The 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid has 1 NHTSA recall campaign affecting an estimated 108,936 vehicles. Recall repairs are always free at any authorized dealer. Owners have filed 158 complaints with NHTSA, most often about the electrical system. Last updated July 20, 2026.
Kia America, Inc. (Kia) is recalling certain 2023 Sportage, Sportage Hybrid, Sportage Plug-in Hybrid, Niro Hybrid, Niro Plug-in Hybrid, Soul, and Telluride vehicles equipped with a digital instrument cluster containing a 4.2" LCD screen.  The instrument cluster may fail to display any information when the vehicle…
Consequence
A blank instrument cluster display will not show critical information, such as tire pressure, warning messages, and warning lights, increasing the risk of a crash.
Remedy
Dealers will update the instrument cluster software, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed May 26, 2023. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-333-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC270.
Complaints by component
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
32
ENGINE
23
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
22
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
18
POWER TRAIN
17
1crashes
SERVICE BRAKES
11
1crashes
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
6
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
Verbatim reports filed with NHTSA, lightly edited for readability and with personal
information removed.
“The car's transmission became unresponsive and caused the car to lose the ability to accelerate. This happened twice on the highway before I could get it to the dealer. In order to recover, I had to pull over on the shoulder and turn the car off, wait, and turn it back on. The dealer, through the…”
“On xxx and xxx, while driving on the highway, the vehicle suffered a sudden, complete loss of motive power. Flashing warning lights appeared on the instrument cluster, accompanied by a safety warning message instructing the driver to pull over and "check hybrid system" immediately. This sudden,…”
“On xxx and xxx, while driving on the highway, the vehicle suffered a sudden, complete loss of motive power. Flashing warning lights appeared on the instrument cluster, accompanied by a safety warning message instructing the driver to pull over and "check hybrid system" immediately. This sudden,…”
“On xxx and xxx, while driving on the highway, the vehicle suffered a sudden, complete loss of motive power. Flashing warning lights appeared on the instrument cluster, accompanied by a safety warning message instructing the driver to pull over and "check hybrid system" immediately. This sudden,…”
“When driving on the highway, warning lights activated on the dash with the message "check hybrid system. Stop safely." seconds later, the vehicle lost all propulsion power. The hybrid battery indicated it had a half charge and the combustion engine was running. Depressing the accelerator caused…”
“When driving on the highway, warning lights activated on the dash with the message "check hybrid system. Stop safely." seconds later, the vehicle lost all propulsion power. The hybrid battery indicated it had a half charge and the combustion engine was running. Depressing the accelerator caused…”
“When driving on the highway, warning lights activated on the dash with the message "check hybrid system. Stop safely." seconds later, the vehicle lost all propulsion power. The hybrid battery indicated it had a half charge and the combustion engine was running. Depressing the accelerator caused…”
“I am filing a safety complaint regarding my 2023 kia sportage hybrid. The vehicle developed a “check hybrid systemâ€� warning and was diagnosed by a kia dealership as having a failure involving the high-voltage hybrid system, specifically the mcu (motor control unit). The dealership informed me…”
Recall, complaint, and investigation records from official NHTSA datasets (FLAT_RCL,
FLAT_CMPL, FLAT_INV), synced weekly. Counts reflect NHTSA records for the 2023 Kia Sportage Hybrid as of
July 20, 2026. Complaint narratives are consumer-submitted and unverified. This page
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