Kia Sportage

Common Sportage problems

Across 11 model years (2015–2025), the Kia Sportage carries 28 recall campaigns, 9 of them urgent do-not-drive or park-outside orders. Owners have filed 1,496 complaints with NHTSA, which has opened 13 investigations. Crash-test ratings cover 11 of 11 model years. Choose a year below for the full report.

Safety record by model year

Counts are raw NHTSA figures and are not normalized by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

Year	Recalls	Complaints	Fuel	Report link
2025	1	54	—	Report
2024	3	73		Report
2023	6	192		Report
2022	1	46		Report
2021	2	54		Report
2020	2	162		Report
2019	2	70	—	Report
2018	3	164	—	Report
2017	4	401	—	Report
2016	2	134	—	Report
2015	2	146	—	Report

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