NHTSA Safety Recalls
2019 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2019 Kia Sportage has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 19, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2019 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
- 71
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2019 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 2019 Kia Sportage
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 22V703000
- Reported
- September 19, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,887
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018, 2020–2022 Sportage, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 21V137000
- Reported
- March 4, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 379,931
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2017–2018, 2020–2021 Sportage, 1 other model
2019 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 71 owner complaints about the 2019 Kia Sportage, the newest on October 19, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (4%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2019 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (52%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the fuel/propulsion system (10%).
None of the 2019 Kia Sportage's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2019 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (23 complaints), the median was 32,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine37
- Unknown Or Other15
- Electrical System11
- Fuel/Propulsion System7
- Power Train7
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic4
Complaints received, by year
| 2018 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 5 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 5 | |
| 2023 | 10 | |
| 2024 | 11 | |
| 2025 | 16 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2019 Kia Sportage peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 16. 32% arrived between 2018 and 2022, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2019 vehicles, the 2019 Kia Sportage drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 13th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 71 complaints about the 2019 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2019 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 19, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted