2009 Kia Sorento Problems

Below Average Complaints

Real NHTSA owner complaints for the 2009 Kia Sorento. Part of Generation 1 — 2003–2009.

20082010
Complaints
79
Crashes
2
Fires
1
Injuries
3
Fatalities
Recalls
3

Worst 2009 Kia Sorento Problems

Top 3 most-reported issues with average mileage at failure.

#114 complaints

AIR BAGS

Avg mileage:59,171 mi
Crash-related:2
#212 complaints

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

Avg mileage:109,675 mi
#38 complaints

ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)

Avg mileage:75,315 mi
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All Problems by Category

Every NHTSA complaint category for the 2009 Kia Sorento.

ComponentComplaintsCrashesFiresAvg MileageVolume
AIR BAGS14259,171 mi
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM12109,675 mi
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)875,315 mi
POWER TRAIN625,126 mi
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC6115,333 mi
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL56,941 mi
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL568,746 mi
ENGINE4107,667 mi
SEATS344,329 mi
UNKNOWN OR OTHER31162,822 mi
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE22,000 mi
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION22,631 mi
SERVICE BRAKES2180,000 mi
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1600 mi
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY:SOLENOID146,000 mi
EXTERIOR LIGHTING1
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION11,200 mi
STRUCTURE1600 mi
TIRES1
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL142,000 mi

Recalls for 2009 Kia Sorento

3 NHTSA recall campaigns affecting ~1,438,035 vehicles.

20V088000ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
~228,829 affected

Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Sedona and 2007-2009 Sorento vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short.

20V088000SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
~228,829 affected

Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2006-2010 Sedona and 2007-2009 Sorento vehicles. Moisture may enter the Anti-lock Brake (ABS) Module and result in an electrical short.

13V114000EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
~980,377 affected

Kia Motors Corporation (Kia) is recalling certain model year 2007-2010 Rondo, model year 2007-2011 Sedona, Sorento and Sportage, model year 2010-2011 Soul, model year 2008-2011 Optima, model year 2010 Forte, model year 2007-2009 Amanti, and model year 2009 Borrego vehicles. Originally, in April 2013, Kia recalled 623,658 model year 2007-2010 Rondo and Sportage, model year 2007-2011 Sorento, model year 2007 Sedona, model year 2010-2011 Soul, and model year 2011 Optima vehicles. In September 2013, Kia informed the agency that it was adding an additional 356,719 vehicles to this campaign. The total number of vehicles being recalled is now 980,377. In the affected vehicles, the stop lamp switch may malfunction. A malfunctioning stop lamp switch may cause the brake lights to not illuminate when the brake pedal is depressed or may cause an inability to deactivate the cruise control by depressing the brake pedal. Additionally, a malfunctioning stop lamp switch may also result in intermittent operation of the push-button start feature, affect the operation of the brake-transmission shift interlock feature preventing the shifter from being moved out of the PARK position and cause the Electronic Stability Control (ESC) malfunction light to illuminate.

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