23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2011 KIA SPORTAGE
6 safety recall campaigns, 4 defect investigations (1 open), 264 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations41 open
Owner complaints264
Complaints citing a crash10
Complaints citing a fire10
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
19V101000
ENGINE
A damaged engine can increase the risk of a fire or it can cause an engine stall, increasing the risk of a crash.
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
17V224000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
15V360000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Whenever the brake switch is not working, the brake lights will not illuminate, reducing the ability to warn other motorists of the driver's intentions of stopping, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V114000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of PARK without first applying the brake. This may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 77ENGINE
- 37ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 23POWER TRAIN
- 23UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 12SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 12SERVICE BRAKES
- 9STEERING
- 9EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2011 KIA SPORTAGEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.