NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2008 Kia Sedona has 5 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Kia Sedona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 5
- Owner complaints
- 170
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Kia Sedona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
5 recalls on the 2008 Kia Sedona
Electrical system
- Campaign
- 20V088000
- Reported
- February 14, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 228,829
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2010 Sedona, 1 other model
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 16V387000
- Reported
- June 1, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 97,884
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2012 Sedona
Latches/locks/linkages: hood: latch
- Campaign
- 16V389000
- Reported
- June 1, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 219,800
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2012, 2014 Sedona
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 13V550000
- Reported
- November 5, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 79,867
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2006–2007, 2009–2012 Sedona
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V114000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 980,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2007, 2009–2011 Sedona, 8 other models
2008 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 170 owner complaints about the 2008 Kia Sedona, the newest on February 20, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 2 injuries.
In complaints about the 2008 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the electrical system (26%), followed by the vehicle speed control (22%) and the structure (15%).
1 of the 2008 Kia Sedona's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2008 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (136 complaints), the median was 52,693 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System45
- Vehicle Speed Control38
- Structure25
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)15
- Exterior Lighting15
- Suspension15
Complaints received, by year
| 2008 | 4 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 6 | |
| 2010 | 37 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 10 | |
| 2013 | 14 | |
| 2014 | 18 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 8 | |
| 2018 | 7 | |
| 2019 | 8 | |
| 2020 | 14 | |
| 2021 | 6 | |
| 2022 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2008 Kia Sedona peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 37. 32% arrived between 2007 and 2011, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2008 vehicles, the 2008 Kia Sedona drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 6th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 170 complaints about the 2008 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2008 Kia models
Newest record on this page: February 20, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted