NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Kia Borrego Recalls
The 2009 Kia Borrego has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on October 13, 2023.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Kia Borrego. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 88
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Kia Borrego, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2009 Kia Borrego
Structure: body: roof and pillars
- Campaign
- 23V692000
- Reported
- October 13, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 22,768
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Borrego
Exterior lighting: brake lights: switch
- Campaign
- 13V114000
- Reported
- April 1, 2013
- Vehicles affected
- up to 980,377
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 8 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: pedals and linkages
- Campaign
- 12V245000
- Reported
- May 31, 2012
- Vehicles affected
- up to 21,912
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2009 Kia Borrego
2009 Kia Borrego complaints by year
NHTSA has received 88 owner complaints about the 2009 Kia Borrego, the newest on July 30, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (9%); owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Kia Borrego, the component group named most often is the power train (18%), followed by the electrical system (17%) and the service brakes (14%).
None of the 2009 Kia Borrego's 3 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2009 Kia Borrego owners gave the mileage (71 complaints), the median was 43,810 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train16
- Electrical System15
- Service Brakes12
- Seat Belts11
- Unknown Or Other10
- Steering9
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 5 | |
| 2013 | 9 | |
| 2014 | 11 | |
| 2015 | 6 | |
| 2016 | 6 | |
| 2017 | 3 | |
| 2018 | 5 | |
| 2019 | 9 | |
| 2020 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 5 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 3 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Kia Borrego peaked in 2014, when NHTSA received 11. 24% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 88 complaints about the 2009 Kia Borrego are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Borrego by model year
Other 2009 Kia models
Newest record on this page: July 30, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted