Kia recall statistics span campaign populations, repair status, owner reachability and reported safety consequences. The clearest campaign-level example here is SC191 in the United States, while a live NHTSA lookup counted six campaigns for the 2023 Kia Sportage.
Key Kia Recall Statistics
The most broadly useful figures are:
- 3,714 products were included in Kia campaign SC191 during the 2020-3 to 2025-2 reporting coverage in the United States.
- SC191 reported 2,577 products remedied in the 2024-3 to 2025-2 annual report in the United States.
- SC191 reported 300 unreachable products in the 2024-3 to 2025-2 annual report in the United States.
- SC191 reported 132 removed products in the 2024-3 to 2025-2 annual report in the United States.
- Six recall campaigns were returned by the NHTSA API for the 2023 Kia Sportage in the United States when accessed on 2026-10-02.
- 819 products were remedied in SC191 by the 2020-4 quarterly report in the United States.
- 1,448 products were remedied in SC191 by the 2021-1 quarterly report in the United States.
- 1,876 products were remedied in SC191 by the 2021-4 quarterly report in the United States.
- 2,363 products were remedied in SC191 during the 2022-3 to 2023-2 annual reporting period in the United States.
- 2,500 products were remedied in SC191 during the 2023-3 to 2024-2 annual reporting period in the United States.
- 295 products were unreachable in SC191 during the 2022-3 to 2023-2 annual reporting period in the United States.
- 131 products were removed in SC191 during the 2022-3 to 2023-2 annual reporting period in the United States.
- Campaign 22V651000 listed engine stall and electrical surge as possible consequences for the 2023 Kia Sportage in its 2022-08-29 report.
- Campaign 22V878000 listed increased injury risk from improper side-curtain-airbag deployment for the 2023 Kia Sportage in its 2022-11-28 report.
- Campaign 23V531000 recommended parking outside until repair in its 2023-07-31 report for the 2023 Kia Sportage and related Kia models.
- The United States recorded 886 safety recalls in 2020 across vehicle and equipment manufacturers.
- Nearly 55 million vehicles and motor-vehicle equipment items were affected by recalls in the United States in 2020.
- About 40 million recalled products were recorded in the United States in 2023 across vehicles, car seats, tires and equipment.
Contents
- Kia recall campaign scale and affected vehicles
- Kia recall repair and completion trends
- Unreachable and removed Kia recall products
- Kia Sportage recall statistics by model year
- Kia recall defects, remedies and safety outcomes
- U.S. vehicle recall statistics for Kia-owner context
Kia Recall Campaign Scale and Affected Vehicles
The NHTSA annual report identifies SC191 as a campaign with a 3,714-product recall population in the United States. The population is campaign-specific: it is not Kia’s annual recall total.
| Measure | Period | Reported figure |
|---|---|---|
| SC191 recall population | 2020-3 to 2025-2 | 3,714 products |
| SC191 recall population | 2022-3 to 2023-2 | 3,714 products |
| SC191 recall population | 2023-3 to 2024-2 | 3,714 products |
| SC191 recall population | 2024-3 to 2025-2 | 3,714 products |
Source: Recall Annual Report: Kia America, Inc., NHTSA Campaign 20V389 / SC191. NHTSA defines the recall population as the total number of products recalled by the manufacturer, and the repeated values represent different reporting periods rather than separate groups of vehicles.
A separate NHTSA lookup provides model-level campaign scope. Its live JSON response returned six recall campaigns for the 2023 Kia Sportage, with campaigns reported from 2022-08-29 through 2024-01-18; this is a campaign count, not an affected-vehicle count.
Kia Recall Repair and Completion Trends
SC191’s status snapshots show cumulative movement in the reported remedied count. The measure is not a completion rate: NHTSA notes that total remedied can include products remedied, inspected without needing a remedy, or returned to inventory.
| Report period | Products remedied |
|---|---|
| 2020-4 quarterly report | 819 |
| 2020-4 update, submitted 2021-01-18 | 1,254 |
| 2021-1 | 1,448 |
| 2021-2 | 1,600 |
| 2021-3 | 1,755 |
| 2021-4 | 1,876 |
| 2022-1 | 2,022 |
| 2022-2 | 2,146 |
| 2022-3 to 2023-2 | 2,363 |
| 2023-3 to 2024-2 | 2,500 |
| 2024-3 to 2025-2 | 2,577 |
Source: Recall Annual Report: Kia America, Inc., NHTSA Campaign 20V389 / SC191. These are cumulative campaign-status snapshots, so they should not be added together or treated as independent vehicles.
The latest supplied report records 2,577 of the 3,714 recalled products as remedied for the 2024-3 to 2025-2 period. That comparison is intentionally left as reported counts rather than converted into a percentage, because the dataset preserves NHTSA’s status measures and does not calculate a completion rate.
