22V703000
TRAILER HITCHES
A fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2016 KIA SORENTO
8 safety recall campaigns, 3 defect investigations, 1,624 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns8
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations3
Owner complaints1,624
Complaints citing a crash42
Complaints citing a fire76
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 8
22V612000
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:COLUMN SHIFT
A vehicle rollaway increases the risk of a crash and injury.
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
16V862000
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
If the trailer brake lights stay illuminated while being used, other drivers may be confused, increasing the risk of a crash.
16V770000
SEATS
In the event of a crash, the driver seatback frame could break and fail to restrain a seat occupant, increasing the risk of injury.
16V480000
SUSPENSION:REAR
The improper weld may break, affecting the rear suspension alignment, thereby increasing the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 690ENGINE
- 164UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 119POWER TRAIN
- 103ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 103STRUCTURE:BODY
- 80STEERING
- 61EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 56VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2016 KIA SORENTOs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.