NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2003 Kia Sedona has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 20, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Kia Sedona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 163
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
21 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Kia Sedona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 Kia Sedona
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 05V329000
- Reported
- July 20, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 118,447
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Sedona
Wheels
- Campaign
- 05V232000
- Reported
- May 19, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 37,358
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2004–2005 Sedona
Vehicle speed control: cables
- Campaign
- 05V013000
- Reported
- January 19, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 89,238
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Sedona
Service brakes, air: antilock: control unit/module
- Campaign
- 03V158000
- Reported
- April 25, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,375
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2003 Kia Sedona
2003 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 163 owner complaints about the 2003 Kia Sedona, the newest on December 10, 2022. Of these, 13 describe a crash (8%) and 21 a fire; owners reported 24 injuries.
In complaints about the 2003 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the electrical system (18%), followed by the air bags (15%) and the engine and engine cooling (12%).
None of the 2003 Kia Sedona's 4 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2003 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (121 complaints), the median was 48,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System29
- Air Bags25
- Engine And Engine Cooling20
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic17
- Vehicle Speed Control13
- Seat Belts12
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 22 | |
| 2005 | 31 | |
| 2006 | 8 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 7 | |
| 2010 | 12 | |
| 2011 | 2 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 4 | |
| 2015 | 11 | |
| 2016 | 1 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2003 Kia Sedona peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 31. 50% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Kia Sedona drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 5th highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2003 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 163 complaints about the 2003 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2003 Kia models
Newest record on this page: December 10, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted