NHTSA Safety Recalls
2013 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2013 Kia Sportage has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2013 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
- 381
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
22 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2013 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 2013 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 2010–2012 Sportage, 11 other models
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 2011–2012, 2014–2018 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 2011–2012 Sportage, 2 other models
2013 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 381 owner complaints about the 2013 Kia Sportage, the newest on September 15, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (1%) and 22 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2013 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (79%), followed by the electrical system (6%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (5%).
1 of the 2013 Kia Sportage's 3 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2013 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (280 complaints), the median was 98,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine301
- Unknown Or Other27
- Electrical System22
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic19
- Power Train18
- Engine And Engine Cooling14
Complaints received, by year
| 2013 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 20 | |
| 2018 | 66 | |
| 2019 | 76 | |
| 2020 | 57 | |
| 2021 | 46 | |
| 2022 | 33 | |
| 2023 | 16 | |
| 2024 | 29 | |
| 2025 | 14 | |
| 2026 | 3 |
Complaints about the 2013 Kia Sportage peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 76. 6% arrived between 2012 and 2016, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2013 vehicles, the 2013 Kia Sportage drew 0.8× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 17th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 381 complaints about the 2013 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2013 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 15, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted