NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2004 Kia Sedona has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on July 20, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Kia Sedona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 176
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Kia Sedona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Kia Sedona
2004 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 176 owner complaints about the 2004 Kia Sedona, the newest on September 25, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (6%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 25 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the wheels (18%), followed by the service brakes, hydraulic (16%) and the engine and engine cooling (14%).
1 of the 2004 Kia Sedona's 2 recalls also concerns the wheels.
Where 2004 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (129 complaints), the median was 45,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Wheels32
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic28
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
- Steering22
- Electrical System18
- Suspension17
Complaints received, by year
| 2004 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 57 | |
| 2006 | 25 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 6 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 2 | |
| 2019 | 1 | |
| 2020 | 1 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Kia Sedona peaked in 2005, when NHTSA received 57. 57% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Kia Sedona drew 2.7× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2004 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 176 complaints about the 2004 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2004 Kia models
Newest record on this page: September 25, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted