NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2006 Kia Sportage has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 17, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Kia Sportage. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 111
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Kia Sportage, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Kia Sportage
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V130000
- Reported
- April 17, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 139,844
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Sportage, 4 other models
2006 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 111 owner complaints about the 2006 Kia Sportage, the newest on May 2, 2024. Of these, 8 describe a crash (7%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the air bags (34%), followed by the electrical system (20%) and the engine (14%).
The 2006 Kia Sportage's only recall does not concern the air bags.
Where 2006 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (93 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags38
- Electrical System22
- Engine15
- Vehicle Speed Control10
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)9
- Engine And Engine Cooling8
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 13 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 5 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 11 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Kia Sportage peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 13. 21% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Kia Sportage drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 10th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 111 complaints about the 2006 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2006 Kia models
Newest record on this page: May 2, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted