KIA Sedona EX vs Honda Prelude

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	KIA Sedona EX	Honda Prelude
Complaints on file	189	463
Model years covered	2002–2004	1981–2001
Worst model year	2003	1997
Best model year	2004	2000
Crashes reported	6	52
Fires reported	31	15
Injuries reported	11	29
Deaths reported	0	2
Most complained-about part	Electrical System	Transmission & Drivetrain
Share of complaints involving harm	25.4%	21.2%

KIA Sedona EX by year

75 57 57

02 03 04

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

What breaks

Electrical System 27 14.3%

Steering 21 11.1%

Engine & Cooling 20 10.6%

Brakes 20 10.6%

Body & Structure 13 6.9%

Seats 12 6.3%

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 5.8%

Airbags 10 5.3%

Honda Prelude by year

3 1 5 11 12 17 40 34 4 18 26 14 12 9 4 88 86 40 14 25

81 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01

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

What breaks

Transmission & Drivetrain 106 22.9%

Engine & Cooling 53 11.4%

Electrical System 49 10.6%

Seat Belts 35 7.6%

Steering 33 7.1%

Airbags 26 5.6%

Suspension 25 5.4%

Fuel & Propulsion 25 5.4%