NHTSA Safety Recalls
Kia Sportage Phev Recalls by Year
NHTSA's files hold 2 recall campaigns for the Kia Sportage Phev, across 1 model year from 2023 to 2023.
- Model years
- 1
- Recall campaigns
- 2
- Most recalls
- 2023
- Owner complaints
- 36
2023–2023, with a recall
2 recalls
all model years, NHTSA
Owners have filed 36 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Sportage Phev across 4 model years; the most, 16, concern the 2023.
Owners marked a crash on 4 of the Kia Sportage Phev complaints (11%) and a fire on 0.
Across all Kia Sportage Phev model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 8 complaints), then the electrical system (8).
NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Sportage Phev in 2024: 12, across all model years.
The component recalled most often on the Kia Sportage Phev is electrical system: instrument cluster/panel, in 1 model-year listing.
The newest Kia Sportage Phev recall, 25V874000, was reported on December 17, 2025 and concerns the trailer hitches.
Kia Sportage Phev years to avoid
Too few Kia Sportage Phev model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 0 of the 5 needed.
The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method
Recalls and complaints by model year
| Year | Recalls | Complaints | First years | vs median year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0 | 2 | — | not ranked |
| 2025 | 0 | 6 | — | not ranked |
| 2024 | 0 | 12 | — | not ranked |
| 2023 | 2 | 16 | — | not ranked |
First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia Sportage Phev years without a link have no recall page on this site.
What gets recalled most on the Kia Sportage Phev
- ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
- TRAILER HITCHES1
Kia Sportage Phev model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.
Every Kia Sportage Phev recall campaign (2)
Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Sportage Phev. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.
Newest record on this page: October 21, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted