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2008 Kia Sedona body & structure problems

Owners reported body & structure problems in 25 complaints for the 2008 Kia Sedona, 10% of the complaints on file. It is the 3rd most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
25 10% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
55,000 miles 22 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When body & structure problems show up

Body & structure complaints by mileage, 2008 Kia Sedona Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 55,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 4 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 3 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 55,000 miles
Based on 22 complaints that include mileage. 55% 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 miles1
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles4
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles3
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 22 body & structure complaints that report mileage, the median is about 55,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact has a 2008 kia sedona. The contact stated that the sliding doors continue to close even if person is in the way or if their hand is in the way. The contact stated that the door continued to close and smashed the finger of one of the passengers. The vehicle was parked at the time. The dealer stated that there is no standard feature for a sensor on the sliding door of the kia vehicles. The failure mileage was38000 the current mileage was 38128. The VIN number was unavailable.

Reported at 38,128 miles, February 2010 Injury

Tl* the contact owns a 2008 kia sedona. While stationary and driving various speeds, both sliding doors would open without being prompted, and would not close when significant pressure was applied. The failure became increasingly worse over the past two years. An independent mechanic greased the interior parts of both sliding doors, but the failure recurred. A dealer and manufacturer were not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 144,252.

Reported at 144,252 miles, May 2016

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