Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2004 Kia Sorento.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-12-20 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | Crank pully bolt snapped. Causing crank pully to fall, and critical belts to fail. |
| 2020-06-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THIS KIA WAS HOUSED AND STORED IN A GARAGE FOR MOST OF ITS LIFE AND DRIVEN ONLY IN THE SUMMER. IN THE WINTERS OF MICHIG… |
| 2019-12-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHILE MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY, THE BRAKES FAILED. THE MECHANIC SHOWED ME THE BRAKE LINES TOWARD THE REAR… |
| 2019-12-19 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | 2004 KIA SORRENTO 97,000 MILES. THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDE REAR CONTROL ARM BRACKETS RUSTED OFF. |
| 2019-10-13 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I BOUGHT MY 04 SORENTO FROM MY AUNT WHO WAS THE ONLY OWNER. IT HAD A POWER STEERING ISSUE AT THAT TIME WHICH TOOK SEVER… |
| 2019-10-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING WHEN I HEARD A CLUNKING NOISE, AND MY TRUCK SHIFTED. SO I PULLED OVER TO SEE THE MY REAR LOWER ARM FELL F… |
| 2019-08-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON THE DASH CAN I GET THIS REPLACED FOR NO CHARGE LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. |
| 2019-08-09 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | "TAKATA RECALL" I BOUGHT THIS CAR JUST RECENTLY AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG STAYS ON ALL THE TIME THERE HAVE BEEN RE… |
| 2019-04-01 | STEERING | Yes | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT 65MPG ON THE HIGHWAY WITH MY BABY IN THE CAR, THE STEERING JERKED TO THE LEFT. I ALMOST CRA… |
| 2019-02-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | MY SORENTO WAS IN PARK RUNNING IN MY DRIVEWAY STARTED SMOKING AND CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED UP IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. I'M… |
| 2018-11-16 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | 2004 KIA SORENTO EX WITH EXTENSIVE RUST DAMAGE TO REAR CROSS-MEMBERS #2 AND #3. DISCOVERED DURING TIRE ROTATION IN NOV … |
| 2018-11-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE FIXED MY PULLEY BOLT 3 TIME AND IT KEEP BRAKING AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO TO FIX THE PROBLEM |
| 2018-10-02 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TOOK MY CAR IN FOR NYS INSPECTION AND WAS ALERTED TO AN ISSUE WITH MY REAR SUSPENSION. THE REAR CROSS MEMBER IS COMPLE… |
| 2018-08-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. RPM WOULD RANGE FROM 1000 TO AS HIGH AS 2000 RPM WITHOUT WARNING. IAC VALVE WAS REPLACED AND … |
| 2018-03-31 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING WIFE TO WORK , STOPPED AT LIGHT WHEN LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PUSHED THE GAS PEDAL AND I HEARD A BANG SO LOUD I… |
| 2018-03-24 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | IT DRIVES FINE THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN FOOT SAME POSITION ON GAS PETAL IT ACCELERATES. |
| 2018-02-14 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT ME… |
| 2018-01-31 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MY DAUGHTER TOOK MY CAR A 2004 KIA SORENTO IN FOR A NYSI AND THE SHOP DEAD LINED THE CAR AND MADE ME FLATBED IT HOME DU… |
| 2017-10-06 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES SUDDENLY MAL… |
| 2017-10-02 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM GOES HAYWIRE. WE WILL BE DRIVING ALONG AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS COME ON, THE FRONT DOORS OPEN LIGH… |
| 2017-09-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE REAR AXLE IS FALLING APART AND IT'S RUSTED WHERE I CAN'T EVEN WELD A BRACKET FOR THE REAR SUSPENSION IT'S SO RUSTED… |
| 2017-06-14 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE TRYING TO REFULE THE GASOLINE WILL SUDDENLY "SPRAY" FROM THE TANK. VEHICLE STATIONARY. |
| 2017-05-08 | ENGINE | No | 0 | CRANK SHAFT BOLT ISSUES. I AM ON MY 3RD HARMONIC BALANCER AND NOW MY MECHANIC IS SAYING IT IS THE CRANK SHAFT BOLT. .… |
| 2017-03-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE SHOOK VIOLENTLY. T… |
