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Kia Sportage Hybrid Recalls & Complaints by Model Year

NHTSA lists 2 safety recalls and 142 owner complaints across 5 model years of the Kia Sportage Hybrid (2023–2027). The most-complained-about year is 2023.

2
safety recalls, all years
142
owner complaints, all years
2023
year with most recalls
2023
year with most complaints

Pick your Kia Sportage Hybrid model year

Model yearRecallsComplaints
2027 Kia Sportage Hybrid01
2026 Kia Sportage Hybrid18
2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid013
2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid021
2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid199

What Kia Sportage Hybrid owners complain about

Across all model years, owners have filed 142 complaints with NHTSA. The 2023 model year has the most, with 99.

All Kia Sportage Hybrid recalls (2)

Every NHTSA safety campaign that lists a Kia Sportage Hybrid, most recent first, with the model years each one covers.

  1. Instrument cluster/panel (electrical system)

    NHTSA 26V046000 Reported 42,677 vehicles potentially affected Kia America, Inc.

    Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2025 Kia K4, 2025-2026 Sorento, Sorento Hybrid, Sorento Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV), 2026 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage PHEV, K5, EV9, Carnival, and Carnival Hybrid vehicles. Due to a software error, the instrument panel display may fail. As such, these vehicles fail to comply with…

    Remedy: The instrument panel display software will be updated over-the-air (OTA) or by a dealer, free of charge. Owner notification letters are expected to be mailed March 26, 2026. Owners may contact Kia Customer Service at…

    Model years: 2026

  2. Instrument cluster/panel (electrical system)

    NHTSA 23V298000 Reported 108,936 vehicles potentially affected Kia America, Inc.

    Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage Plug-in Hybrid, Niro Hybrid, Niro Plug-in Hybrid, Soul, and Telluride vehicles equipped with a digital instrument cluster containing a 4.2" LCD screen. The instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle is started. As such,…

    Remedy: Dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 26, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC270.

    Model years: 2023

Other Kia models

Source: NHTSA recall and complaint databases and EPA fuel economy data, October 2026. Complaint counts are owner reports to NHTSA, not verified defects. Recall counts are safety campaigns that list this model year; whether a particular car was already repaired depends on its VIN. How this data is compiled.