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2013 Kia Sorento seats problems

Owners reported seats problems in 33 complaints for the 2013 Kia Sorento, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
33 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
64,000 miles 21 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When seats problems show up

Seats complaints by mileage, 2013 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 64,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 3 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 3 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 6 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 2 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 1 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 1 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 64,000 miles
Based on 21 complaints that include mileage. 38% 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 miles2
20k to 40k miles3
40k to 60k miles3
60k to 80k miles6
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles2
140k to 160k miles1
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles1
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 21 seats complaints that report mileage, the median is about 64,000 miles, and 38% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia sorento. Approximately two weeks after the contact purchased the vehicle, she began smelling tar. The vehicle ws taken to the dealer, but the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. The failure recurred and the headlights burned out. The dealer replaced the headlights and stated that there was a recall; however, the contact did not receive any recall notice. Approximately three weeks ago, the failure recurred and the driver seat began to burn, jamming the driver side door.

Reported at 37,000 miles, July 2015 Fire

Passenger side 2nd row seat was extremely difficult to fold down since the first day I bought it. Now it is stuck and will not fold down at all. The latch seems to be broken. My kids were stuck in the 3rd row seat until I could remove my baby's car seat base to lay down the driver side 2nd row to let them climb out. Had I been in a hurry to get them out it would have been impossible to do so.

Reported at 64,000 miles, July 2016

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