Unreachable and Removed Kia Recall Products
Recall participation depends partly on whether owners can be reached and whether products remain in the relevant population. In SC191, unreachable means owner notifications could not be delivered, while removed means products were scrapped, stolen or exported.
| Report period | Unreachable products | Removed products |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-4 quarterly report | 5 | 108 |
| 2020-4 annual update, submitted 2021-01-18 | 6 | 116 |
| 2021-1 | 78 | 120 |
| 2021-2 | 84 | 121 |
| 2021-3 | 96 | 121 |
| 2021-4 | 98 | 121 |
| 2022-1 | 201 | 126 |
| 2022-2 | 150 | 129 |
| 2022-3 to 2023-2 | 295 | 131 |
| 2023-3 to 2024-2 | 300 | 131 |
| 2024-3 to 2025-2 | 300 | 132 |
Source: Recall Annual Report: Kia America, Inc., NHTSA Campaign 20V389 / SC191. The quarterly and annual tables are cumulative snapshots, and the 2020-4 entries differ because they are separate report submissions or updates.
The latest annual report lists 300 unreachable products and 132 removed products. Neither measure describes an injury outcome, and neither should be interpreted as a Kia-wide total.
Kia Sportage Recall Statistics by Model Year
The NHTSA Recalls API result for the United States 2023 Kia Sportage listed six campaigns. The records identify components and report dates, but the API response does not provide affected-unit counts for these campaigns.
| Campaign | Report date | Component or subject |
|---|---|---|
| 22V651000 | 2022-08-29 | Alternator battery positive terminal nut |
| 22V878000 | 2022-11-28 | Side-curtain airbags |
| 23V298000 | 2023-04-26 | Instrument cluster |
| 23V410000 | 2023-06-07 | Power-brake-assist system |
| 23V531000 | 2023-07-31 | Idle Stop & Go oil-pump controller |
| 24V025000 | 2024-01-18 | Roof molding |
Source: NHTSA Recalls API: 2023 Kia Sportage. The list is a live model-year and campaign lookup accessed on 2026-10-02, not a historical estimate of all Sportage recalls.
The last campaign in the table, 24V025000, covers Sportage and Carnival model lines in its API summary, with model-year and equipment qualifiers. That means a campaign appearing in a Sportage lookup may also apply to another Kia model line.
Kia Recall Defects, Remedies and Safety Outcomes
The Sportage campaign records describe potential consequences and remedies, but the supplied records do not establish incident counts, injury rates or repair outcomes for each campaign.
- Campaign 22V651000, reported 2022-08-29, identifies engine stall and electrical surge as possible consequences for the United States 2023 Kia Sportage.
- Campaign 22V878000, reported 2022-11-28, identifies one listed consequence: increased injury risk from improper side-curtain-airbag deployment.
- Campaign 23V298000, reported 2023-04-26, cites Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standards numbers 101 and 138; the description covers a multi-model campaign, not only the Sportage.
- Campaign 23V531000, reported 2023-07-31, recommends parking outside until repair for the 2023 Kia Sportage and related Kia models.
- Campaign 24V025000, reported 2024-01-18, covers the Sportage and Carnival in its API summary.
Source: NHTSA Recalls API: 2023 Kia Sportage. The listed consequences are agency or manufacturer descriptions, not observed counts of fires, injuries, stalls or other incidents.
U.S. Vehicle Recall Statistics for Kia-Owner Context
National figures help show the scale of the U.S. recall system, but they are all-manufacturer context and must not be presented as Kia totals.
| Year or coverage | U.S. measure | Scope |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 886 safety recalls | All vehicle and equipment manufacturers |
| 2020 | Nearly 55 million affected vehicles and equipment items | All manufacturers; estimate wording retained |
| 2023 | About 40 million recalled products | Vehicles, car seats, tires and equipment; rounded estimate |
| 2024 | About 35 million recalled products | Vehicles, car seats, tires and equipment; rounded estimate |
| 2025 | About 31 million recalled products | Vehicles, car seats, tires and equipment; rounded estimate |
Sources: Consumer Alert: Set Your Clocks Back, Check for Safety Recalls and SaferCar App: Vehicle Safety Recalls App. “Nearly” and “about” are retained because these are NHTSA’s stated estimates or rounded annual panel totals.
NHTSA’s annual recall-report archive lists nine report years from 2017 through 2025. It also lists four annual recall-completion-rate report years, covering 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; those archive counts describe report availability, not Kia-specific completion rates.
Source: Annual Recall Reports. The archive coverage is a national reporting index and does not measure the number of Kia campaigns.