2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid Fuel system Problems
- Complaints
- 3about this part
- Share
- 21%of 14 total for the year
- Median mileage
- —not reported
- Trend
- Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.
NHTSA recorded 3 complaints about the fuel system of the 2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid, 21% of the 14 complaints for this model year. 2 of these say a crash was involved, according to the filers.
Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.
Example complaints
Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.
“I have a hybrid and 4 times now since we've owned it I experienced a lag during the transition from electric to gas power when I am stopped and try to move again (example at a stop sign or traffic light), which followed by a sudden, lurching acceleration when the gas does finally kick in. It's almost caused me to hit a car infront of me once and side swipe a car that was passing as I was making a turn because I wasn't expecting it to do that the 1st time it happened. …”
NHTSA complaint #11694905, filed 2025-10“I have a 2025 KIASportage Hybrid that I loved due to all its safety features. Yesterday I was pulling into a parking space when my car lunged forward two times making very loud sounds. I was near a brick pillar it it tore off the right front of my car. The bricks were damaged. When I came home I looked up Kia Sportage lunching problems. There are many to read. They talk about “sudden acceleration’” and that is exactly what happened. It just lunged forward. Thankfully a human was not on the sidewalk. It went up over the curb and on the sidewalk. It’s called a jerking car in articles. …”
NHTSA complaint #11668898, filed 2025-06Related service bulletins
- 11013361Jan 30, 2025TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN: VOLUNTARY EMISSIONS SERVICE CAMPAIGN: HYBRID CONTROL UNIT (HCU) LOGIC IMPROVEMENT (SC322) - This bulletin has been revised to include additional…
Fuel system: other model years
Other parts of the 2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid
4 complaintsOther or unknown
4 complaintsSteering
4 complaintsBrakes
2 complaintsEngine
2 complaintsForward collision avoidance
2 complaintsTransmission and drivetrain
2 complaintsVehicle speed control
2 complaintsLane departure
1 complaintsVisibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
1 complaints
← All problems reported for the 2025 Kia Sportage Hybrid
About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Nov 1, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.
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