NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Kia Sportage Recalls
The 2025 Kia Sportage has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on December 17, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 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
- 55
- Crashes reported
- 5
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 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 2025 Kia Sportage
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 25V874000
- Reported
- December 17, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 5,046
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Sportage, 1 other model
2025 Kia Sportage complaints by year
NHTSA has received 55 owner complaints about the 2025 Kia Sportage, the newest on October 21, 2026. Of these, 5 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 8 injuries.
In complaints about the 2025 Kia Sportage, the component group named most often is the electrical system (27%), followed by the forward collision avoidance (18%) and the engine (13%).
The 2025 Kia Sportage's only recall does not concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other21
- Electrical System15
- Forward Collision Avoidance10
- Engine7
- Power Train6
- Service Brakes6
Complaints received, by year
| 2025 | 27 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 28 |
Complaints about the 2025 Kia Sportage peaked in 2026, when NHTSA received 28.
The 2025 is too new to rank against other Kia Sportage years: its window closes at the end of 2028.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 55 complaints about the 2025 Kia Sportage are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sportage by model year
Other 2025 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted