2016 Kia Sportage electrical system problems
Owners reported electrical system problems in 17 complaints for the 2016 Kia Sportage, 9% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 17 9% of this year's complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
What the data shows
These complaints mention 1 fire.
What owners wrote
My husband and I were driving our 2016 kia sportage that we had bought on 05/23/2018 (just made the first payment the day before) to myrtle beach sc, we heard a pop, I lost function to the gas, pulled to the side of the road and popped the hood to find fire flames coming from the engine. We grabbed what we could out of our car and ran as far away as we could. It wasn't even 2 minutes later and the whole car was in flames and everything was destroyed. All that was left was the frame of the car.
Tl* the contact owns a 2016 kia sportage. On several occasions, while driving, the vehicle stalled and lost power without warning. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, but the contact had not received a call back. The approximate failure mileage was 16,000.