Honda FIT vs KIA Sportage

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	Honda FIT	KIA Sportage
Complaints on file	2,748	6,818
Model years covered	2007–2020	1995–2026
Worst model year	2007	2017
Best model year	2020	1995
Crashes reported	228	467
Fires reported	25	317
Injuries reported	157	306
Deaths reported	0	3
Most complained-about part	Airbags	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	14.9%	16%

Honda FIT by year

446 280 331 218 128 130 215 373 149 59 169 196 54

07 08 09 10 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 19 20

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Airbags 538 19.6%

Electrical System 406 14.8%

Engine & Cooling 231 8.4%

Steering 213 7.8%

Body & Structure 197 7.2%

Transmission & Drivetrain 193 7.0%

Fuel & Propulsion 190 6.9%

Other & Unspecified 177 6.4%

KIA Sportage by year

88 98 299 558 493 462 354 321 4 93 169 113 138 120 28 264 454 449 154 195 185 561 229 103 206 62 68 316 101 90 43

95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 2,028 29.7%

Electrical System 656 9.6%

Brakes 632 9.3%

Fuel & Propulsion 486 7.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 484 7.1%

Other & Unspecified 482 7.1%

Airbags 297 4.4%

Body & Structure 286 4.2%