Federal complaint record · Kia Sorento · model year 2023

2023 Kia Sorento

Owners submitted 107 federal complaint reports about this model year, placing it at the 33th percentile for complaint intensity within its 2021 to 2025 midsize suv cohort. The largest reported component group is electrical. Sample sizes and limitations are shown below.

Electrical · 18% · group n = 34Other · 18% · group n = 33Engine · 15% · group n = 27Driver assistance · 14% · group n = 25Powertrain · 9% · group n = 17
107
Complaint records on file
18%
Of classified component reports name electrical · group n = 34
33th
Complaint-intensity percentile in a cohort of 38 model years

Electrical · 2 in ten classified complaints

Where this record concentrates

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Component group 01 · Electrical18%

Electrical reports

Kia Sorento · model year 2023

Reports in this group34
Share of classified reports18%
Component groups on file6
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From the record · recurring narrative clusters

What recurring complaint clusters describe

How clusters are built
Fire or smoke · 10 reports

Reports describe smoke, burning smells, or fire

Cluster 1 of 32023 Kia Sorento
Stalling or shutdown · 10 reports

Reports describe the vehicle stalling or shutting off while driving

Cluster 2 of 32023 Kia Sorento
Loss of propulsion · 9 reports

Reports describe reduced power or hesitation while driving

Cluster 3 of 32023 Kia Sorento

Cluster summaries paraphrase recurring symptoms reported to NHTSA. They are aggregate descriptions, not individual verbatim reports.

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