Federal complaint record · Kia Sportage · model year 2020

2020 Kia Sportage

Owners submitted 157 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 21th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2018 to 2022 compact suv cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Engine · 39% · group n = 80Other · 17% · group n = 35Electrical · 9% · group n = 19Brakes · 6% · group n = 12Driver assistance · 5% · group n = 10
157
Complaint records on file
13,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 37 complaints reported mileage
39%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 80
21th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 40 model years

Engine · 4 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

All failure files
Component group 01 · Engine39%

Engine reports

Kia Sportage · model year 2020

Reports in this group80
Share of classified reports39%
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 · 30 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32020 Kia Sportage
Engine damage · 17 reports

Reports describe engine damage or oil consumption

Cluster 2 of 32020 Kia Sportage
Brake performance · 15 reports

Reports describe braking performance concerns

Cluster 3 of 32020 Kia Sportage

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

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