2020 Kia Sorento — Problems & Complaints
NHTSA has 136 owner complaints on file for this vehicle. Every report below was filed by a real owner with the US government's road-safety agency.
Kia Sorento — Complaints by Model Year
Years flagged AVOID have at least twice this model's average complaint count — the strongest public-data signal of a bad year.
981 complaints
987 complaints
751 complaints
1,252 complaints
804 complaints
254 complaints
428 complaints
136 complaints
20 complaints
189 complaints
122 complaints
42 complaints
75 complaints
0 complaints
What Owners Complain About Most
Recent Owner Reports
I wanted to add to a previous claim I had already submitted, I found an item that had fallen out of my engine, I don't know if I can submit a picture on here but I will try.
I have placed below what I have sent to Kia company.
I was driving my vehicle and all the sudden all the lights on my dashboard came on, I am going to try and remember exactly which ones came on. The engine malfunction light, the ABS light, the battery light, the EPS light, the oil light, there were more lights that came on but I don't know the exact name of it. Then I heard a pop, smoke pouring through the vents, this all happe…
There already is a recall for my problem, NHTSA Recall #22V703, but Kia has refused to honor the recall after my vehicle electrical wires started burning, exactly as warned in the Recall. Kia asserts that the trailer hitch and wiring was not installed by Kia, but in fact it was installed by a Kia Dealer.
Friday 12/16 car was being driven at 55 MPH on a rural road with no traffic around it when the Panoramic Sunroof exploded. Very loud boom and my wife thought she had a blow out. Immediately pulled over to check the vehicle. No tire or body damage was found until she looked on top of the vehicle. Total back panel of the Sunroof (over the back seat area) had shattered and ap…
Recalls & Crash Tests
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Problems Checker
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