NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 48
- Crashes reported
- 3
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 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 2006–2008, 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 2006–2008, 2010–2012 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 2006–2008, 2010–2012, 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 2006–2008, 2010–2012 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Sedona, 8 other models
2009 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 48 owner complaints about the 2009 Kia Sedona, the newest on August 7, 2026. Of these, 3 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the electrical system (17%), followed by the service brakes (17%) and the electronic stability control (esc) (15%).
1 of the 2009 Kia Sedona's 5 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2009 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (34 complaints), the median was 45,423 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System8
- Service Brakes8
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)7
- Exterior Lighting7
- Unknown Or Other7
- Vehicle Speed Control7
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 4 | |
| 2013 | 1 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 1 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 2 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2019 | 4 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Kia Sedona peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 9. 40% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Kia Sedona drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 10th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 48 complaints about the 2009 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2009 Kia models
Newest record on this page: August 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted