2026 Kia Sportage: owner complaints and recalls

Owners have filed 22 complaints on the 2026 Kia Sportage, and NHTSA has issued 1 recall. The most cited component is the Unknown Or Other (7 complaints).

22
Complaints
1
Recalls
4
Crash reports
0
Fire reports
0
Injuries
63.3
Severity index

Severity index 63.3 Medium. The index weights crashes, fires, injuries and fatalities per 100 complaints. How it is calculated.

Middle half of all tracked vehiclesThis vehicle: 63.3p25 46p75 80cleanestworst
Severity index against the quartile range for all tracked vehicles.

Components cited in complaints

Unknown Or OtherUnknown Or Other: 7 complaints (31.8%)7 32%Service BrakesService Brakes: 6 complaints (27.3%)6 27%Electrical SystemElectrical System: 5 complaints (22.7%)5 23%Forward Collision Avoid…Forward Collision Avoidance: 4 complaints (18.2%)4 18%StructureStructure: 4 complaints (18.2%)4 18%Fuel/Propulsion SystemFuel/Propulsion System: 3 complaints (13.6%)3 14%Lane DepartureLane Departure: 2 complaints (9.1%)2 9%HydraulicHydraulic: 1 complaints (4.5%)1 5%
A single complaint can cite more than one component, so shares total over 100%.
ComponentComplaintsShare of complaints citing it
UNKNOWN OR OTHER731.8%
SERVICE BRAKES627.3%
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM522.7%
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE418.2%
STRUCTURE418.2%
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM313.6%
LANE DEPARTURE29.1%
HYDRAULIC14.5%

Complaints filed per year

09182025: 42026: 18 (partial year)252618
Complaints by the calendar year they were filed. The hatched bar is the current year to date.
YearComplaints
20254
2026 (year to date)18

Recall campaigns

CampaignReportedComponentSummary
26V04600027/01/2026ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANELKia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Kia K4, 2025-2026 Sorento, Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage PHEV, K5, EV9, Carnival, and Carnival Hybrid vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel disp
Source. NHTSA public complaint and recall APIs (api.nhtsa.gov), retrieved 2026-07-25. Complaints are unverified consumer reports. Totals vary with units sold and years on the road. Not affiliated with NHTSA or any manufacturer.