2016 Kia Sportage engine problems
65 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2016 Kia Sportage, which is 35% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 65 35% of this year's complaints
- Typical mileage
- 86,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 3
- Injuries and deaths
- 1 and 0
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
When engine problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 1 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 2 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 3 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 5 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 4 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 6 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 5 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 1 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 27 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 86,000 miles, and 22% were reported before 60,000 miles.
These complaints mention 3 fires, 1 injury.
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.
My car wouldn't run right we took it in they said it was the cran sensor charged 900 to fix it. Then that didn't work now it is the engine harness and they want 3400 to fix it. If I say fix it what will be next. They don't want ot repair it just replace
Other problems reported for the 2016 Kia Sportage
- Brakes 38 complaints
- Electrical system 17 complaints