NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 80
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 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 2008 Sportage
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 16V815000
- Reported
- November 10, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,704
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2008 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Sportage, 8 other models
2009 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 80 owner complaints about the 2009 Kia Sportage, the newest on September 23, 2025. Of these, 4 describe a crash (5%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the electrical system (23%), followed by the air bags (20%) and the steering (18%).
1 of the 2009 Kia Sportage's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2009 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (64 complaints), the median was 64,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System18
- Air Bags16
- Steering14
- Engine10
- Service Brakes8
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic8
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 8 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 10 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Kia Sportage peaked in 2015, when NHTSA received 10. 14% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Kia Sportage drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 18th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2009 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 80 complaints about the 2009 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2009 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 23, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted