NHTSA Safety Recalls
2022 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2022 Kia Sorento has 6 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on September 25, 2025.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2022 Kia Sorento. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 6
- Owner complaints
- 193
- Crashes reported
- 4
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
1 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2022 Kia Sorento, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
6 recalls on the 2022 Kia Sorento
Electrical system: wiring: fuses and circuit breakers
- Campaign
- 25V649000
- Reported
- September 25, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 39,536
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2021, 2023 Sorento
Back over prevention: sensing system: camera
- Campaign
- 23V610000
- Reported
- August 31, 2023
- Vehicles affected
- up to 144,979
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 111, rear visibility
- Same campaign
- also 2023 Sorento, 2 other models
Power train: automatic transmission
- Campaign
- 22V760000
- Reported
- October 11, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 69,038
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2021 Sorento, 1 other model
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 2016–2021 Sorento, 3 other models
Tires: temporary/emergency spare tire
- Campaign
- 22V509000
- Reported
- July 19, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 8
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 110, tire selection and rims
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Engine and engine cooling: engine: gasoline: turbo/supercharger
- Campaign
- 22V202000
- Reported
- March 29, 2022
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- only the 2022 Kia Sorento
2022 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 193 owner complaints about the 2022 Kia Sorento, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 4 describe a crash (2%) and 1 a fire; owners reported 4 injuries.
In complaints about the 2022 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the power train (35%), followed by the engine (27%) and the electrical system (16%).
1 of the 2022 Kia Sorento's 6 recalls also concerns the power train.
Where 2022 Kia Sorento owners gave the mileage (21 complaints), the median was 28,660 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train67
- Engine52
- Unknown Or Other38
- Electrical System31
- Service Brakes17
- Vehicle Speed Control16
Complaints received, by year
| 2022 | 40 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 45 | |
| 2024 | 22 | |
| 2025 | 44 | |
| 2026 | 42 |
Complaints about the 2022 Kia Sorento peaked in 2023, when NHTSA received 45. 78% arrived between 2021 and 2025, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2022 vehicles, the 2022 Kia Sorento drew 1.2× the complaints of the median Kia Sorento year in the same window: 7th highest of the 19 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★☆
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 193 complaints about the 2022 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2022 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted