NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2002 Kia Sportage has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 16, 2007.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Kia Sportage. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 234
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- Not rated
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
On a 2002 Kia Sportage, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 Kia Sportage
Engine and engine cooling: cooling system: fan
- Campaign
- 07V161000
- Reported
- April 16, 2007
- Vehicles affected
- up to 35,090
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Kia Sportage
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Sportage, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000–2001 Sportage, 46 other models
2002 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 234 owner complaints about the 2002 Kia Sportage, the newest on July 27, 2017. Of these, 15 describe a crash (6%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 9 injuries.
In complaints about the 2002 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (29%), followed by the fuel system, gasoline (17%) and the power train (10%).
1 of the 2002 Kia Sportage's 3 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2002 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (152 complaints), the median was 59,528 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling69
- Fuel System, Gasoline40
- Power Train23
- Structure23
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic21
- Fuel/Propulsion System20
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 29 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 24 | |
| 2004 | 23 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 20 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 17 | |
| 2010 | 17 | |
| 2011 | 18 | |
| 2012 | 8 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2002 Kia Sportage peaked in 2002, when NHTSA received 29. 38% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Kia Sportage drew 2.8× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 5th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Kia Sportage years to avoid by our method.
The 234 complaints about the 2002 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2002 Kia models
Newest record on this page: July 27, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted