2021 KIA SORENTO

4 safety recall campaigns, 1 defect investigation, 350 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.

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The record

Recall campaigns4
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations1
Owner complaints350
Complaints citing a crash9
Complaints citing a fire1

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 4 of 4

25V6490002025-09-25

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FUSES AND CIRCUIT BREAKERS

A fire increases the risk of injury.

22V7600002022-10-11

POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION

Loss of drive power increases the risk of a crash.

22V7030002022-09-19

TRAILER HITCHES

A fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.

21V5190002021-07-08

FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS

A fuel leak increases the risk of a fire.

What owners report most

  • 123POWER TRAIN
  • 61ENGINE
  • 44ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
  • 37UNKNOWN OR OTHER
  • 21FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
  • 11VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
  • 7FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: WARNINGS
  • 5STEERING

This page is about a model, not a car

Two 2021 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.

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