GMC Yukon vs KIA Sorento

Both cars' complete complaint records, side by side.

Read the totals carefully. NHTSA publishes no sales figures, so the car that sold more collects more complaints regardless of quality. The rows worth weighing are the proportions — the share of complaints that involved harm, and which part dominates.

Measure	GMC Yukon	KIA Sorento
Complaints on file	6,577	14,049
Model years covered	1986–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2007	2012
Best model year	2020	2009
Crashes reported	279	481
Fires reported	54	655
Injuries reported	200	372
Deaths reported	13	11
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	8.3%	10.8%

GMC Yukon by year

1 1 23 19 71 117 90 180 90 262 199 258 187 251 186 101 49 581 250 116 149 216 89 149 79 682 370 257 95 73 43 469 258 325 162 79 50

86 87 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 1,025 15.6%

Brakes 897 13.6%

Airbags 668 10.2%

Electrical System 616 9.4%

Other & Unspecified 535 8.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 488 7.4%

Lights 466 7.1%

Body & Structure 303 4.6%

KIA Sorento by year

421 341 457 382 224 319 79 3 2,077 1,209 1,298 1,380 965 1,635 1,040 340 632 191 367 290 208 57 126 8

03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded

What breaks

Engine & Cooling 4,231 30.1%

Electrical System 1,391 9.9%

Other & Unspecified 1,284 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,172 8.3%

Body & Structure 940 6.7%

Lights 865 6.2%

Airbags 721 5.1%

Brakes 706 5.0%