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2012 Kia Sorento wipers, windshield & visibility problems

30 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2012 Kia Sorento, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
30 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
52,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
9 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2012 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 52,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 1 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 9 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 4 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 1 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 52,000 miles
Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 64% 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 miles6
40k to 60k miles9
60k to 80k miles4
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles1
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 25 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 52,000 miles, and 64% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 9 injuries.

What owners wrote

I was traveling home at approximately 55 MPH at the time of the incident. The sunroof was fully closed and had imploded with no known cause. Glass had fallen on both the driver and passenger resulting in minor lacerations. No other vehicles were visible on the road at the time of the incident and no foreign objects such as rocks were found in the vehicle. ... Updated 03/19/15 updated 6/19/2015

Reported at 44,000 miles, February 2015 Injury

On friday, oct 17, 2014 I drove over 600 miles with my son to an event and returned home. The next morning I discovered the sunroof was shattered. The car was parked next to our house in our driveway at the time. It was very strange as nothing had fallen on the car and there appeared to be no cause. When I called the kia dealership they initially denied knowing of any similar problems with sunroofs shattering.

Reported at 78,000 miles, October 2014

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