NHTSA Safety Recalls
2021 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2021 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 2021 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
- 54
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
7 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2021 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 2021 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 2017–2020, 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 2017–2020 Sportage, 1 other model
2021 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 54 owner complaints about the 2021 Kia Sportage, the newest on October 2, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (6%) and 7 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2021 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (43%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (13%) and the electrical system (11%).
None of the 2021 Kia Sportage's 2 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2021 Kia Sportage owners gave the mileage (13 complaints), the median was 53,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine23
- Unknown Or Other14
- Engine And Engine Cooling7
- Electrical System6
- Power Train4
- Exterior Lighting2
Complaints received, by year
| 2020 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 5 | |
| 2024 | 4 | |
| 2025 | 12 | |
| 2026 | 20 |
Complaints about the 2021 Kia Sportage peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 20. 41% arrived between 2020 and 2024, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2021 vehicles, the 2021 Kia Sportage drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 12th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 54 complaints about the 2021 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2021 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 2, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted