2007 Kia Sedona problems
Owners have filed 237 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Kia Sedona. Electrical system is the most reported problem area, at 17% of complaints. Next are body & structure (9%) and cruise control (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 237 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Electrical system 17% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 8 and 14
- Injuries and deaths
- 16 and 3
- Typical mileage
- 79,000 miles 189 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 27 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 15 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 20 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 36 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 24 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 16 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 16 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 13 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 5 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 6 |
| 200k+ miles | 11 |
What the data shows
Of the 189 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 79,000 miles. For electrical system specifically, the median reported mileage is about 85,000 miles (31 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 8 complaints mention a crash; 14 complaints mention a fire; 16 injuries reported; 3 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 9th most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Kia Sedona with enough data (86 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 6 safety recall campaigns.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
A car heading in the opposite direction suddenly veered into their lane and hit them head on. My sister, her husband and his mother were all killed, three teenage daughters sitting in the back suffered broken bones but no life threatening injuries. The vehicle was a 2007 kia sedona minivan. None of the airbags deployed.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia sedona. The contact stated while her husband was driving with her and their daughter and grandchild in the vehicle at 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled in the middle of the road. The contacts husband attempted to restart the vehicle but it would not start. The contact and her husband then got out of the vehicle and pushed the vehicle to the side of the road. When they pushed the vehicle to the side of the road.
Our 2007 low mileage kia had been parked for over 24 hrs. While sitting in our driveway not running, no keys in ignition, caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire travelled to my storage building. We lost everything in our storage and our vehicle. Kia assumes no fault. Attached is fire department report and pics of the damage.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia sedona. The contact stated that the brake light, cruise control and the electronic stability control failed. The manufacturer advised that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 09v130000 (exterior lighting: brake lights: switch) and they would not assist with the repair, because the vehicle was over 60,000 miles. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 65,000.