Honda Ridgeline 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 Ridgeline	KIA Sportage
Complaints on file	2,769	6,818
Model years covered	2006–2026	1995–2026
Worst model year	2006	2017
Best model year	2009	1995
Crashes reported	96	467
Fires reported	65	317
Injuries reported	63	306
Deaths reported	2	3
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.2%	16%

Honda Ridgeline by year

296 195 159 39 50 44 30 55 36 2 438 198 295 232 150 156 172 88 123 11

06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 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

Electrical System 422 15.2%

Engine & Cooling 361 13.0%

Airbags 350 12.6%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 289 10.4%

Other & Unspecified 227 8.2%

Fuel & Propulsion 212 7.7%

Transmission & Drivetrain 173 6.2%

Body & Structure 165 6.0%

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%