NHTSA Safety Recalls
2018 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2018 Kia Sorento has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 19, 2022.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2018 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
- 255
- Crashes reported
- 12
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
11 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2018 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 2018 Kia Sorento
Trailer hitches
- Campaign
- 22V703000
- Reported
- September 19, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 70,887
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2016–2017, 2019–2022 Sorento, 3 other models
Steering: electric power assist system
- Campaign
- 18V656000
- Reported
- September 21, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 97
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Kia Sorento
Air bags: side/window
- Campaign
- 17V784000
- Reported
- December 8, 2017
- Vehicles affected
- up to 2,014
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2018 Kia Sorento
2018 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 255 owner complaints about the 2018 Kia Sorento, the newest on October 6, 2026. Of these, 12 describe a crash (5%) and 11 a fire; owners reported 11 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2018 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the engine (42%), followed by the exterior lighting (16%) and the electrical system (12%).
None of the 2018 Kia Sorento's 3 recalls concerns the engine.
Where 2018 Kia Sorento owners gave the mileage (69 complaints), the median was 49,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine107
- Exterior Lighting41
- Unknown Or Other37
- Electrical System30
- Steering26
- Fuel/Propulsion System13
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 11 | |
| 2019 | 16 | |
| 2020 | 21 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 35 | |
| 2023 | 41 | |
| 2024 | 49 | |
| 2025 | 41 | |
| 2026 | 28 |
Complaints about the 2018 Kia Sorento peaked in 2024, when NHTSA received 49. 24% arrived between 2017 and 2021, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2018 vehicles, the 2018 Kia Sorento drew 0.6× the complaints of the median Kia Sorento year in the same window: 15th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 255 complaints about the 2018 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2018 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 6, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted