Federal complaint record · Kia Sportage · model year 2009

2009 Kia Sportage

Owners submitted 80 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 22th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2007 to 2011 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is electrical. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Electrical · 15% · group n = 18Airbags · 13% · group n = 16Brakes · 13% · group n = 16Steering · 12% · group n = 14Engine · 8% · group n = 10
80
Complaint records on file
64,500
Median mileage at the reported problem · 64 complaints reported mileage
15%
Of classified component reports name electrical · group n = 18
22th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 39 model years

Electrical · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Electrical15%

Electrical reports

Kia Sportage · model year 2009

Reports in this group18
Share of classified reports15%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Brake performance · 19 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 1 of 32009 Kia Sportage
Airbag concerns · 13 reports

Reports describe airbag warning or deployment concerns

Cluster 2 of 32009 Kia Sportage
Fire or smoke · 12 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 3 of 32009 Kia Sportage

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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