
Optima Phev2 campaigns
Telluride Hybrid2 campaigns

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Official channels

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Cite this page

Recall Register. Kia Sportage: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/sportage/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through 30 Sep 2026.

Sources

Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence: US government work, public domain
Recall file through: 30 Sep 2026
Complaint file through: 30 Sep 2026
Manufacturer in the recall file: KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.

The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.

Questions

Which Kia Sportage model years have the most recall campaigns?: 2023 with 6, 2011 with 6, 2012 with 5. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
Which Kia Sportage model year has the most complaints?: The 2017 model year, with 401 of the 4,694 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
Which components do the complaints about the Kia Sportage name?: Engine: 219.1 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 96 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 77.5 per 1,000 component mentions.
How many NHTSA investigations name the Kia Sportage?: 19 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.