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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 1,443 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 normalised by how many were sold, so a high-volume year tends to show more of everything.

YearRecallsComplaintsRatingFuelReport link
2025149Report
2024365Report
20236182Report
2022144Report
2021247Report
20202157Report
2019268Report
20183159Report
20174396Report
20162130Report
20152146Report