Kia Sorento Lighting problems
2.05 vs. all vehicles Too few recent reports to judge
46 of the 1,446 complaints about the Kia Sorento (3.2%) concern Lighting, making it the model's #9 problem area. That share is 2.0× the Lighting share across all tracked vehicles.
46Complaints · Lighting
3.2%Share of complaints
2.05×vs. all vehicles
4Last 12 months
0.0%Share involving a crash or fire
0Related recalls
Analysis
4 Lighting complaints were filed in the last 12 months.
None of these reports describes a crash or fire.
No recall campaign addresses Lighting for the tracked model years.
By model year
When complaints were filed
Last 12 months: 4 · Previous 12 months: 8
What owners report
Rear passenger taillight assembly, specifically the turn signal light failed. Currently unable to utilize the right signal light when turning causing a safety issue for others. This taillight assembly is a sealed unit with LED lights that cannot be replaced.
Headlights burn out within weeks to months after replacing them, overheat, flicker when driving. Has been a recurring problem since being bought in 2019.
While driving down the road at night, the headlights turn off automatically, by themselves. This caused serious distress for not only myself, but also for my children in the car at the time, as we have had instances where driving around curves at dark, the…
headlights and taillights went out while driving and a few seconds and then came back on and everything on the dash also went out and came back on. i was driving at night time when this happened it put me and my child at risk.
The right headlight has stopped working as of 1 week ago. The car was returned to the KIA dealership for this issue as well as a hesitation while driving and a chronic bumping sound in the car while driving.
The contact owns a 2018 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the headlights failed to function as intended.
Excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA, trimmed for length. The ODI number is NHTSA's record identifier.
Related recalls
No recall campaign addresses Lighting for the tracked model years.