Federal complaint record · Kia Sportage · model year 2011

2011 Kia Sportage

Owners submitted 181 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 26th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2009 to 2013 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 32% · group n = 84Electrical · 14% · group n = 38Brakes · 10% · group n = 25Other · 9% · group n = 24Powertrain · 9% · group n = 23
181
Complaint records on file
78,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 122 complaints reported mileage
32%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 84
26th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Engine · 3 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Engine32%

Engine reports

Kia Sportage · model year 2011

Reports in this group84
Share of classified reports32%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Fire or smoke · 25 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32011 Kia Sportage
Brake performance · 23 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 2 of 32011 Kia Sportage
Stalling or shutdown · 22 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 3 of 32011 Kia Sportage

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

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