NHTSA Safety Recalls
2020 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2020 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 2020 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
- 163
- Crashes reported
- 11
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2020 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 2020 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 2017–2019, 2021–2022 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 2017–2019, 2021 Sportage, 1 other model
2020 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 163 owner complaints about the 2020 Kia Sportage, the newest on October 22, 2026. Of these, 11 describe a crash (7%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2020 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (47%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the structure (6%).
None of the 2020 Kia Sportage's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2020 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (37 complaints), the median was 13,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine76
- Unknown Or Other31
- Electrical System20
- Structure10
- Engine And Engine Cooling9
- Steering8
Complaints received, by year
| 2019 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 19 | |
| 2022 | 17 | |
| 2023 | 28 | |
| 2024 | 16 | |
| 2025 | 45 | |
| 2026 | 32 |
Complaints about the 2020 Kia Sportage peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 45. 43% arrived between 2019 and 2023, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2020 vehicles, the 2020 Kia Sportage drew 3.3× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 4th highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2020 one of the Kia Sportage years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 163 complaints about the 2020 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2020 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 22, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted