NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
NHTSA ODI · 398,146 deduplicated matched complaint incidentsSnapshot through 2026-07-192010 Ford Fusion · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102012 Ford Focus · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 102007 Toyota Camry · complaint-signal index 9.9 / 10Methodology · open and versionedPublished indexes show sample size and 95% interval
Federal complaint record · Kia Sorento · model year 2003
2003 Kia Sorento
Owners submitted 305 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 44th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2001 to 2005 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is engine. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.
Engine · 30% · group n = 126Fuel system · 18% · group n = 77Airbags · 8% · group n = 32Steering · 7% · group n = 31Electrical · 7% · group n = 30
305
Complaint records on file
74,000
Median mileage at the reported problem · 241 complaints reported mileage
30%
Of classified component reports name engine · group n = 126
44th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 31 model years
Reports describe steering effort or control concerns
Cluster 1 of 32003 Kia Sorento
Stalling or shutdown · 30 reports
Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving
Cluster 2 of 32003 Kia Sorento
Brake performance · 29 reports
Reports describe braking performance concerns
Cluster 3 of 32003 Kia Sorento
Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.
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NHTSA consumer complaint records can reveal recurring patterns across published model years. MotorCensus summarizes those records as one complaint-signal index, with a 95% interval and sample size, updated with each data snapshot.