NHTSA Safety Recalls
2025 Kia Sorento Recalls
The 2025 Kia Sorento has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 26, 2026.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2025 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
- 76
- Crashes reported
- 6
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
in complaints
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2025 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 2025 Kia Sorento
Electrical system: instrument cluster/panel
- Campaign
- 26V046000
- Reported
- January 26, 2026
- Vehicles affected
- up to 42,677
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 101, controls and displays
- Same campaign
- also 2 other models
Engine and engine cooling: critical fasteners
- Campaign
- 25V548000
- Reported
- August 25, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 30
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 1 other model
Electrical system: body control module: software
- Campaign
- 25V006000
- Reported
- January 13, 2025
- Vehicles affected
- up to 74,469
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 108, lamps and reflective devices
- Same campaign
- also 2024 Sorento, 1 other model
2025 Kia Sorento complaints by year
NHTSA has received 76 owner complaints about the 2025 Kia Sorento, the newest on October 7, 2026. Of these, 6 describe a crash (8%); owners reported 5 injuries.
In complaints about the 2025 Kia Sorento, the component group named most often is the electrical system (29%), followed by the engine (25%) and the power train (25%).
2 of the 2025 Kia Sorento's 3 recalls also concern the electrical system.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System22
- Unknown Or Other20
- Engine19
- Power Train19
- Forward Collision Avoidance9
- Vehicle Speed Control7
Complaints received, by year
| 2024 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 39 | |
| 2026 | 36 |
Complaints about the 2025 Kia Sorento peaked in 2025, when NHTSA received 39.
The 2025 is too new to rank against other Kia Sorento years: its window closes at the end of 2028.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 4/5
The 76 complaints about the 2025 Kia Sorento are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Kia Sorento by model year
Other 2025 Kia models
Newest record on this page: October 7, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted