2018 Kia Sportage — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 164 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Kia Sportage — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
181 complaints
392 complaints
381 complaints
124 complaints
146 complaints
134 complaints
401 complaints
164 complaints
70 complaints
162 complaints
54 complaints
46 complaints
192 complaints
73 complaints
54 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
We own a 2018 Kia Sportage. We never had any problems with it, UNTIL NOW. I Drove it to work one morning, and was on the way home and suddenly without warning, no lights, or indicators came on, and the car started to shake, and lost full throttle response in the MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. Immediately pulled over! Tried starting the car again, but the car was not cranking. We had to to…
CAR SHIFTS TO LOW MODE FROM 50-20MPH ON ITS OWN SLOW DECELERATION WHEN STOPPING SLOW ACCELERATION WHEN STATIONARY
THE ENTIRE CAR CAUGHT FIRE. ALL ELECTRIC WIRES CAUGHT FIRE AND THE CAR IT WAS PARK IN MY HOUSE .
Defective exterior rear passenger door handle came off completely when opening door.
I HAD MY KIA SPORTAGE OIL CHANGED, WAS TOLD MY A/C COMPRESSOR HOSE AT THE COMPRESSOR WAS LEAKING, CRIMP FIT, FACTORY DEFECT IS WHAT HE SAID
Recalls & Crash Tests
Complaints are one half of the picture — see the official recalls and NHTSA crash-test stars for the 2018 Kia Sportage, or check your exact car by VIN with the free VIN lookup.
Problems Checker
Any year, make and model: open the Car Problems Checker. Data: NHTSA (US DOT, public domain), cached up to 7 days.