22V800000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
A fire increases the risk of injury.
2008 KIA SPORTAGE
3 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation (1 open), 138 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns3
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations11 open
Owner complaints138
Complaints citing a crash2
Complaints citing a fire37
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 3 of 3
16V815000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
If the HECU short circuits, there is an increased risk of an engine compartment fire.
13V114000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Additionally, when the ignition is in the 'ON' position, the transmission shifter may be able to be moved out of PARK without first applying the brake. This may lead to unintentional movement of the car which may increase the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 26ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 17ENGINE
- 15SERVICE BRAKES
- 11STRUCTURE:BODY
- 9POWER TRAIN
- 9ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
- 6SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
- 6EXTERIOR LIGHTING
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2008 KIA SPORTAGEs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.