2007 Kia Sedona
This year drew an ordinary 157 complaints for a Kia Sedona — the model's median is 65. What they were about is the unusual part: 7% of them mention vin included, against 1.1% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 157 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 65 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 8 |
| Recalls | 6 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- vin included — 7% of this year's complaints, against 1.1% across the model's other years (6.3×). Owners wrote it as: vin included, axle, numbers.
- thing — 9.6% of this year's complaints, against 3.8% across the model's other years (2.5×). Owners wrote it as: thing, same thing, down road, our 2007.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
I PURCHASED IN 2008. I HAVE HEARD THE AXLE OR TIRE ROD MAKE SQUEAKING NOISE ON EVERY BUMP OR DIP. EVERYTIME I MENTION TO SHOP MECHANIC AND THEY CHECK, THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. AFTER 96000 MILES THEY TELL ME THEY CANNOT GIVE ME A ALIGNMENT BECAUSE I NEED NEW…
OUR 2007 LOW MILEAGE KIA HAD BEEN PARKED FOR OVER 24 HRS. WHILE SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY NOT RUNNING, NO KEYS IN IGNITION, CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND. THE FIRE TRAVELLED TO MY STORAGE BUILDING. WE LOST EVERYTHING IN OUR STORAGE AND OUR VEHICLE. KIA AS…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 20V088000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Fixed free of charge.
- 16V387000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 16V389000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES Fixed free of charge.
- 09V130000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V114000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 13V550000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia Sedona was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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