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2006 Kia Sedona electrical system problems

Owners reported electrical system problems in 80 complaints for the 2006 Kia Sedona, 14% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
80 14% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
100,000 miles 63 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 5
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When electrical system problems show up

Electrical system complaints by mileage, 2006 Kia Sedona Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 100,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 3 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 12 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 8 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 6 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 11 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 3 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 3 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 100,000 miles
Based on 63 complaints that include mileage. 25% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles3
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles12
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles8
120k to 140k miles6
140k to 160k miles11
160k to 180k miles3
180k to 200k miles3
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 63 electrical system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 100,000 miles, and 25% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 5 fires.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia sedona. The contact stated that while his wife was driving the vehicle, the vehicle's ABS warning light suddenly began to illuminate and the warning sounder began to chime. As his wife began to pull into their garage, the contact noticed smoke coming from the under the hood of the vehicle. His wife turned off the vehicle and the contact began to put out the fire.

Reported at 228,000 miles, March 2020 Fire

Headlamps blowing out we have had to replace the headlamps about every 4-6 weeks and have taken it to the dealer 4 times on the head light problem and they say there is nothing wrong. So why do they keep blowing out. We have had both low beams blow out at the same time and have had to drive with the high beams which is unsafe to on coming traffic let along unsafe for us not to have any low beams. The second problem is a steering wheel vibration that we have has been a problem since we purchased the van.

Reported at 35,000 miles, November 2009

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