Model overview · 20 published model years
Kia Sorento complaints by model year
Compare published NHTSA complaint evidence across Kia Sorento model years. Each signal is benchmarked within that year's same-segment, same-era cohort, so it is not a mechanical failure rate or complete reliability score.
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Published model-year records
9,928
Matched complaint incidents
2011
Highest signal in this published set
9.1
Signal for that model year
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2023Sorento2021 to 2025 midsize suv3.3interval 1.7 to 3.8107matched incidents2022Sorento2020 to 2024 midsize suv5.0interval 4.5 to 6.0181matched incidents2021Sorento2019 to 2023 midsize suv5.0interval 4.2 to 5.8228matched incidents2020Sorento2018 to 2022 midsize suv1.4interval 1.2 to 1.7130matched incidents2019Sorento2017 to 2021 midsize suv6.3interval 5.5 to 6.5417matched incidents2018Sorento2016 to 2020 midsize suv3.1interval 2.4 to 4.1248matched incidents2017Sorento2015 to 2019 midsize suv7.1interval 7.1 to 7.4788matched incidents2016Sorento2014 to 2018 midsize suv8.4interval 8.1 to 8.41,239matched incidents2015Sorento2013 to 2017 midsize suv6.1interval 5.9 to 6.4746matched incidents2014Sorento2012 to 2016 midsize suv7.6interval 7.4 to 7.6978matched incidents2013Sorento2011 to 2015 midsize suv7.4interval 7.1 to 7.6977matched incidents2012Sorento2010 to 2014 midsize suv7.3interval 6.8 to 7.6875matched incidents2011Sorento2009 to 2013 midsize suv9.1interval 9.1 to 9.11,516matched incidents2009Sorento2007 to 2011 midsize suv1.2interval 0.7 to 1.255matched incidents2008Sorento2006 to 2010 midsize suv4.9interval 4.3 to 5.4215matched incidents2007Sorento2005 to 2009 midsize suv2.9interval 1.5 to 2.9154matched incidents2006Sorento2004 to 2008 midsize suv3.6interval 2.4 to 4.1242matched incidents2005Sorento2003 to 2007 midsize suv5.3interval 3.9 to 5.3307matched incidents2004Sorento2002 to 2006 midsize suv2.0interval 1.7 to 2.6220matched incidents2003Sorento2001 to 2005 midsize suv4.4interval 3.7 to 5.3305matched incidents
How to read this: a higher complaint signal means that model year has a louder complaint record relative to its peer cohort. It does not establish overall reliability, ownership cost, or a recommendation to avoid that year.
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