NHTSA Safety Recalls
2012 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2012 Kia Sportage has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2012 Kia Sportage. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 392
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
16 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2012 Kia Sportage, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2012 Kia Sportage
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 23V652000
- Reported
- September 25, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,730,192
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011, 2013 Sportage, 11 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 20V750000
- Reported
- December 2, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 294,756
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 5 other models
Engine
- Campaign
- 19V101000
- Reported
- February 15, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,296
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011 Sportage
Fuel system, gasoline: delivery: hoses, lines/piping, and fittings
- Campaign
- 18V907000
- Reported
- December 19, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 71,653
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013–2018 Sportage, 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: engine
- Campaign
- 17V224000
- Reported
- March 31, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 618,160
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2011, 2013 Sportage, 2 other models
2012 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 392 owner complaints about the 2012 Kia Sportage, the newest on June 26, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (2%) and 16 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2012 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (84%), followed by the electrical system (7%) and the power train (5%).
2 of the 2012 Kia Sportage's 5 recalls also concern the engine.
Where 2012 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (315 complaints), the median was 98,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine328
- Electrical System29
- Unknown Or Other23
- Power Train21
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic11
- Fuel/Propulsion System6
Complaints received, by year
| 2011 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 2 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 2 | |
| 2016 | 9 | |
| 2017 | 40 | |
| 2018 | 66 | |
| 2019 | 100 | |
| 2020 | 66 | |
| 2021 | 24 | |
| 2022 | 29 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 18 | |
| 2025 | 7 | |
| 2026 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2012 Kia Sportage peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 100. 5% arrived between 2011 and 2015, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2012 vehicles, the 2012 Kia Sportage drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 16th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 392 complaints about the 2012 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2012 Kia models
Newest record on this page: June 26, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted