Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2006 Kia Sorento.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-08 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that he purchased the vehicle with the passenger's side air bag… |
| 2022-04-22 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that the brake lights failed to illuminate as needed. There was… |
| 2022-02-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2006 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that while the vehicle was parked, an unknown person alerted t… |
| 2022-01-29 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | My vehicle was sitting for 4 hours and suddenly caught on fire…drivers side. |
| 2021-06-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | The contact owned a 2006 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving at 15 - 20 mph, the steering wheel seized a… |
| 2020-10-20 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | When fueling I am unable to put the fuel hose in all the way and lock in place. I have to hold the fuel hose and pump v… |
| 2020-09-10 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | REAR END RUSTED TO WERE IT COULD OF CALLED A WRECK THIS IS UNSAFE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE KIA RECALL THESE AT ONCE THER… |
| 2020-09-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY… |
| 2020-06-10 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | SMELL OF GASOLINE COMING FROM VEHICLE AROUND THE FILLER NECK |
| 2019-12-01 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | RECENTLY PURCHASED 2006 KIA SORENTO..RECALL #SC077 THE BRAKE LIGHTS INTEROIR LIGHTS ARE NOT WORKING I REPLACED ALL B… |
| 2019-08-05 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE CRANKSHAFT FRACTURED AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED. … |
| 2019-05-10 | ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) | No | 0 | HELLO, I PURCHASED A CAR FROM GEORGE TAYLOR AKA MICHEAL BOOKER. WHEN I BROUGHT. THE CAR TO TGE MECHANIC HE SAID THAT TH… |
| 2019-05-01 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE REAR BRAKE LIGHT WAS REPLACED ON … |
| 2019-02-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE HEAD LIGHT KEEP BURNING OUT THE RADIO AND THE CLOCK LIGHT KEEP FLICKING AND DRAING THE BATTERY WHILE DRIVING |
| 2019-01-13 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE POWER STEERING … |
| 2018-12-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OFF, THE ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED … |
| 2018-12-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that there was a fuel odor coming from the vehicle. The contact… |
| 2018-06-12 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | THE REAR MOUNT ARM BRACKETS RUSTED IN HALF ON BOTH SIDE OF THE REAR AXLE.CAUSING MYSELF TO ALMOST WRECK.I HAVE HUGE REC… |
| 2018-05-22 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 3 | TAKARA RECALL I WAS IS A WREAK AND GOT HIT ON THE DRIVER FRONT SIDE OF MY VEHICLE AND NONE OF MY AIR BAGS WENT OFF… |
| 2018-05-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE EMERGING FROM THE FRON… |
| 2018-02-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SOUND COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPA… |
| 2017-11-03 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING HEADED TO GET ON THE HI-WAY, HEARD A NOISE AND A WHINE AND THEN MY CAR BEGAN TO RUN BAD. SHAKING AND LIKE… |
| 2017-10-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | HEAD LIGHTS BLOW OUT EVERY COUPLE MONTHS AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO AND IT HAPPENS AT ALL TIME DRIVING DAY AND NIGHT WHEN … |
| 2017-08-22 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | PARKED THE CAR ONE NIGHT, NEXT MORNING ONLY CLICKS, CLICKING COMING FROM FUSE BOX TOO. NEW BATTERY, BATTERY AND BRAKE … |
| 2017-05-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WAS UN… |
| 2017-04-10 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE THE CONTACT'S DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING 70 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD BANG AND FEL… |
| 2017-02-13 | SUSPENSION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING I HEARD A CLUNK. SOON AFTER MY VEHICLE DEVELOPED A VIBRATION WHILE ACCELERATING/BRAKING. I FIGURED IT WAS… |
| 2016-11-28 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | AS I SLOWED FROM ABOUT 20MPH TO MAKE A STOP ON APPROACH AT A CROWDED INTERSECTION, MY CAR SUDDENLY BECAME POSSESSED; W… |
| 2016-10-20 | ENGINE | No | 0 | BOUGHT CAR STARTED HAVING AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM. COMPRESSION TEST CAME BACK WITH COMPLETE PASS NOTHING ABNORMAL. CAR… |
| 2016-10-05 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | CONSTANT STRONG RAW GAS ODOR INSIDE VEHICLE AND NEAR EXTERIOR REAR OF VEHICLE WHILE IGNITION OFF AND AFTER IGNITION ENG… |
| 2016-09-19 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | OUR 2006 KIA SORENTO ALL THE SUDDEN WHILE DRIVING ON A VERY BUSY IN CITY HIGHWAY, STARTED SOUNDING LIKE IT KEPT TRYING … |
| 2016-07-01 | ENGINE | No | 0 | THIS IS THE THIRD TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPEN TO ME. I WAS DRIVING AND MY CAR STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET NEED A TOW… |
| 2016-06-06 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE USED FROM A LOCAL DEALERSHIP BACK IN 2013.IT HAD 53000 MILES ON IT I BOUGHT THE EXTENDED WARRA… |
| 2016-04-18 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT NOTICED AN ABNORMAL NOISE COMING FROM THE BRAKES. THE VEHICLE WAS … |
| 2016-04-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | MY 2006 KIA SORENTO HAS HAD A FEW PROBLEMS THAT I FEAR MAY BE VERY DANGEROUS. A FEW MONTHS AGO I WAS DRIVING ON HIGHWAY… |
| 2016-04-01 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHEN I AM FILLING MY GAS TANK WITH GAS, THE GAS SPITS BACK OUT AT ME. THE ENGINE IS OFF WHEN I'M FILLING MY GAS TANK A… |
| 2016-03-29 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE BRAKE LIGHT & BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON . THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH , WHEN I WENT TO PU… |
| 2016-02-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IN SLUSHY SNOW AND THE BRAKE LIGHT & BATTERY LIGHT CAME ON. THE ENGINE SOUNDED ROUGH. WHE… |
| 2016-01-25 | ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE MOVING AT 70 MPH INTERSTATE SPEED LIMIT, MY DAUGHTER HEARD A LOUD POP AND THE ENGINE MADE POPPING NOISES AS SHE B… |
| 2016-01-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | DEAR SIR; AT THIS TIME I'M REQUESTING THAT YOUR OFFICE SEND TO ONE A COMPLAINT FORM TO BE FILE AGAINST THE COMP… |
| 2016-01-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | 6/2015 VEHICLE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH. LOCAL MECHANIC DISCOVERED CRANKCASE BOLT HAD SNAPPED AND THE PULLEY AND BALANCER MOU… |
| 2016-01-15 | ENGINE | Yes | 0 | BELT SPROCKET AND HARMONIC BALANCER WITH BOLT. THE BOLT IS MADE OF SUBSTANDARD MATERIAL AND BROKE CAUSING THE AUTOMOBIL… |
| 2015-12-23 | ENGINE | No | 0 | OVERHEATED ON HIGHWAY WOULDNT RUN NEVEMBER 2015 12/23/2015 $3,687.71 ENGINE REPLACEMENT 03/30/2016-05/23/2016 JEFF SM… |
| 2015-11-23 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ON 11/23/15 I WAS DRIVING DOWN 85S WHEN I HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. HAD TO PULL OVER CAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE THE BOTTOM … |
| 2015-11-21 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | IT DOESNT SHIFT PARTS OF THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS LIKE FALLLING OFF. LOOSE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES DONT WORK |
| 2015-11-11 | ENGINE | Yes | 0 | LESS THAN A YEAR PRIOR, TIMING BELT NEEDED REPLACED. A COSTLY FIX. ONLY MONTHS LATER DUE TO PROBLEM(COMMON ISSUE KIA I… |
| 2015-10-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | KIA SORENTO - I HAVE A 2006 SORENTO THAT JUST TURNED 60,000 MILES IN OCTOBER. I HAD DRIVEN IT AT LUNCH ONE DAY, WHEN I … |
| 2015-10-19 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED AND ALL THE WARNING … |
| 2015-10-08 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON OCT.8, 2015 MY DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING MY TRUCK AND SHE STARTED TO HEAR A LOUD SOUND AND WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY STEERING… |
| 2015-10-02 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | No | 0 | SINCE PURCHASING MY SORENTO IN 2008 MY HUSBAND HAS HAD TO CHANGE HEADLIGHTS AND\OR BREAK LIGHTS AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH S… |