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2003 Kia Sorento steering problems

31 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2003 Kia Sorento, which is 7% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
31 7% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
79,000 miles 27 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
2 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2003 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 79,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 6 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 1 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 4 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 3 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 2 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 79,000 miles
Based on 27 complaints that include mileage. 37% 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 miles6
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles1
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles4
140k to 160k miles3
160k to 180k miles2
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 27 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 79,000 miles, and 37% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash, 2 injuries.

What owners wrote

While driving on hwy 275 at 60 MPH. Engine lights came on and steering wheel locked..total system power failure..2 daughters almost lost their lives trying to maneuver this death missile to emergency lane..just in time to miss multiple tractor trailers vehicles from crushing them..not to mention multiple passenger cars in harms way from defective part replaced malfunctioning again...

Reported at 120,000 miles, August 2012 Injury

I had just purchased my 2003 kia sorento on february 23 2013 from a local used car dealer. The car had 85,000 miles at time of purchase. It was driving fine until march 31, 2013. As I was pulling out of my drive way the car started making a loud noise and then I lost control of the steering almost going into my neighbors ditch. The car was taken to the mechanic(towed) where he found that the bolt going into the crank shaft had been sheared off causing the belt to come off.

Reported at 87,213 miles, March 2012

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