2016 Kia Sedona problems
Owners have filed 384 complaints with NHTSA about the 2016 Kia Sedona. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 39% of complaints. Next are electrical system (12%) and lighting (10%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 384 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 39% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 20 and 24
- Injuries and deaths
- 17 and 6
- Typical mileage
- 62,000 miles 147 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 | 20 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 24 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 28 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 20 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 17 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 15 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 7 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 5 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 1 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 4 |
| 200k+ miles | 6 |
What the data shows
Of the 147 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 62,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 88,000 miles (22 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 20 complaints mention a crash; 24 complaints mention a fire; 17 injuries reported; 6 deaths reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2016 ranks 6th most-complained-about out of 18 model years of the Kia Sedona with enough data (148 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 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.
My mother and her friend were driving approx. 35 miles per hour when the right rear wheel went off the road causing them to go into the frying pan river in basalt, co. There was approx. 42.1 degree slope. My mother was the passenger. We retrieved her pictures and video. She was video taping with her cell phone at the time of the accident. The passenger window was down. She said, "oh [xxx]", and appeared to reach to remove her seatbelt. They went into the river.
No lights on the dash, no maintenance or check engine lights. The van began making noises under the hood and then blowing white smoke from the exhaust. The electrical connectors to the fan were melted and hot. To the cooling fan, radiator, etc. The fan connector caused the car to over heat.
At times when driving with headlights on the driverside taillight will go out and will cause the middle and passenger brake light to stay on. If I turn the headlights off the middle and passenger taillights work only when pressing the brake peddle.I have removed the tail light and checked it for being burned out, corrosion or being loose and it is fine. I put the bulb back in and the drivers side taillight works fine and the brake lights work as normal. This happened a second time and I checked the bulb.