FaultScore

Worst years for a KIA Sedona

Owners have filed 3,406 complaints about the KIA Sedona with NHTSA across model years 2002 to 2021. More of them are about the engine & cooling than anything else.

Avoid

2002 KIA Sedona

328 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly electrical system.

Cleanest on record

2020 KIA Sedona

26 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Sedona year, graded

The grade compares each year against the rest of this model's own run — never against another car. Click any bar or row to open that year's report.

Complaints filed with NHTSA, by model year. Bar colour is the FaultScore grade: A B C D F ungraded
Year Grade Complaints Crashes Fires Median miles Most reported
2021 B 16 3 0 Driver Assist & Collision Avoidance
2020 A 26 0 0 65,245 Engine & Cooling
2019 C 46 2 1 7,400 Engine & Cooling
2018 C 64 3 8 16,895 Engine & Cooling
2017 C 183 4 3 40,000 Engine & Cooling
2016 F 376 20 24 62,000 Engine & Cooling
2015 C 179 3 14 55,000 Engine & Cooling
2014 B 54 2 4 53,000 Electrical System
2012 C 147 8 9 71,500 Electrical System
2011 B 88 6 1 69,648 Engine & Cooling
2010 B 49 7 5 75,000 Brakes
2009 C 76 5 6 62,290 Engine & Cooling
2008 D 246 5 18 54,000 Electrical System
2007 C 237 8 14 79,000 Electrical System
2006 D 579 18 14 77,000 Suspension
2005 F 272 39 14 15,522 Brakes
2004 D 226 12 13 42,000 Brakes
2003 D 214 14 26 45,000 Electrical System
2002 F 328 26 25 46,876 Electrical System

What breaks on a KIA Sedona

Across every model year on file. Follow a row for that part's complaints and the year it was worst.

Engine & Cooling 525 15.4%

Worst in 2016

Electrical System 491 14.4%

Worst in 2006

Brakes 330 9.7%

Worst in 2005

Airbags 240 7.0%

Worst in 2006

Body & Structure 229 6.7%

Worst in 2006

Suspension 203 6.0%

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2008

Worst in 2016

Lights 163 4.8%

Worst in 2016

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2006

Worst in 2011

Steering 98 2.9%

Worst in 2004

Wheels 73 2.1%

Worst in 2004

Exactly what failed on a KIA Sedona

The named sub-assemblies behind those complaints, across every model year.

Body 134 31.5%
Door 62 14.6%
Rotor 50 11.7%
Latch 37 8.7%
Engine 35 8.2%
Automatic Transmission 34 8.0%
Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip 23 5.4%
Alternator/Generator/Regulator 21 4.9%
Wheel Bearing 15 3.5%
Windshield 15 3.5%

Complaints filed over time

Every complaint about every KIA Sedona, by the month it reached NHTSA.

Sep 2001 peak 41 Aug 2026

KIA Sedona problems by state

Where owners filed from. Heavier states are usually just bigger markets, but a part that fails in heat or salt shows up here first.

Compare the KIA Sedona

Side by side on complaint history. Remember that raw totals track how many were sold as much as how good they were.