2017 Kia Sorento — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 1,039 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Engine409 (39.4%)Official recall records for this system: 21, covering model years 2003–2025.
• Lights126 (12.1%)Official recall records for this system: 8, covering model years 2006–2026.
• Steering97 (9.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2018–2024.
• Electrical system94 (9.0%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 2006–2026.
• Fuel system49 (4.7%)Official recall records for this system: 11, covering model years 2003–2025.
• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)37 (3.6%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2011–2022.

Other / uncategorized: 103 classifications (9.9%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (20,244 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, electrical system and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).
• Safety recalls (118 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (146 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: engine, brakes and fuel system.
• Manufacturer communications (3,453 records, model years 2003–2026) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, engine and equipment & accessories.
• Investigations (78 records, model years 2003–2021) are most frequently classified under: engine, lights and engine cooling.

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 272reports included a mileage
• 55,987average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 2003 339 records for 2003 339
2. 2004 243 records for 2004 243
3. 2005 335 records for 2005 335
4. 2006 264 records for 2006 264
5. 2007 188 records for 2007 188
6. 2008 244 records for 2008 244
7. 2009 77 records for 2009 77
8. 2011 1,747 records for 2011 1,747
9. 2012 1,133 records for 2012 1,133
10. 2013 1,231 records for 2013 1,231
11. 2014 1,266 records for 2014 1,266
12. 2015 962 records for 2015 962
13. 2016 1,539 records for 2016 1,539
14. 2017 1,053 records for 2017 1,053
15. 2018 458 records for 2018 458
16. 2019 541 records for 2019 541
17. 2020 223 records for 2020 223
18. 2021 355 records for 2021 355
19. 2022 284 records for 2022 284
20. 2023 176 records for 2023 176
21. 2024 92 records for 2024 92
22. 2025 112 records for 2025 112
23. 2026 16 records for 2026 16

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 13mention a crash
• 32mention a fire
• 17mention an injury

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 4
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 241
• Investigations NHTSA 3
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 5
• Owner complaints NHTSA 800

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0705 in 1 record

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.