2025 Kia Sportage Electrical Problems

Your car has repeatedly warned you to keep your hands on the wheel (84 times since March) even when your hands were properly positioned. Your emergency braking system has engaged 12 times with false collision alerts when there was no actual danger, causing the vehicle to brake hard without warning. On three separate occasions, your car has been stuck in Drive but wouldn't move forward, only revving the engine. Most recently, your vehicle shut off completely while you were slowly driving into your garage. These issues may require diagnostic testing of the driver assistance systems, brake controls, transmission, and engine sensors.

Your rear-view camera stopped working without any warning lights appearing on your dashboard. The dealer found that both your radio and camera had failed, and even after repair, the problem came back. The manufacturer has opened a case but denied your request for a vehicle buyback. The fix will likely involve replacing or reprogramming the camera system and radio components.

Your dashboard display goes black intermittently, causing all lights and controls to stop working. The air conditioning also turns on and off by itself, and your backup camera doesn't function. You've visited the dealership four times since purchasing the truck, and this problem has persisted. You've also had to replace the battery three times in four months. The fix will likely require the dealership to diagnose and repair the electrical system that's controlling the dashboard, lighting, and climate controls.

Your 2025 Kia Sportage's touchscreen display freezes and becomes unresponsive, and Apple CarPlay fails to work properly, causing phone calls to drop or sound distorted. Your vehicle is subject to an open safety recall (SC359B) that was already issued before you took delivery, but the dealer told you there were no recalls and refused to address the issue. The recall currently has no available remedy from Kia.

Your instrument cluster screen occasionally goes blank for about 5 seconds and displays a "System Check" message while you're driving, regardless of speed or weather conditions. When this happens, your cruise control disengages and your vehicle slows down, requiring you to manually speed back up. This occurs unpredictably, sometimes 6-15 days apart, and the dealer has not yet resolved the issue despite previous service.

Your navigation screen is blinking and going completely black, especially when it's 60°F or warmer outside. The screen eventually comes back on, but the problem keeps happening off and on. This appears to be temperature-related, and while you've found reports of similar issues online, your dealership says there's no recall and it's not covered under warranty. The fix will likely involve inspecting the display unit's electrical connections or replacing the infotainment system.

This is an issue of nonconformity according the Florida Lemon Law: "Florida's Lemon Law protects consumers who buy or lease new or demonstrator vehicles with persistent, significant defects, known as nonconformities, within the first 24 months of ownership." My March 2025 leased Kia Sportage was sitting for about an hour. I turned it on and the all the dash warning lights stayed on, hot air blew (no AC), and I couldn't shift out of Park. I tried turning it off/on twice, with a few minutes in between attempts, and on the second attempt only the Check Engine light stayed on, cold AC blew, and I could shift. I drove 3.5 miles home. About an hour went by, I started it again and the Check Engine Light was still on. I drove it 2.5 miles to the dealership, turned it off, and minutes later they started it to move it but the Check Engine light had gone off. They said another car almost the same mileage (4040miles) had the same issue and because the light wasn't on, the scan showed nothing. They told me to return if it happens again and not to shut it off because the Kia Dealer could not duplicate or reproduce the concern at that time. My vehicle is available for inspection and diagnosis, but the dealer said a computer scan wouldn't show anything. Something is definitely not okay and I do not feel safe. Although this incident was while traveling 20-40mph, I travel at high speeds on the highway during the week for work, and am very concerned for my safety.

While driving at random times, no specific speed limit, the screen behind the wheel which shows speed and tachometer, will go into a system check mode. This is similar to when you start up the vehicle. The screen will come back after 5 to 10 seconds but during that time no information is displayed. If you have the vehicle in cruise control, it will disconnect cruise control, and you must catch it, so it does not decelerate to much while in traffic. When it comes back up it may reengage the cruise and it may not. This is a safety issue while driving for both no screen as well as disconnection of cruise control as you can not tell your speed and it slows vehicle down with no brake indication for those behind you which could result in a crash. Vehicle went to dealership and they could not recreate, but were told to replace the cluster which they did, but the issue is still happening on the vehicle. I have a case open with the automobile manufacturer to have the vehicle purchased back as they are not sure what the issue is.

Dash resets and you loose instruments for a few seconds. When they come back they are inaccurate. This has happened many times and have had the car to the dealer twice who cannot replicate the issue. Warning lamps did illuminate for a second then goes away. vehicle has had less than 300 miles on it when this first started

was driving at 40mph and vehicle turned off engine. Auto start stop was beeping and flashing. steering and braking was hindered (was manual) for a few seconds until the auto start stop turned the engine on again. Had car to dealer with other issues (dash resets) and they couldn't duplicate the issue and stated there was nothing they could do