22V703000
TRAILER HITCHES
A fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2018 KIA SPORTAGE
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 222 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints222
Complaints citing a crash11
Complaints citing a fire14
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 3 of 3
21V137000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire can increase the risk of injury.
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
What owners report most
- 86ENGINE
- 27ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 19UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 17POWER TRAIN
- 10FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
- 9STEERING
- 8VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
- 6EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2018 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.