2006 Kia Sedona
Complaints about this year name control arm far more often than the model's other years — 13% of them, about 32× the usual rate of 0.4%.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 385 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 65 |
| Involving a crash | 13 |
| Involving a fire | 8 |
| Recalls | 7 |
| EPA combined | 18 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- arm — 22.9% of this year's complaints, against 8.6% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: arm, control arm, lower control, arms.
- bag — 16.1% of this year's complaints, against 6.3% across the model's other years (2.6×). Owners wrote it as: bag, air bag, bag light, bag warning.
- suspension — 13.8% of this year's complaints, against 4.3% across the model's other years (3.2×). Owners wrote it as: suspension, mechanic who, sway, linkages.
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.
Also unusual this year
- suspension — 10% of complaints, 24× usual
- lower control — 9% of complaints, 23× usual
- air bag — 13% of complaints, 5× usual
What owners wrote
WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V550000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE [VIN] WAS MADE AWARE…
THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED AND BOTH THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARMS BROKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V550000 (SUSPENSION) AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED.…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 06V349000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 06V265000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 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.
- 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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