NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2022 Kia Sportage has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 19, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 Kia Sportage. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 46
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2022 Kia Sportage, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2022 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 2017–2021 Sportage, 3 other models
2022 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 46 owner complaints about the 2022 Kia Sportage, the newest on September 1, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (13%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 1 injury.
In complaints about the 2022 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the engine (46%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the forward collision avoidance (11%).
The 2022 Kia Sportage's only recall does not concern the engine.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine21
- Electrical System8
- Forward Collision Avoidance5
- Trailer Hitches4
- Unknown Or Other4
- Fuel/Propulsion System3
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 12 | |
| 2024 | 8 | |
| 2025 | 5 | |
| 2026 | 11 |
Complaints about the 2022 Kia Sportage peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 12. 76% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Kia Sportage drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Kia Sportage year in the same window: 8th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 46 complaints about the 2022 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2022 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 1, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted