NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2005 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 2005 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
- 185
- Crashes reported
- 20
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 Kia Sedona
2005 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 185 owner complaints about the 2005 Kia Sedona, the newest on April 4, 2023. Of these, 20 describe a crash (11%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 16 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the service brakes, hydraulic (39%), followed by the electrical system (12%) and the air bags (9%).
None of the 2005 Kia Sedona's 2 recalls concerns the service brakes, hydraulic.
Where 2005 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (143 complaints), the median was 25,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic72
- Electrical System22
- Air Bags16
- Engine And Engine Cooling16
- Steering14
- Suspension14
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 23 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 26 | |
| 2007 | 37 | |
| 2008 | 13 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 7 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 7 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 16 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 3 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Kia Sedona peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 37. 54% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Kia Sedona drew 3.2× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 1st highest of the 16 ranked years.
That makes 2005 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 185 complaints about the 2005 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2005 Kia models
Newest record on this page: April 4, 2023. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted