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2025 KIA SPORTAGE PHEV — LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST

crash · 2226349 · 2026-07-16

Vehicle

Make
KIA
Model
SPORTAGE PHEV
Year
2025
Manufacturer
Kia America, Inc.
Component
LANE DEPARTURE: ASSIST

Severity

Deaths
0
Injured
0
Fire
No
Crash
Yes
Police report
No
Medical attention
No
Vehicle towed
No

Narrative

My 2025 Kia Sportage PHEV, brand-new with ~750 Miles, was in a low-speed collision with a parked vehicle when the Forward Collision-Avoidance Assist (FCA) system failed. I was pulling out of a parking spot from a complete stop. My foot was not on the accelerator; the vehicle moved forward under idle power as I prepared to brake. A parked vehicle was directly ahead. The FCA gave no audible warning, no visual warning, and applied no automatic braking. A collision occurred. This system is designed to detect obstacles ahead and warn or brake to prevent a forward collision. It did neither, despite a large, solid, stationary vehicle directly ahead, in clear conditions, with an unobstructed sensor. In normal use it routinely alerts on nearby cars and objects, so it is active and sensitive to exactly this hazard. Its failure to detect a full-size vehicle directly ahead indicates a malfunction of a critical safety system. No warning lamps appeared before the failure. Only after the collision did the vehicle display a "Check Forward Safety System" warning. This is not the only concern. On April 3, 2026, over two months before this collision, I noted in writing to the selling dealer that Lane Keeping Assist would sometimes turn off while driving, the dash indicator shifting from green to white to grey to black. I was told this was normal, so I did not pursue it.  Intermittent loss of an active safety system is itself a concern. Together these may indicate broader driver-assistance p

Source

Authoritative
NHTSA ODI Flat-File Downloads
ODI Number
11750845
Machine
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