STRUCTURE:BODY:ROOF AND PILLARS
A detached roof molding can create a road hazard for other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.
6 safety recall campaigns, 306 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
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.
A detached roof molding can create a road hazard for other vehicles, increasing the risk of a crash.
An electric oil pump assembly that overheats increases the risk of a vehicle fire.
A loss of power brake assist can extend the distance required to stop, increasing the risk of a crash.
A blank instrument cluster display will not show critical information, such as tire pressure, warning messages, and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash.
A twisted air bag can deploy improperly, increasing the risk of injury.
An engine stall increases the risk of a crash, and an electrical surge increases the risk of a fire.
Two 2023 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.