Kia Sorento: recalls and complaints by model year
NHTSA lists 40 recall campaigns for the Kia Sorento, model years 2003 to 2026. NHTSA has 485 complaints on file for this model line. 22 of the 24 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.
- 20031
- 20040
- 20050
- 20061
- 20074
- 20083
- 20092
- 20101
- 20117
- 20125
- 20135
- 20146
- 20153
- 20168
- 20174
- 20183
- 20192
- 20201
- 20214
- 20226
- 20233
- 20242
- 20253
- 20262
| Model year | Recall campaigns | Complaints | Share of the line average | Units in the campaigns |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 Kia Sorento | 2 | 0 | 0% | 42,722 |
| 2025 Kia Sorento | 3 | 0 | 0% | 117,176 |
| 2024 Kia Sorento | 2 | 0 | 0% | 74,564 |
| 2023 Kia Sorento | 3 | 0 | 0% | 235,032 |
| 2022 Kia Sorento | 6 | 0 | 0% | 324,474 |
| 2021 Kia Sorento | 4 | 0 | 0% | 201,036 |
| 2020 Kia Sorento NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 70,887 |
| 2019 Kia Sorento | 2 | 0 | 0% | 154,554 |
| 2018 Kia Sorento | 3 | 0 | 0% | 72,998 |
| 2017 Kia Sorento | 4 | 0 | 0% | 152,814 |
| 2016 Kia Sorento | 8 | 0 | 0% | 205,074 |
| 2015 Kia Sorento | 3 | 0 | 0% | 952,393 |
| 2014 Kia Sorento | 6 | 0 | 0% | 3,310,090 |
| 2013 Kia Sorento | 5 | 0 | 0% | 3,091,823 |
| 2012 Kia Sorento | 5 | 0 | 0% | 3,091,823 |
| 2011 Kia Sorento | 7 | 25 | 124% | 3,223,015 |
| 2010 Kia Sorento NHTSA page | 1 | 0 | 0% | 980,377 |
| 2009 Kia Sorento | 2 | 10 | 49% | 1,209,206 |
| 2008 Kia Sorento | 3 | 30 | 148% | 1,219,837 |
| 2007 Kia Sorento | 4 | 56 | 277% | 1,359,681 |
| 2006 Kia Sorento | 1 | 42 | 208% | 139,844 |
| 2005 Kia Sorento | 0 | 93 | 460% | |
| 2004 Kia Sorento | 0 | 71 | 351% | |
| 2003 Kia Sorento | 1 | 158 | 782% | 2,935 |
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
646 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Engine and Engine Cooling | 202.8 | 131 |
| Air Bags | 182.7 | 118 |
| Power Train | 113 | 73 |
| Electrical System | 88.2 | 57 |
| Exterior Lighting | 86.7 | 56 |
| Service Brakes, Hydraulic | 52.6 | 34 |
| Steering | 49.5 | 32 |
| Fuel System, Gasoline | 38.7 | 25 |
| Suspension | 32.5 | 21 |
| Equipment | 24.8 | 16 |
Counts by year
Other model lines of the make
- Sephia8 campaigns
- Sportage36 campaigns
- Sedona23 campaigns
- RIO11 campaigns
- Optima22 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 Sorento: recalls and complaints by model year. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/kia/sorento/. 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 Sorento model years have the most recall campaigns?
- 2016 with 8, 2011 with 7, 2022 with 6. A campaign that names 3 model years is in the count of each of the 3.
- Which Kia Sorento model year has the most complaints?
- The 2003 model year, with 158 of the 485 complaints for the line. A newer model year has had less time to get complaints.
- Which components do the complaints about the Kia Sorento name?
- Engine and Engine Cooling: 202.8 per 1,000 component mentions. Air Bags: 182.7 per 1,000 component mentions. Power Train: 113 per 1,000 component mentions.
- How many NHTSA investigations name the Kia Sorento?
- 17 investigations name one or more model years of the line. The page of each model year lists its investigations.