NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2006 Kia Sorento has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on April 17, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 Kia Sorento. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 242
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
8 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 Kia Sorento, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2006 Kia Sorento
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 09V130000
- Reported
- April 17, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 139,844
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007 Sorento, 4 other models
2006 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 242 owner complaints about the 2006 Kia Sorento, the newest on December 8, 2022. Of these, 12 describe a crash (5%) and 8 a fire; owners reported 14 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the engine (28%), followed by the exterior lighting (23%) and the electrical system (22%).
The 2006 Kia Sorento's only recall also concerns the exterior lighting.
Where 2006 Kia Sorento owners gave the mileage (208 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine67
- Exterior Lighting56
- Electrical System53
- Power Train35
- Steering33
- Air Bags19
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 5 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 10 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 39 | |
| 2012 | 15 | |
| 2013 | 20 | |
| 2014 | 43 | |
| 2015 | 35 | |
| 2016 | 17 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 6 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 6 |
Complaints about the 2006 Kia Sorento peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 43. 14% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Kia Sorento drew 0.4× the complaints of the median Kia Sorento year in the same window: 17th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2006 one of the three best-measured Kia Sorento years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 3/5
The 242 complaints about the 2006 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2006 Kia models
Newest record on this page: December 8, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted