NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2008 Kia Sportage has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 24, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 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
- 98
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
24 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 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 2008 Kia Sportage
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 22V800000
- Reported
- October 24, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,704
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2009 Sportage
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 16V815000
- Reported
- November 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,704
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2009 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 2007, 2009–2011 Sportage, 8 other models
2008 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 98 owner complaints about the 2008 Kia Sportage, the newest on August 27, 2024. Of these, 2 describe a crash (2%) and 24 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the electrical system (28%), followed by the engine (17%) and the service brakes (15%).
1 of the 2008 Kia Sportage's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (64 complaints), the median was 79,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System27
- Engine17
- Service Brakes15
- Structure13
- Power Train12
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)9
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 4 | |
| 2011 | 3 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 8 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 7 | |
| 2024 | 5 |
Complaints about the 2008 Kia Sportage peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 13. 18% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Kia Sportage drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 14th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 98 complaints about the 2008 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2008 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 27, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted