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NHTSA Safety Recalls

Kia Sorento Hybrid Recalls by Year

NHTSA's files hold 6 recall campaigns for the Kia Sorento Hybrid, across 3 model years from 2021 to 2025. The 2022 has the most (4); the fewest among years with a recall is 2025 (2).

Model years
3

2021–2025, with a recall

Recall campaigns
6
Most recalls
2022

4 recalls

Owner complaints
119

all model years, NHTSA

Owners have filed 119 complaints with NHTSA about the Kia Sorento Hybrid across 6 model years; the most, 45, concern the 2025.

Owners marked a crash on 2 of the Kia Sorento Hybrid complaints (2%) and a fire on 1.

Across all Kia Sorento Hybrid model years, owners name the engine most often (at least 52 complaints), then the electrical system (32).

NHTSA received the most complaints about the Kia Sorento Hybrid in 2026: 39, across all model years.

The component recalled most often on the Kia Sorento Hybrid is seat belts: front, in 3 model-year listings.

The newest Kia Sorento Hybrid recall, 26V046000, was reported on January 26, 2026 and concerns the electrical system: instrument cluster/panel.

NHTSA's recall file lists no recall for the 2024 Kia Sorento Hybrid, model year owners have filed complaints about.

Kia Sorento Hybrid years to avoid

Too few Kia Sorento Hybrid model years have a complete complaint window to rank them: 2 of the 5 needed.

The ranking uses owner complaints in each model year's first years on the road, adjusted for NHTSA's complaint volume for that model year. It is not adjusted for sales and is not a reliability rating. Method

Recalls and complaints by model year

NHTSA recalls and owner complaints for the Kia Sorento Hybrid, by model year
YearRecallsComplaintsFirst yearsvs median year
202603—not ranked
2025245—not ranked
202406—not ranked
2023032—not ranked
202241212not ranked
202122119not ranked

First years: complaints received from the year before the model year to three years after it.Kia Sorento Hybrid years without a link have no recall page on this site.

What gets recalled most on the Kia Sorento Hybrid

  • SEAT BELTS:FRONT3
  • TRAILER HITCHES2
  • BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL1
  • ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:BODY CONTROL MODULE:SOFTWARE1

Kia Sorento Hybrid model-year listings per recall component; one campaign can cover several years.

Every Kia Sorento Hybrid recall campaign (6)

NHTSA recall campaigns covering the Kia Sorento Hybrid, newest first
CampaignComponentYearsRisk namedVehicles
26V046000January 26, 2026electrical system: instrument cluster/panel2025crash42,677
25V006000January 13, 2025electrical system: body control module: software2025crash74,469
23V610000August 31, 2023back over prevention: sensing system: camera2022crash144,979
22V703000September 19, 2022trailer hitches2021–2022fire and injurypark outside70,887
22V447000June 23, 2022seat belts: front2021–2022injury17,199
22V127000March 4, 2022seat belts: front2022injury213

Vehicles: NHTSA's count of potentially affected vehicles in the whole campaign, not only the Kia Sorento Hybrid. Each campaign page has the defect, risk and fix in NHTSA's words.

Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted