229 of the 3,406 complaints filed about the KIA Sedona are about the body and structure — 7% of everything owners reported. The worst model year for it is 2006.
229
Complaints
7%
Share of all complaints
7
Crashes
3
Fires
STRUCTURE:BODY
Pearl white paint peeling, there is an extension for a warranty through Hyundai for the same paint but not through Kia. Please advise what to do.
NHTSA complaint #11755797 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
2016 Kia Sedona with power sliding doors. Both rear power sliding doors fail to completely latch upon closing. Doors make loud clicking sounds while attempting to close and require manual pushing to latch. Kia of Attleboro diagnosed and confirmed in writing that both rear door roller arm assemblies are completely missing the roller, and that this condition is contributing to the latching failure. Both power sliding door motors and rear door latches also need replacement. This is a safety hazard as the doors may appear closed but are not fully latched, posing a serious risk of doors opening while driving, particularly with children as passengers. The condition has been confirmed in writing by a Kia dealership. Kia Motors America issued Warranty Bulletin WTY019 in March 2021 specifically extending coverage for this exact latching condition on 2015-2017 Sedona vehicles to 15 years/unlimited miles. The covered components (motors and latches) have been approved for warranty replacement. However, Kia America has denied coverage for the roller arm assemblies despite their own dealer's written confirmation that these parts are directly contributing to the covered latching failure. Components are available for inspection upon request. No warning lamps appeared prior to failure. Problem developed gradually with increasing noise before doors failed to latch completely.
NHTSA complaint #11755233 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
the drivers side passenger sliding door will not latch or close properly. The door started opening while driving and would not close. Luckily i had no children in the car at the time. The safety of my CHILD or any passenger could have been at risk. Driving while a van door is OPENING. I am taking it to the dealer this morning. Have to figure out how to get it there since the door wont close. Has not been inspected yet. The door ajar started to go off and the door started opening.
NHTSA complaint #11755181 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Right side sliding became stuck in closed position. Door was not openable by inside nor outside door handles. Not openable by automatic means such as push button. This situation slowed egress and could be a safety issue during emergency evacuation. During repair, KIA mechanics informed me that the forward latch (not the rear latch) of the sliding door was mechanically locked in closed position. The latch had to be destroyed from inside of vehicle to release latch to open door to be able to repair.
NHTSA complaint #11743899 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
White Pearl paint is flaking/peeling of for no apparent reason.
NHTSA complaint #11743793 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Paint delaminating due to latent defects.
NHTSA complaint #11736775 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Both sliding doors will not open using door buttons. Both doors stopped latching on their own before this occurred. Needed to push doors manually for the door to latch.
NHTSA complaint #11734427 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Driver's side power sliding door stopped latching and alarms, but doesn't hinder the vehicle from moving. This is an obvious safety risk, especially when our kids sit in the back next to that door. Evidence indicates that this was a known issue for the previous years of this vehicle, but the recall didn't include 2019 models, even though the issue looks to be the same.
NHTSA complaint #11732039 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
The contact owns a 2020 Kia Sedona. While driving approximately 30 MPH on a main road, the steering wheel started shaking abnormally and became difficult to control. The vehicle was driven to a tire shop and then to an independent mechanic. Additionally, the sliding doors failed to open as needed, the steering wheel occasionally seized, there was tread separation in the tires, and the wheels were bent. The mechanic inspected the tires and steering system, performed a safety inspection, and determined that the vehicle was unsafe to drive. The tires were replaced, and the wheels were repaired; however, the sliding doors were not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 65,245.
NHTSA complaint #11711006 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Sliding doors have an issue where the car alarms like the doors aren’t shut. Took it in and paid a diagnostic for them to tell me a sensor was bad, it still beeps. Seems to beep more when turning away from that door (driver sliding door beeps more when turning right or when stopping, passenger beeps more when turning left or stopping). This was a problem with previous generation to where the warranty was extended and seems a decent amount of complaints for this model are related to the same.
NHTSA complaint #11709206 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
The contact owns a 2008 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that upon having a state safety inspection performed on the vehicle, the contact was informed by a mechanic that there was severe corrosion on the subframe of the vehicle. The inspector informed the contact that the vehicle might be under recall for the issue. The manufacturer was notified of the failure, and the contact was informed that the VIN was not under recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 96,000.
NHTSA complaint #11699341 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
While driving the vehicle and applying the brakes the vehicle shifted to one side of the road. There was an accident 03/2024 after having the brake control arm serviced. The braking system failed. There was a recall on the front control arm 2016. The vehicle was totaled and was salvaged due to damages to the vehicle. The brake inspection failed. Today the braking system has has no control even after the master cylinder was repaired. The vehicle is currently sitting at a service station without being serviced for at least 2 months. Kia needs to be responsible and refund for the arm control repair and other related part failures. The electrical system does not work for the windshield wipers or the air conditioner or sliding doors.
NHTSA complaint #11694345 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
My White Kia Sedona Van's paint is flaking and peeling off all around the vehicle. This is not due to poor car of the vehicle or accident due to making contact with any other vehicles or objects. It is literally just falling off of the vehicle. It started about a year ago and is getting significantly worse.
NHTSA complaint #11691312 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Driver Side door stuck in the closed position. Electric Motor does not work.
NHTSA complaint #11688733 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
When using the power sliding doors, specifically the driver's side, it will not close and latch 100% of the time. It usually beeps and indicates it has not closed and has to be manually closed but on two occasions has opened on it's own. Fortunately it's been while parked, which poses a whole different issue, but I've read that others are having this happen while driving.
NHTSA complaint #11672196 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Sliding door malfunction. Door will not hold its weight and full force closes or opens if operating at an inclined position.
NHTSA complaint #11662099 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Sliding door trys to continue to open when already open all the way, it try’s to open too far, jams and clicks, then beeps.
NHTSA complaint #11662106 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Sliding mini van doors fail to latch when closing. This is a well known and documented problem. The NHTSA has issued remedies for the previous year but not this one.
NHTSA complaint #11655275 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Right power sliding door stopped closing all the way and would constantly beep. Now, power sliding door opens too far which has broken the motors causing the beeping to resume. This is an safety issue as anything hanging out the window would be crushed (such as a child's head or extremity). We have done a fuse reset as suggested by Kia, then also replaced the motor and the actuator, and it still opens too far which broke the motor again. We again brought it to Kia and they do not know what to do. Now, the left hand door is starting to have the same problem. Yesterday, the door stopped mid-way. When replacing the door actuator system, we learned that the left side door actuator was in the right side door. It was not made correctly.
NHTSA complaint #11630722 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.
STRUCTURE:BODY
Paint peeling
NHTSA complaint #11625669 — an unverified report by a vehicle owner.