2011 Kia Sportage: adaptive cruise control problems

6 of the 181 complaints about the 2011 Kia Sportage describe adaptive cruise control problems.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 3%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 2 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Adaptive cruise control problems by model year

2026
2
2025
3
2024
5
2023
3
2020
2
2019
2
2018
1
2017
2
2016
2
2013
3
2011
6
2010
1
2009
4
2008
1
2007
4
2006
12
2001
3
2000
2
1999
1
1997
1

What owners say

Filed Jul 8, 2024 · Brakes, Driver assistance · NJ

I was driving down the highway at 55 mph with the cruise control on and when I came to a stoplight where I had to make a right, the brakes would not depress they were frozen or a hard break pedal. Apparently in 2023 Kia recalled 98,944 Kia Sportage SUVs due to a brake booster issue. My Kia is a 2011. It was very scary and I am having my vehicle towed to a Kia Dealership

Filed Jan 27, 2021 · Acceleration, Brakes · 122,500 miles · IA

Recall no. 13v114 has still not been resolved. With no predicable frequency, my daughter's car will suddenly be difficult to shift out of park and the steering will become more difficult, the stability control light will illuminate, the cruise control will be inoperative, the anti-lock brakes will become inoperative, because the stop lamp switch connected to the brake pedal is malfunctioning. I believe this can be repaired by a replacement stop lamp switch, at least temporarily. I do not know if kia has an alternate switch available to install. It has been almost eight years since this recall started. Please put pressure on kia to resolve this problem. I want to get this problem fixed on my daughter's car but I'd rather not pay for it myself, but I want to get it repaired this year. Thank you!

Filed Feb 24, 2017 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · TX

Brake lights inoperable, ESC inoperable, cruise control inoperable, transmission stuck in park. Upon starting the vehicle I noticed 2 warning lights remain lighted. I looked in the manual of the vehicle and learned the warning lights for the ESC. I continued to attempt to operate the vehicle by shifting the transmission interlockl lever into the "reverse" position. However, I was unable to move the transmission interlock lever. Upon researching that issue I learned I could utilize a manual override to switch into gear. I did this and upon driving the car home I realized the cruise control no longer worked and that the brake lights were not working via other drivers.

Filed Dec 13, 2016 · Acceleration, Lights · 100,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia sportage. While the vehicle was stationary, the brake lights malfunctioned and the cruise control stopped working. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Sep 5, 2014 · Brakes, Electrical · 19,000 miles · NJ

The stop lamp switch in this vehicle intermittently malfunctions. The malfunctioning stop lamp switch has caused the brake lights to not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed. Additionally, the malfunctioning stop lamp switch has resulted in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature. Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash.

Filed Jun 5, 2014 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 83,000 miles · CA

Affect the operation of the brake-transmission shift interlock feature preventing the shifter from being moved out of the park position and causing the electronic stability control (ESC) malfunction light to illuminate. Failure to illuminate the stop lamps during braking or inability to disengage the cruise control could increase the risk of a crash. Kia will send an interim notification to owners in may 2013. *tr ***spoke to owner and they said there was no crash