NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2016 Kia Sportage has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 2, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 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
- 134
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 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 2016 Kia Sportage
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 22V051000
- Reported
- February 2, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 126,747
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2014–2015 Sportage, 1 other model
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 2011–2015, 2017–2018 Sportage, 2 other models
2016 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 134 owner complaints about the 2016 Kia Sportage, the newest on October 13, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (6%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2016 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (46%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (23%) and the electrical system (13%).
1 of the 2016 Kia Sportage's 2 recalls also concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2016 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (48 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine62
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic31
- Unknown Or Other18
- Electrical System17
- Fuel/Propulsion System9
- Power Train8
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 7 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 7 | |
| 2022 | 56 | |
| 2023 | 11 | |
| 2024 | 10 | |
| 2025 | 8 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2016 Kia Sportage peaked in 2022, when NHTSA received 56. 22% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Kia Sportage drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 9th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 134 complaints about the 2016 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2016 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 13, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted