2009 Kia Borrego
Complaints about this year name car far more often than the model's other years — 32% of them, about 80× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 88 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 2 |
| Involving a crash | 8 |
| Recalls | 3 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
Also unusual this year
- drive — 24% of complaints, 60× usual
- off — 23% of complaints, 57× usual
- replaced — 23% of complaints, 57× usual
What owners wrote
Something within the brake system is causing my shifter to not communicate with the brakes and will not allow my car to go into reverse or park. It stays stuck on drive or neutral. The only thing I can do is shut the car off and can’t do much except for move a…
MY DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT DOES NOT LATCH ALL OF THE TIME. IT WILL POP OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS SEEMS VERY DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE. I AM ALSO HAVE TROUBLE WITH MY ANTENNA AROUND MY IGNITION SWITCH. IT DOESN'T DETECT MY KEY ALL OF THE TIME WHICH MEANS THAT MY CAR DOE…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 12V245000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 13V114000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING Fixed free of charge.
- 23V692000 STRUCTURE Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Kia Borrego 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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