What is the worst year for a KIA Sportage Phev?

The 2024 KIA Sportage Phev has the worst FaultScore of any year of this model, with 18 complaints filed with NHTSA, most of them about the electrical system.

What is the best year for a KIA Sportage Phev?

The 2023 KIA Sportage Phev has the cleanest record of the graded years, with 25 complaints on file.

What breaks most often on a KIA Sportage Phev?

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance accounts for more complaints than any other part on the KIA Sportage Phev.

Worst years for a KIA Sportage Phev

Owners have filed 58 complaints about the KIA Sportage Phev with NHTSA across model years 2023 to 2026. More of them are about the driver assist & collision avoidance than anything else.

Avoid

2024 KIA Sportage Phev

18 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2023 KIA Sportage Phev

25 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Sportage Phev year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

25 18 10 5

23 24 25 26

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

Year	Grade	Complaints	Crashes	Median miles	Most reported
2026	—	5	0	—	Engine & Cooling
2025	C	10	3	—	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2024	D	18	5	—	Electrical System
2023	C	25	0	—	Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance

What breaks on a KIA Sportage Phev

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 12 20.7%

Worst in 2025

Electrical System 8 13.8%

Worst in 2024

Acceleration & Cruise Control 8 13.8%

Worst in 2024

Engine & Cooling 7 12.1%

Worst in 2023

Other & Unspecified 7 12.1%

Worst in 2024

Fuel & Propulsion 5 8.6%

Worst in 2023

Transmission & Drivetrain 4 6.9%

Worst in 2023

Body & Structure 3 5.2%

Worst in 2023

Steering 1 1.7%

Worst in 2023

Brakes 1 1.7%

Worst in 2023

Windows, Mirrors & Wipers 1 1.7%

Worst in 2023

Wheels 1 1.7%

Worst in 2025

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every KIA Sportage Phev, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Jun 2023 peak 6 Jul 2026

Compare the KIA Sportage Phev

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.

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