NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2005 Kia Sportage has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 8, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2005 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
- 68
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Kia Sportage
Parking brake
- Campaign
- 05V318000
- Reported
- July 8, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,672
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Kia Sportage
Fuel system, gasoline: storage
- Campaign
- 05V212000
- Reported
- May 3, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,360
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Kia Sportage
Electronic stability control: automatic (asc)
- Campaign
- 05V120000
- Reported
- March 29, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 7,619
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Kia Sportage
2005 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 68 owner complaints about the 2005 Kia Sportage, the newest on November 20, 2023. Of these, 6 describe a crash (9%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the air bags (18%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the structure (12%).
None of the 2005 Kia Sportage's 3 recalls concerns the air bags.
Where 2005 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (51 complaints), the median was 78,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags12
- Electrical System8
- Structure8
- Fuel System, Gasoline7
- Suspension7
- Unknown Or Other7
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | |
| 2007 | 4 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2016 | 5 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Kia Sportage peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 7. 29% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Kia Sportage drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 11th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 68 complaints about the 2005 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2005 Kia models
Newest record on this page: November 20, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted