Owner complaints · every model year, every system

Kia Sportage problems, by model year and system

1,541 complaints owners filed with NHTSA about the Kia Sportage 2016–2027, and the 2 systems the record is deep on — engine (654), electrical (286). Each system has a page across the years; 7 model-year pages go deeper still. Every figure is a linked federal record; none is a failure rate or a verdict on one car.

The systems the record is deep on

Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls, investigations and manufacturer communications

654complaints, engine

Engine problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

286complaints, electrical system

Electrical problems across every model year, and the years with a page of their own →

Kia Sportage complaints, year by system

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Model year	engine	electrical
2027 1 in all	1	1
2026 36 in all	5	9
2025 71 in all	9	19
2024 103 in all	13	21
2023 304 in all	68	85
2022 46 in all	22	8
2021 53 in all	29	6
2020 161 in all	83	19
2019 70 in all	38	10
2018 164 in all	96	29
2017 401 in all	228	62
2016 131 in all	62	17

Complaints owners filed with NHTSA naming each system, per model year; a bold count links the year’s own page on that system. Counts scale with sales and with time on the road; nothing here is a rate, and NHTSA’s headings are coarse (“Power Train” is the transmission and the driveline).

From here

Every 2027 model on file, by price Compare two vehicles, trim vs trim See what a VIN was priced at See what owners reported

Common questions

Source: NHTSA complaint database

Which Kia Sportage system draws the most complaints?

Engine: 654 complaints across 12 model years, 42% of everything owners filed about the Kia Sportage. A count, not a rate — it says nothing about how many were sold.

Which Kia Sportage year has the most complaints?

2017 (401), 2023 (304), 2018 (164). Older years have had longer to collect them; the year pages show each year's share by system.