2012 Kia Sedona
This year drew an ordinary 107 complaints for a Kia Sedona — the model's median is 65. What they were about is the unusual part: 15.9% of them mention gasoline, against 6% across the model's other years.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 107 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 65 |
| Involving a crash | 5 |
| Involving a fire | 5 |
| Recalls | 5 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- gasoline — 15.9% of this year's complaints, against 6% across the model's other years (2.7×). Owners wrote it as: gasoline, fuel system, system gasoline, additionally.
- longer — 7.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the model's other years (3.6×). Owners wrote it as: longer, twice vehicle, replaced alternator.
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
THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AND TO JIM MARSH KIA (8555 W CENTENNIAL PKWY, LAS VEGAS, NV 89149) BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED A MONTH PRIOR TO THE FAILURE HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRE…
notification of NHTSA Campaign Number: 20V101000 (Fuel System, Gasoline) however, the part to do the recall repair was not yet available. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, there was a fuel odor detected. Additionally, the rear slid…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V363000 AIR BAGS
- 20V101000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE Fixed free of charge.
- 16V387000 SUSPENSION Fixed free of charge.
- 16V389000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES 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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