| 2016-11-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY. WE ARE A FAMILY OF FOUR. ONE OF US OPEN ONE OF THE REAR DOORS AND THE HANDLE CAME OUT COMPL… |
| 2016-10-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. WHILE STATIONARY, THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT EXTINGU… |
| 2016-10-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | OCT, 2016 - I AM THE ORIGNAL OWNER OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD MAINTAINED REGULAR MAINTAINENCE ON THE VEHICLE. I HAD JUST PU… |
| 2016-08-25 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | WHOLE DRIVING DOWN ROAD STARTED TO LOOSE CONTROL. UPON BRINGING TO A SERVICE STATION FOUND OUT REAR FRAME OF VEHICLE IS… |
| 2016-08-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE STATIONARY. FIRE STARTED IN FRONT COMPARTMENT NEAR FUSES. TOTAL LOSS |
| 2016-08-14 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CARS WOULDN'T TURN THE BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WAS ACTING LIKE … |
| 2016-07-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | RUSTED BRACKETS POSING A DANGEROUS SAFETY RISK, 2004 KIA SORENTO WITH 162,000 MILES. THE ENTIRE BRACKET HOLDING THE DIF… |
| 2016-06-21 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY, THE REAR FRAME THAT CONNECTED THE ROTARY BAR… |
| 2016-06-15 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | EXCESSIVE RUST TO THE FRAME. IT IS SO BAD NOW YOU CAN POKE HOLES IN THE FRAME WITH YOUR FINGER. IF IT IS THIS BAD NOW… |
| 2016-05-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC FOR SMALL LEAK IN RADIATOR AND ASKED THAT HE CHECK THE BRAKES BECAUSE I HEARD A LOUD NOISE FRO… |
| 2016-05-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PURCHASED USED, WAS DRIVING TO GRANDSON'S BALL GAME, WHEN CAR STARTED MAKING FUNNY NOISE AND ACTED AS THE THE REAR END… |
| 2016-04-08 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THIS IS A FOLLOW UP TO NHTSA ID #10852665. I CONTACTED MANUFACTURER REGARDING THE RUSTED FRAME. SUGGESTED TOWING TO D… |
| 2016-03-30 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE IN PARK, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE REAR SUB F… |
| 2016-03-18 | EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. WITHIN LESS THAN 30 DAYS OF OWNING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FU… |
| 2016-03-15 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | MECHANIC AT A GAS STATION TOLD MY MIL SHE NEEDED A NEW REAR AXLE. WHEN I CHECKED THE AXLE I FOUND THE TOP LEFT STABILIZ… |
| 2016-02-09 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE FUEL WOULD SPEW OUT O… |
| 2016-01-05 | STRUCTURE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STABILITY BAR/TORQUE BAR THAT SUPPORTS THE REAR SU… |
| 2015-12-07 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. THE VEHICLE WAS DIAGNOSED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE REAR … |
| 2015-11-24 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE GOING THROUGH INSPECTION, THE AIR BAG WARNING LI… |
| 2015-11-20 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | MY AIR BAG LIGHT TURNED ON. IT TURNED ON JUST UNDER A 100,000 MILES. I LOOKED AROUND ON LINE AND ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE COM… |
| 2015-10-25 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | 200 MILES FROM HOME, OUT OF THE BLUE, CAR ACTED LIKE IT WAS MISFIRING THEN LOST POWER AND DIED ON HIGHWAY AT HIGHWAY SP… |
| 2015-10-15 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING TO A FAMILY MEMBERS HOUSE AT NIGHT. WHEN WE GOT THERE HE TELLS ME I HAVE NO LIGHTS IN THE BACK. THE NEXT … |
| 2015-10-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THREE TIMES THIS WEEK I HAVE BEEN TRAVELING 35 MILES AN HOUR OR LESS AND THE CAR HAS JUST TURNED OFF. THE FIRST TIME I … |
| 2015-10-06 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING OUR 2004 KIA SORENTO WITH MY 3 YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE CAR. DRIVING DOWN A CITY STREET AT 45 MPH THE CAR BE… |
| 2015-10-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | ON 10-4-2015 I WAS DRIVING ON INTERSTATE 80 FROM HASTINGS, NE TO KEARNEY, NE. MY GIRLFRIEND HEARD A BANG FROM THE ENG… |
| 2015-09-24 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | A SECTION OF THE MAIN FRAME RAIL IS ROTTED COMPLETELY THROUGH, WHERE THE REAR SWAY CONTROL ARM WHICH ATTACHES TO THE RE… |