NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2009 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 2009 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
- 55
- Crashes reported
- 2
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 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 2009 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 2007–2008 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 2007–2008, 2010–2011 Sorento, 8 other models
Equipment
- Campaign
- 11E041000
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2010–2011 Sorento, 1 other model
2009 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 55 owner complaints about the 2009 Kia Sorento, the newest on January 16, 2026. Of these, 2 describe a crash (4%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 3 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the air bags (38%), followed by the electrical system (25%) and the power train (16%).
1 of the 2009 Kia Sorento's 3 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2009 Kia Sorento owners gave the mileage (40 complaints), the median was 42,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags21
- Electrical System14
- Power Train9
- Electronic Stability Control (Esc)8
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic6
- Vehicle Speed Control6
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8 | |
| 2011 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 3 | |
| 2015 | 7 | |
| 2016 | 3 | |
| 2017 | 4 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Kia Sorento peaked in 2010, when NHTSA received 8. 33% 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 Sorento drew 0.3× the complaints of the median Kia Sorento year in the same window: 19th highest of the 19 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the three best-measured Kia Sorento years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 55 complaints about the 2009 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2009 Kia models
Newest record on this page: January 16, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted