Structure complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2017 Kia Sportage has 20 NHTSA structure complaints and 0 structure-related recalls.
20
Complaints
0
Recalls
2
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 10, 2026
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 2025 | STRUCTURE | My 2017 Sportage is Burnish Copper. I've seen at least 2 other cars (same color) with discoloring p... |
| Jul 2, 2025 | STRUCTURE | I need a recall on the paint for the 2017 Sportage Burnished Copper KIA. I've seen many others this... |
| Jul 17, 2024 | STRUCTURE | The back passenger door behind the driver's seat will not open from the outside or the inside. The d... |
| Jun 15, 2024 | STRUCTURE | The front panel of the sunroof spontaneously exploded as I was driving down the interstate. There we... |
| Jan 1, 2024 | STRUCTURE | The rear passenger door will not open. This is a safety concern should we need to exit the vehicle r... |
| Oct 29, 2023 | STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER,ENGINE | My daughter and I were driving home from my brother's house, when we stopped by McDonald's to grab f... |
| Dec 27, 2022 | STRUCTURE | Rear doors are randomly not able to be opened from outside or inside door handles. Multiple clicks o... |
| Nov 11, 2022 | STRUCTURE | The passenger door behind the driver seat suddenly would not open from either inside or outside the ... |
| May 25, 2022 | STRUCTURE | My rear driver side door hatch malfunctioned and had a mechanical fail as confirmed by Auffenberg KI... |
| Apr 6, 2022 | STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | The passenger door behind the driver's seat will not open, which limits access to the rear passenger... |
| Mar 1, 2021 | STRUCTURE | PASSENGER DOOR WILL ONLY OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE IF THE DOOR UNLOCKS FROM BEING PUT IN PARK. IF I UNLO... |
| Apr 3, 2020 | STRUCTURE,UNKNOWN OR OTHER | THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AFTER BEING DRIVEN. AS SOON AS IT WAS PARKED IT STARTED SMOKING AND WITHIN MINUT... |
| Jan 15, 2020 | STRUCTURE | BOTH SECOND ROW (PASSENGER) WINDOWS NO LONGER OPEN. |
| Oct 26, 2019 | STRUCTURE | WITH 60,700 MILES, THE DRIVER'S SIDE REAR DOOR LOCKS AND UNLOCKS, BUT WILL NOT OPEN. DEALERSHIP ST... |
| Aug 1, 2019 | STRUCTURE | FRONT DRIVER HANDLE DO NOT OPEN THE CAR. IF YOU LOCK THE CAR AND UNLOCK, YOU CAN NOT OPEN DRIVER DOO... |
| Jul 8, 2019 | STRUCTURE | RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR CAN NOT BE OPENED FROM INSIDE OR OUTSIDE THE VEHICLE. PROBLEM NOTICED AT ... |
| Mar 21, 2019 | STRUCTURE | 2017 KIA SPORTAGE. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO UNHEALTHY AIRBORNE MOLD IN VEHICLES. *LD THE CON... |
| Jan 29, 2019 | STRUCTURE | I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY- DRIVING UNDER A UNDERPASS. THE SCREEN TO THE PANORAMIC ROOF WAS BACK BUT THE S... |
| Feb 21, 2018 | STRUCTURE | WHILE DRIVING APPROX. 60 MPH ON A FREEWAY, WE HEARD A LOAD "BANG" NOISE FROM THE ROOF ABOVE US. WE H... |
| Aug 30, 2017 | STRUCTURE | ON 8/30/17 I WAS DRIVING IN THE MIDDLE LANE OF THE HIGHWAY WHEN MY SUNROOOF EXPLODED. THERE WERE NO... |