NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2007 Kia Sportage has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on April 1, 2013.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Kia Sportage. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 77
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Kia Sportage, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2007 Kia Sportage
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V114000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 980,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011 Sportage, 8 other models
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V130000
- Reported
- April 17, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 139,844
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006 Sportage, 4 other models
2007 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 77 owner complaints about the 2007 Kia Sportage, the newest on August 24, 2025. Of these, 10 describe a crash (13%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the exterior lighting (16%).
2 of the 2007 Kia Sportage's 2 recalls also concern the exterior lighting.
Where 2007 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (57 complaints), the median was 69,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags13
- Electrical System13
- Exterior Lighting12
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)11
- Steering10
- Service Brakes9
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 4 | |
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2007 Kia Sportage peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 9. 25% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Kia Sportage drew 0.7× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 19th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2007 one of the three best-measured Kia Sportage years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 77 complaints about the 2007 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2007 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 24, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted