NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Kia Sportage · model year 2005
2005 Kia Sportage
Owners submitted 68 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 5th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2003 to 2007 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is airbags. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Airbags · 16% · group n = 15Fuel system · 15% · group n = 14Electrical · 9% · group n = 8Structure · 9% · group n = 8Other · 8% · group n = 7
68
Complaint records on file
78,600
Median mileage at the reported problem · 51 complaints reported mileage
16%
Of classified component reports name airbags · group n = 15
5th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 29 model years
Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns
Cluster 1 of 32005 Kia Sportage
Brake performance · 10 reports
Reports describe braking performance concerns
Cluster 2 of 32005 Kia Sportage
Stalling or shutdown · 8 reports
Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving
Cluster 3 of 32005 Kia Sportage
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
Records through 2026-07-19Published 2026-08-02 · Updated 2026-07-19
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.