NHTSA Safety Recalls
2007 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2007 Kia Sorento has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2007 Kia Sorento. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 154
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
5 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2007 Kia Sorento, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2007 Kia Sorento
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 20V088000
- Reported
- February 14, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 228,829
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2009 Sorento, 1 other model
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V114000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 980,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2008–2011 Sorento, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: sensor/control module-inactive
- Campaign
- 11V473000
- Reported
- September 7, 2011
- Vehicles affected
- up to 10,631
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2008 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 2006 Sorento, 4 other models
2007 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 154 owner complaints about the 2007 Kia Sorento, the newest on October 30, 2024. Of these, 10 describe a crash (6%) and 5 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries.
In complaints about the 2007 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the air bags (38%), followed by the electrical system (14%) and the power train (13%).
1 of the 2007 Kia Sorento's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2007 Kia Sorento owners gave the mileage (120 complaints), the median was 55,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags58
- Electrical System21
- Power Train20
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)18
- Service Brakes18
- Exterior Lighting12
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 24 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 21 | |
| 2009 | 5 | |
| 2010 | 7 | |
| 2011 | 10 | |
| 2012 | 9 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 14 | |
| 2015 | 8 | |
| 2016 | 10 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 11 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2007 Kia Sorento peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 24. 37% arrived between 2006 and 2010, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2007 vehicles, the 2007 Kia Sorento drew 0.5× the complaints of the median Kia Sorento year in the same window: 16th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 154 complaints about the 2007 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2007 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 30, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted