2026 Kia Sportage: recalls and problems

Unknown Or Other,Engine2026-09-24

Vehicle experiences intermittent stalls when accelerating at freeway speeds. this is my second nhsta report on this vehicle. kia replaced the engine to try to fix the problem but it persists.

Seats2026-09-16

The contact owns a 2026 kia sportage. the contact stated that his wife had driven for 6.5 hours at 35-70 mph with the seat heater activated, the seat heater overheated. upon exiting the vehicle, the driver discovered second-degree burns on her right thigh and significant bruising extending from her left thigh to her buttocks. the contact stated that the failure had occurred while the contact and wife were traveling o

Power Train,Electrical System,Engine2026-09-10

Component: shift-by-wire transmission selector / hybrid control system. the vehicle is available for inspection upon request. what happened: intermittently, after starting the vehicle, it will not engage drive or reverse. the selector input is accepted but the vehicle remains in park/neutral and does not move. the only way to clear it is to shut the vehicle off and restart it, sometimes up to 10 times, or by waiting

Electrical System,Back Over Prevention,Forward Collision Avoidance2026-08-28

Wiring harness keeps getting chewed up by rodents in engine bay. had to have kia fix 2 times for the parking distance sensors. have done lots of prevention things to keep from engine bay, but attracted to this vehicle. my 2 other vehicles no problems. they are not kias. it causes loss of driver assistance systems.