NHTSA Safety Recalls
2016 Kia Sedona Recalls
The 2016 Kia Sedona has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on August 10, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2016 Kia Sedona. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 297
- Crashes reported
- 10
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
14 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2016 Kia Sedona, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2016 Kia Sedona
Power train: automatic transmission: lever and linkage: column shift
- Campaign
- 22V612000
- Reported
- August 10, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 28,065
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Exterior lighting: turn signal
- Campaign
- 21V725000
- Reported
- September 17, 2021
- Vehicles affected
- up to 88,576
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017 Sedona
Electrical system: wiring
- Campaign
- 19V109000
- Reported
- February 19, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 94,389
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Sedona
Structure: body: door
- Campaign
- 18V338000
- Reported
- May 23, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 106,428
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- also 2015, 2017–2018 Sedona
2016 Kia Sedona complaints by year
NHTSA has received 297 owner complaints about the 2016 Kia Sedona, the newest on October 8, 2026. Of these, 10 describe a crash (3%) and 14 a fire; owners reported 10 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2016 Kia Sedona, the component group named most often is the engine (50%), followed by the electrical system (15%) and the exterior lighting (12%).
1 of the 2016 Kia Sedona's 4 recalls also concerns the electrical system.
Where 2016 Kia Sedona owners gave the mileage (100 complaints), the median was 68,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine148
- Electrical System46
- Exterior Lighting37
- Unknown Or Other32
- Structure25
- Air Bags19
Complaints received, by year
| 2016 | 9 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 9 | |
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 22 | |
| 2020 | 23 | |
| 2021 | 22 | |
| 2022 | 27 | |
| 2023 | 31 | |
| 2024 | 64 | |
| 2025 | 53 | |
| 2026 | 27 |
Complaints about the 2016 Kia Sedona peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 64. 17% arrived between 2015 and 2019, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2016 vehicles, the 2016 Kia Sedona drew 1.3× the complaints of the median Kia Sedona year in the same window: 7th highest of the 16 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 297 complaints about the 2016 Kia Sedona are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sedona by model year
Other 2016 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted