2022 Kia Sorento

Name: 2022 Kia Sorento owner-filed safety complaints per 1,000 sold
Creator: YearsTell

For every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2022 Sorento than about the typical Sorento year: 1.4 times as many. Among the 14 Sorento years with enough complaints to compare, owners filed the fewest about the 2020 (0.33 per 1,000 sold) and the most about the 2011 (2.35).

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

1.49 per 1,000

1.4 times this nameplate’s own median

Counted from 125 complaints filed in the first three years, of 231 ever. 95% lower bound 1.23. Not counted: 7 complaints that reported only that a recall repair was unavailable, not a failure.

Every Sorento model yearComplaints per 1,000 sold, first three years

This yearOther yearsToo few complaints to rankTypical year, 1.08

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters. The bar is how many complaints each rate rests on.

Model year	Per 1,000	Complaints
2008	1.08	32
2009	0.59	16
2011	2.35	281
2012	0.93	116
2013	1.27	143
2014	0.74	77
2015	0.58	63
2016	1.11	128
2017	1.12	120
2018	0.47	49
2019	0.81	83
2020	0.33	28
2021	1.66	130
2022	1.49	125
2023	1.28	112

Issues owners of the 2022 Sorento report

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Engine 60 complaints

accelerate	12	20%
pedal	10	17%

When it breaks

62% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 21,067 miles, from 29 complaints that recorded one).

Failures cluster early, which is the signature of how the car was built rather than of wear. A low-mileage example has not yet passed the risk window.

What NHTSA did

2 investigations covering this model year, 2 of which list a recall campaign. Owners had filed 24 complaints about this component over roughly 7 months before an investigation opened.

Pedestrian alert sounds

Questions buyers ask about the 2022 Kia Sorento

Is 2022 a good year or a bad year for the Sorento?

What problems does the 2022 Sorento have?

The parts owners named most often in complaints filed to date: Power Train (80), Engine (60), Electrical System (42). The phrases they used are listed above.

Is the 2022 Sorento reliable?

Complaint records cannot settle that on their own. They count safety problems owners chose to report to the federal government, not every repair. What they do show is how this year compares with the other Sorento years: for every car sold, owners filed more complaints about the 2022 Sorento than about the typical Sorento year: 1.4 times as many.

Which Sorento year has the fewest complaints?

Among years with enough complaints to compare, the 2020, at 0.33 per 1,000 sold. Every Sorento year, ranked.

What the used-car guides say

No guide we read covers the Sorento.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page, each on NHTSA’s own site:

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is checked by hand against its source table, not against an outside figure.