Jeep Compass 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	Jeep Compass	KIA Sorento
Complaints on file	6,123	13,981
Model years covered	2007–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2018	2012
Best model year	2008	2009
Crashes reported	248	481
Fires reported	76	653
Injuries reported	138	371
Deaths reported	2	11
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.6%	10.8%

Jeep Compass by year

396 135 60 108 283 263 121 518 173 461 385 1,629 579 254 131 390 76 113 44 4

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 1,307 21.3%

Electrical System 1,060 17.3%

Other & Unspecified 663 10.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 527 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 294 4.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 280 4.6%

Airbags 273 4.5%

Brakes 245 4.0%

KIA Sorento by year

421 341 457 382 224 319 79 3 2,077 1,208 1,297 1,375 960 1,629 1,034 336 626 189 357 287 201 53 119 7

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 4,214 30.1%

Electrical System 1,380 9.9%

Other & Unspecified 1,279 9.1%

Transmission & Drivetrain 1,162 8.3%

Body & Structure 937 6.7%

Lights 864 6.2%

Airbags 719 5.1%

Brakes 703 5.0%