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	6,163	14,049
Model years covered	2007–2026	2003–2026
Worst model year	2018	2012
Best model year	2008	2009
Crashes reported	249	481
Fires reported	76	655
Injuries reported	138	372
Deaths reported	2	11
Most complained-about part	Engine & Cooling	Engine & Cooling
Share of complaints involving harm	7.5%	10.8%

Jeep Compass by year

396 135 60 108 283 263 121 518 173 462 385 1,636 584 258 137 393 76 113 54 8

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 1,313 21.3%

Electrical System 1,072 17.4%

Other & Unspecified 668 10.8%

Transmission & Drivetrain 528 8.6%

Fuel & Propulsion 296 4.8%

Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance 284 4.6%

Airbags 273 4.4%

Brakes 246 4.0%

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%