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2023 Kia Sportage driver assistance problems

The 2023 Kia Sportage has 60 driver assistance complaints filed with NHTSA — 20% of the year's total, and up sharply from the prior model year.

60

Driver Assistance complaints

20%

Share of year

17

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Driver Assistance complaints by year

Sportage driver assistance complaints by model year60 complaints2009: 1 complaints2011: 1 complaints2012: 1 complaints2013: 2 complaints2016: 1 complaints2018: 2 complaints2019: 2 complaints2020: 10 complaints2021: 1 complaints2022: 8 complaints2023: 60 complaints2024: 13 complaints2025: 14 complaints2026: 6 complaints
Sportage driver assistance complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

My Kia Sportage suddenly unintentionally accelerated hitting the building in front of me. As I was parking my vehicle at Dunkin Donuts, pressing on the car brake, the car did the opposite of braking and accelerated and hit the building. My vehicle didn't stop until it hit the building. Witness was…

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Driver Assistance · September 10, 2023 · crash

Common questions

How many driver assistance complaints does the 2023 Kia Sportage have?

NHTSA has 60 complaints about the 2023 Kia Sportage driver assistance — 20% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.