Kia Sorento
2011 only
130,238 sold in the US for 2011.
per 10,000 sold
2011 Kia Sorento have 2,018 classified complaints on record for that year specifically, plus 7 recalls. The most common issue in this year is Doors, windows, latches, seats and trim, typically surfacing around 87,000 miles.
Computed directly from stored federal records for 2011 model years only — not blended with the rest of this vehicle's production run. See the full Kia Sorento report for every year combined.
Where this year fits
What breaks, and when — 2011 only
Median onset: 87,000 miles. 1.0% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Median onset: 95,883 miles. 7.2% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Median onset: 31,000 miles. 2.5% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Tends to show up earlier than this model's other issues. · More common in newer model years.
Which other vehicles have automatic transmission problems? →Median onset: 100,500 miles. 1.1% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Tends to show up later than this model's other issues. · More common in newer model years.
Median onset: 70,020 miles. 1.8% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
More common in newer model years.
Median onset: 63,500 miles. 5.3% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
More common in older model years.
Median onset: 107,500 miles. 3.1% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Tends to show up later than this model's other issues. · More common in older model years.
Median onset: 35,500 miles. 4.3% of these reported an injury, a death, or a crash with fire.
Tends to show up earlier than this model's other issues. · More common in newer model years.
From owner-filed complaints to NHTSA, not independently verified. Federal mileage reporting on recent complaints is sparse — see how it works.
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Sources: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation — complaints and recalls, scoped to 2011 model year. See the full Kia Sorento report for every year and full specs/safety data.