Kia Sedona: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 23 recall campaigns for the Kia Sedona, model years 2002 to 2020. NHTSA has 744 complaints on file for this model line. 16 of the 19 model years have a page on this register.
Complaint information entered into NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation vehicle owner's complaint database is used with other data sources to identify safety issues that warrant investigation and to determine if a safety-related defect trend exists.
NHTSA publishes these words. Source: NHTSA Datasets and APIs, section Complaints, read on . Complaint file through . Recall file through .
Model years
The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Kia Sedona NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 5,385 |
| 2019 Kia Sedona | 2 | 0 | 0% | 410,816 |
| 2018 Kia Sedona | 3 | 0 | 0% | 611,436 |
| 2017 Kia Sedona | 4 | 0 | 0% | 700,012 |
| 2016 Kia Sedona | 4 | 0 | 0% | 317,458 |
| 2015 Kia Sedona | 3 | 0 | 0% | 289,393 |
| 2014 Kia Sedona NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 219,800 |
| 2013 Kia Sedona NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 219,800 |
| 2012 Kia Sedona | 5 | 0 | 0% | 956,603 |
| 2011 Kia Sedona | 6 | 0 | 0% | 1,936,980 |
| 2010 Kia Sedona | 5 | 1 | 3% | 1,606,757 |
| 2009 Kia Sedona | 5 | 5 | 13% | 1,606,757 |
| 2008 Kia Sedona | 5 | 46 | 117% | 1,606,757 |
| 2007 Kia Sedona | 6 | 38 | 97% | 1,746,601 |
| 2006 Kia Sedona | 7 | 102 | 260% | 784,037 |
| 2005 Kia Sedona | 2 | 118 | 301% | 155,805 |
| 2004 Kia Sedona | 2 | 132 | 337% | 155,805 |
| 2003 Kia Sedona | 4 | 129 | 329% | 248,418 |
| 2002 Kia Sedona | 3 | 173 | 442% | 114,762 |
The share is the complaints of the model year divided by the average of the line for one model year. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
A model year with fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints has no page here. The link in its row opens its NHTSA page.
Recall campaign: One recall in the NHTSA recall file, with one campaign number. A campaign can name many makes, models and model years.
Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.
Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.
Components in the complaints
1,101 component mentions.
A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.
| Component | Per 1,000 | Mentions |
|---|---|---|
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 160.8 | 177 |
| Electrical System | 111.7 | 123 |
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 89 | 98 |
| Vehicle Speed Control | 83.6 | 92 |
| Suspension | 63.6 | 70 |
| Latches/Locks/Linkages | 49 | 54 |
| Air Bags | 46.3 | 51 |
| Power Train | 41.8 | 46 |
| Wheels | 41.8 | 46 |
| Structure | 40.9 | 45 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sephia8 campaigns
- Sportage36 campaigns
- RIO11 campaigns
- Optima22 campaigns
- Sorento40 campaigns
- Spectra2 campaigns
- Amanti2 campaigns
- Sedona EX1 campaign
- Rondo5 campaigns
- Soul15 campaigns
- Borrego4 campaigns
- Forte18 campaigns
- Telluride19 campaigns
- K59 campaigns
- Stinger7 campaigns
- Soul EV5 campaigns
- Forte Koup5 campaigns
- Carnival7 campaigns
- Niro6 campaigns
- EV910 campaigns
- Cadenza6 campaigns
- Optima Hybrid5 campaigns
- EV65 campaigns
- K9004 campaigns
- Niro EV6 campaigns
- Sorento Hybrid6 campaigns
- Sorento Phev8 campaigns
- Niro Phev3 campaigns
- Seltos4 campaigns
- Sportage Phev3 campaigns
- Optima Phev2 campaigns
- K43 campaigns
- Telluride Hybrid2 campaigns
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Official channels
- NHTSA VIN lookupNHTSA shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle from its VIN or its license plate.
- NHTSA: report a safety problemThe NHTSA form for a complaint about a vehicle, a tire, a child seat or equipment.
Cite this page
Recall Register. Kia Sedona: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/sedona/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .
Sources
- Source
- NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
- Licence
- US government work, public domain
- Recall file through
- 29 Sep 2026
- Complaint file through
- 29 Mar 2018
- Manufacturer in the recall file
- KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
The model name is the name in the NHTSA files. NHTSA keeps a variant of a model as a different line. How the register is made. Report an error.
Questions
- Which Kia Sedona model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2006 with 7, 2011 with 6, 2007 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Kia Sedona model year has the most complaints?
- The 2002 model year, with 173 of the 744 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Kia Sedona name?
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic: 160.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Electrical System: 111.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Engine and Engine Cooling: 89 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Kia Sedona?
- 7 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.