79 of the 949 complaints about the Kia Sportage (8.3%) concern Body & structure, making it the model's #4 problem area. That share is 0.9× the Body & structure share across all tracked vehicles.
By model year, Body & structure complaints peak with the 2023 model (26, 9% of that year's complaints) and are lowest for the 2019 model (2). 18 Body & structure complaints were filed in the last 12 months versus 17 in the 12 months before — a steady pace.
Owners most often describe: “sunroof”, “glass”, “exploded”, “shattered” and “windshield”. None of these reports describes a crash or fire.
1 recall campaign relates to this area, most recently campaign 24V025000 (2024-01-18, model years 2023 and 2024).
Last 12 months: 18 · Previous 12 months: 17
The contact owns a 2023 Kia Sportage. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 74–78 MPH on flat land with a top box loaded to the specified weight on the manufacturer's roof racks, there was an abnormally loud popping sound detected, and the…
My 2020 kia sportage was stolen after the recall where kia indicated the recall would detect that a key was not inserted and would shut down car. This did not work because my car was stolen after the recall!!! Causing extreme duress and fincial distress.
The roof strip above the driver side of the car is no longer attached and flew off somewhere. Unknown of the date it may have happened.
I had gotten my windshield replaced by safelite last year. On a cold day while driving to work, I went to adjust my rearview mirror and the rearview mirror came off from the windshield. It completely detached.
While driving on an open highway, my panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded on [XXX] coming back from Prescott with me behind the wheel, my husband as a passenger, and my dog in the backseat. There was nobody driving in front, near, or behind me.
I was driving to work and there was a sound like an explosion or a gun shot and then my sun roof was shattered.
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Summary: Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023-2024 Sportage and 2022-2024 Carnival vehicles. The roof molding may loosen and detach.
Remedy: Dealers will inspect the roof molding and replace or secure it as necessary, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed March 15, 2024. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC292.
79 of the 949 complaints about the Kia Sportage (8.3%) concern Body & structure, making it the model's #4 problem area. That share is 0.9× the Body & structure share across all tracked vehicles.
By model year, Body & structure complaints peak with the 2023 model (26, 9% of that year's complaints) and are lowest for the 2019 model (2).
1 recall campaign relates to this area, most recently campaign 24V025000 (2024-01-18, model years 2023 and 2024).