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Kia Sportage PHEV

Every Kia Sportage PHEV model year on file, 2023 to 2027. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years354 involved a crash, fire, injury or death

Model years52023 to 2027

Recall campaigns3Distinct campaigns listing it

Service bulletins99Summed across model years

By model year

The 2023 model year drew the most complaints, 15, 43% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.

Components

Driver assistance leads the Kia Sportage PHEV complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Driver assistance

Electrical system

Speed control

Engine and cooling

Fuel system

Powertrain

Structure

Back-over prevention

Brakes

Hybrid and electric propulsion

Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.

Model years

The record for each Kia Sportage PHEV model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

Kia Sportage PHEV by model year
Year	Body	Complaints	Severity index	Peer index	Recalls	Bulletins
2027	Not decoded	0	None	None	0	2
2026	SUV	2	0.0	33	1	16
2025	SUV	6	16.7	46	1	10
2024	SUV	12	25.0	60	1	28
2023	SUV	15	0.0	75	2	43

Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.

Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the Kia Sportage PHEV

26V-046 Jan 26, 2026
Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail
Electrical system · 43k vehicles
25V-874 Dec 17, 2025
Due to a software error, the instrument panel screen may fail
Electrical system · 5,046 vehicles
23V-298 Apr 26, 2023
Instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started
Electrical system · 109k vehicles

Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.