Vehicle
4 recalls affect this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.
Certain 2017-2021 Sportage and 2017-2019 Cadenza vehicles have a defective hydraulic control unit that may short-circuit and ignite an engine compartment fire. Owners should park outside until repairs are completed.
Kia is recalling 2011-2018 Optima, Sportage, and Sorento vehicles that had previous engine replacements due to a potential fuel pipe defect that could cause a leak and fire.
Kia is recalling certain 2016-2023 Sorento and 2017-2022 Sportage models with factory or dealer-installed tow hitch harnesses. Moisture and debris on the harness module can cause an electrical short and fire while parked or driving.
Kia is recalling 2016-2017 Sorento and 2017 Sportage vehicles because a trailer hitch wiring malfunction may cause brake lights to stay on, confusing other drivers.
Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.
2 trims tested for 2017; overall ratings can differ by trim.
View on NHTSA.govSource: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.
Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.
774 manufacturer service bulletins across 22 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.
This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.
Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.