NHTSA Safety Recalls
2008 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2008 Kia Sorento has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 14, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2008 Kia Sorento. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 217
- Crashes reported
- 15
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
9 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2008 Kia Sorento, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2008 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 2007, 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 2007, 2009–2011 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 2007 Sorento
2008 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 217 owner complaints about the 2008 Kia Sorento, the newest on July 29, 2026. Of these, 15 describe a crash (7%) and 9 a fire; owners reported 17 injuries and 3 deaths.
In complaints about the 2008 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the air bags (30%), followed by the electronic stability control (esc) (20%) and the engine (16%).
1 of the 2008 Kia Sorento's 3 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2008 Kia Sorento owners gave the mileage (178 complaints), the median was 56,853 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags66
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)44
- Engine35
- Electrical System32
- Vehicle Speed Control28
- Power Train23
Complaints received, by year
| 2007 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 8 | |
| 2009 | 14 | |
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 23 | |
| 2012 | 14 | |
| 2013 | 33 | |
| 2014 | 17 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 13 | |
| 2017 | 10 | |
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 20 | |
| 2021 | 8 | |
| 2022 | 4 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 4 |
Complaints about the 2008 Kia Sorento peaked in 2013, when NHTSA received 33. 25% 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 Sorento drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Sorento year in the same window: 13th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 217 complaints about the 2008 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2008 Kia models
Newest record on this page: July 29, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted