Of the 14 Sorento model years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the most about the 2011 (2.35) and the fewest about the 2020 (0.33), per 1,000 sold in the first three years.
Median across these years: 1.08 per 1,000 sold in the first three years. A model year well above its own nameplate’s median is the signal worth acting on.
Each model year with a verified denominator. Follow a year for what owners reported about it.
| Model year | Per 1,000 | Complaints | Most-reported part |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 2.35 | 281 | Engine 14% |
| 2021 | 1.66 | 130 | Power Train 35% |
| 2022 | 1.49 | 125 | Power Train 23% |
| 2023 | 1.28 | 112 | Electrical System 18% |
| 2013 | 1.27 | 143 | Engine 38% |
| 2017 | 1.12 | 120 | Engine 37% |
| 2016 | 1.11 | 128 | Engine 42% |
| 2008 | 1.08 | 32 | Air Bags 21% |
| 2012 | 0.93 | 116 | Engine 38% |
| 2019 | 0.81 | 83 | Engine 25% |
| 2014 | 0.74 | 77 | Engine 28% |
| 2009 | 0.59 | 16 | Air Bags 27% |
| 2015 | 0.58 | 63 | Engine 38% |
| 2018 | 0.47 | 49 | Engine 31% |
| 2020 | 0.33 | 28 | Engine 34% |
2011 (2.35), 2021 (1.66), 2022 (1.49). Figures are complaints per 1,000 sold.
2020 (0.33), 2018 (0.47), 2015 (0.58). A year with too few complaints to rank is left out: few reports is not the same as a good year.
Safety complaints owners filed with NHTSA in each model year’s first three years on the road, divided by how many were sold, so a year that sold twice as many cars is not penalised for it.
Too few owners filed complaints about them to rank them. Few reports is not the same as a good year, so those years are left out of best and worst.