Model overview · 20 published model years
Kia Sportage complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Kia Sportage model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
3,797
Matched complaint incidents
1999
Highest signal in this published set
7.8
Signal for that model year
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2023Sportage2021 to 2025 compact suv5.9interval 5.1 to 6.9182matched incidents2020Sportage2018 to 2022 compact suv2.1interval 1.6 to 2.4157matched incidents2019Sportage2017 to 2021 compact suv0.4interval 0.1 to 0.468matched incidents2018Sportage2016 to 2020 compact suv0.6interval 0.6 to 0.9159matched incidents2017Sportage2015 to 2019 compact suv3.6interval 2.6 to 4.4396matched incidents2016Sportage2014 to 2018 compact suv0.4interval 0.1 to 0.6130matched incidents2015Sportage2013 to 2017 compact suv0.9interval 0.6 to 1.1146matched incidents2014Sportage2012 to 2016 compact suv0.6interval 0.6 to 0.9122matched incidents2013Sportage2011 to 2015 compact suv5.1interval 4.4 to 5.6380matched incidents2012Sportage2010 to 2014 compact suv5.1interval 4.9 to 5.9392matched incidents2011Sportage2009 to 2013 compact suv2.6interval 2.4 to 2.6181matched incidents2009Sportage2007 to 2011 compact suv2.2interval 1.4 to 2.780matched incidents2008Sportage2006 to 2010 compact suv3.0interval 2.2 to 3.398matched incidents2007Sportage2005 to 2009 compact suv1.8interval 0.9 to 2.877matched incidents2006Sportage2004 to 2008 compact suv2.9interval 2.3 to 3.2111matched incidents2005Sportage2003 to 2007 compact suv0.5interval 0.2 to 1.468matched incidents2002Sportage2000 to 2004 compact suv4.8interval 3.9 to 4.8234matched incidents2001Sportage1999 to 2003 compact suv4.8interval 4.3 to 5.2228matched incidents2000Sportage1998 to 2002 compact suv7.5interval 6.6 to 8.0304matched incidents1999Sportage1997 to 2001 compact suv7.8interval 7.8 to 9.3284matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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