2 NHTSA safety recalls cover the 2019 Kia Sportage. 2 carry a do-not-drive or park-outside warning. Owners have filed 70 complaints with NHTSA about this model year. Every recall repair is free at any Kia dealer.
Is yours affected? Recalls cover ranges of VINs, not every 2019 Kia Sportage. Check your Sportage by VIN and confirm open recalls at NHTSA.gov.
Each campaign as NHTSA published it: what is wrong, what can happen, and the fix. Newest first.
Owners filed 70 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Kia Sportage, reporting 3 crashes, 3 fires, 4 injuries. Kia has issued at least 82 technical service bulletins (repair instructions to dealers) for this model year. Complaints are unverified owner reports; a recall is the manufacturer’s admission of a safety defect.
Read Kia Sportage owner complaints and bulletins, every year
NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation lists this model year in 2 investigations. An investigation is not a recall; it is how NHTSA decides whether one is needed.
Owners have filed 70 complaints with NHTSA about the 2019 Kia Sportage. A few in their own words, shortened. Complaints are unverified and are not proof of a defect or of any recall.
“The contact owned a 2019 Kia Sportage. The contact stated while driving 40 MPH, the vehicle started overheating and smoke started emitting smoke from the hood. No warning lights were illuminated. No injuries were reported. The vehicle was destroyed leaving only the framing.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11617339
“the continued to over heat smoke and has burning smell and seat belt stop tracting and retracting”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11536626
“The tire suddenly exploded and the curtain air bag on the drivers side exploded too for some reason. I have a huge black eye and a concussion.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11508465
“MY KIA SPORTAGE 2019 CAUGHT FIRE ON THE HIGHWAY IN NEW MARKET MD AT AROUND 10:30 AM 9/26/19. WE HAD PREVIOUSLY TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE WE PURCHASED IT BACK IN 12/2019. IT HAD ONLY 3900+/- MILES ON IT. THE OIL, FILTER, TIRE ROTATION AND 27 POINT INSPECTION WAS DONE ON 9/19/19.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11265476
“I WAS RECENTLY INVOLVED IN A COLLISION WITH A DEER. I WAS TRAVELLING AT 55MPH WHEN I HIT THE DEER SQUARE ON AND MY AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO EVERY TIME I WASH MY CAR SOME OF THE ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS STOP WORKING FOR A FEW DAYS SUCH AS THE CLOCK.”
Complaint filed with NHTSA, not verified by the agency · NHTSA complaint 11230258
Search the official database: NHTSA. Excerpts are quoted from the public record, shortened at a sentence and with personal details removed.
Not every 2019 Kia Sportage is in every recall. Enter your 17-character VIN to see the recalls on record for your exact vehicle, then confirm which are still open at NHTSA.gov or with any Kia dealer.