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Kia Sportage

For the Kia Sportage, model years 2000–2027 on this site have 63 matched recalls and 3,830 matched complaints (recall file dated Oct 23, 2026; complaint file dated Oct 23, 2026). Matched complaint counts run from 1 in 2027 to 403 in 2017. These are raw counts, not rates. EPA rates non-electric configurations 17–43 mpg combined (file dated Sep 29, 2026).

ABOUT THIS DATA

Kia Sportage by model year puts the same counts in one sortable table.

Model years

One row per model year. Complaint and recall figures are matched raw counts.
Year	Recalls	Complaints	Crash	Fire	Investigations	Stars	Comb mpg
2000	2	304	23	7	6	Pre-2011	18–19
2001	0	228	25	4	2	Pre-2011	17–19
2002	1	234	15	6	4	Pre-2011	18–19
2005	3	68	6	2	0	Pre-2011	19–22
2006	1	111	8	5	0	Pre-2011	19–22
2007	2	77	10	5	0	Pre-2011	19–22
2008	3	98	2	24	1	Pre-2011	19–22
2009	3	80	4	8	1	Pre-2011	20–22
2010	2	20	3	0	1	Pre-2011	20–22
2011	6	181	7	8	4	—	22–25
2012	5	392	7	16	4	4–5	21–25
2013	3	381	5	22	4	4–5	21–25
2014	3	125	3	1	2	4–5	21–23
2015	2	146	7	11	2	4–5	21–23
2016	2	134	8	5	2	4–5	21–23
2017	4	403	14	28	2	5	21–26
2018	3	164	7	12	1	5	21–26
2019	2	71	3	3	2	5	21–25
2020	2	162	11	12	2	5	21–26
2021	2	54	3	7	2	5	21–26
2022	1	46	6	2	0	5	21–26
2023	6	193	24	1	0	5	25–43
2024	3	75	7	0	0	5	25–43
2025	1	55	5	0	0	5	25–43
2026	1	27	4	0	0	5	24–42
2027	0	1	0	0	0	5	24–41

Fuel economy by model year

Combined mpg below is EPA's figure for non-electric configurations in the file dated 2026-09-29. Electric configurations are shown as MPGe when that is the only figure. Annual fuel cost is EPA's published fuelCost08 range for the configurations of that year.

EPA combined fuel economy and annual fuel cost by model year
Year	Comb mpg	MPGe	kWh/100 mi	Range	Annual fuel cost
2000	18–19	—	—	—	$3,550–$3,700
2001	17–19	—	—	—	$3,550–$3,950
2002	18–19	—	—	—	$3,550–$3,700
2005	19–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,550
2006	19–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,550
2007	19–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,550
2008	19–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,550
2009	20–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,350
2010	20–22	—	—	—	$3,050–$3,350
2011	22–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,050
2012	21–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,200
2013	21–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,200
2014	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,200
2015	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,200
2016	21–23	—	—	—	$2,900–$3,200
2017	21–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,200
2018	21–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,200
2019	21–25	—	—	—	$2,700–$3,200
2020	21–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,200
2021	21–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,200
2022	21–26	—	—	—	$2,600–$3,200
2023	25–43	—	40	430	$1,550–$2,700
2024	25–43	—	40	430	$1,550–$2,700
2025	25–43	—	40	430	$1,550–$2,700
2026	24–42	—	43	470	$1,600–$2,800
2027	24–41	—	43	470	$1,650–$2,800

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