FaultScore

Worst years for a KIA Sedona EX

Owners have filed 189 complaints about the KIA Sedona EX with NHTSA across model years 2002 to 2004. More of them are about the electrical system than anything else.

Avoid

2003 KIA Sedona EX

57 complaints — the highest FaultScore of any year, mostly engine & cooling.

Cleanest on record

2004 KIA Sedona EX

57 complaints — the lowest FaultScore of the graded years.

Every KIA Sedona EX 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
2004 C 57 2 5 70,000 Steering
2003 D 57 2 9 49,000 Engine & Cooling
2002 D 75 2 17 84,000 Electrical System

What breaks on a KIA Sedona EX

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

Worst in 2002

Steering 21 11.1%

Worst in 2004

Engine & Cooling 20 10.6%

Worst in 2003

Brakes 20 10.6%

Worst in 2004

Body & Structure 13 6.9%

Worst in 2002

Seats 12 6.3%

Worst in 2002

Transmission & Drivetrain 11 5.8%

Worst in 2003

Airbags 10 5.3%

Worst in 2002

Suspension 8 4.2%

Worst in 2004

Wheels 8 4.2%

Worst in 2004

Fuel & Propulsion 7 3.7%

Worst in 2002

Lights 6 3.2%

Worst in 2004

Seat Belts 6 3.2%

Worst in 2002

Tires 5 2.6%

Worst in 2004

Complaints filed over time

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

Oct 2005 peak 8 Jun 2019

Compare the KIA Sedona EX

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