NHTSA Safety Recalls
2002 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2002 Kia Sedona has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 19, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2002 Kia Sedona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 198
- Crashes reported
- 17
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
13 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2002 Kia Sedona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2002 Kia Sedona
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 05V013000
- Reported
- January 19, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 89,238
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2003 Sedona
Seats: mid/rear assembly
- Campaign
- 03V135000
- Reported
- April 3, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 4,276
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Kia Sedona
Seat belts: rear/other
- Campaign
- 03V017000
- Reported
- January 22, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 21,248
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 209, seat belt assemblies
- Same campaign
- only the 2002 Kia Sedona
2002 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 198 owner complaints about the 2002 Kia Sedona, the newest on August 21, 2017. Of these, 17 describe a crash (9%) and 13 a fire; owners reported 20 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2002 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the electrical system (25%), followed by the seat belts (14%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
1 of the 2002 Kia Sedona's 3 recalls also concerns the seat belts.
Where 2002 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (108 complaints), the median was 50,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System50
- Seat Belts28
- Engine And Engine Cooling27
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic26
- Visibility21
- Air Bags19
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 38 | |
| 2003 | 40 | |
| 2004 | 23 | |
| 2005 | 36 | |
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 12 | |
| 2008 | 3 | |
| 2009 | 2 | |
| 2010 | 6 | |
| 2011 | 4 | |
| 2012 | 3 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 5 | |
| 2015 | 3 | |
| 2016 | 2 | |
| 2017 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2002 Kia Sedona peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 40. 71% arrived between 2001 and 2005, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2002 vehicles, the 2002 Kia Sedona drew 3.0× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2002 one of the Kia Sedona years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 198 complaints about the 2002 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2002 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 21, 2017. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted