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2014 Kia Sorento engine problems

410 complaints about engine have been filed for the 2014 Kia Sorento, which is 30% of all its NHTSA complaints. It is the most reported problem area for this model year.

At a glance

Complaints
410 30% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
101,000 miles 221 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
2 and 30
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When engine problems show up

Engine complaints by mileage, 2014 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 101,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 6 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 13 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 36 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 36 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 45 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 34 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 23 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 8 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 4 complaints 200k+ miles: 3 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 101,000 miles
Based on 221 complaints that include mileage. 14% 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 miles13
20k to 40k miles6
40k to 60k miles13
60k to 80k miles36
80k to 100k miles36
100k to 120k miles45
120k to 140k miles34
140k to 160k miles23
160k to 180k miles8
180k to 200k miles4
200k+ miles3

What the data shows

Of the 221 engine complaints that report mileage, the median is about 101,000 miles, and 14% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 2 crashes, 30 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2014 kia sorento. The contact stated while driving another driver was honking to inform the contact that there were flames underneath the vehicle. The front passenger opened the door and confirmed that there was a fire. The contact who was the driver and the front passenger were able to come to a stop and exit the vehicle. The passenger sustained burn to the arm and back that required medical attention. The driver also required medical attention due to the smoke inhalation.

Reported at 115,000 miles, May 2020 FireInjury

Car just stopped running while driving down the street. Engine light came on. I restarted car, drove it to a pep boys, they plugged it in to get the error code for why the engine light came on, but by that time the light had gone off so they weren't able to get the code. I took it to the kia dealership I bought it from, but the service person was dismissive. This was a year ago, but now I see that there is an impending recall on that model.

Reported at 55,000 miles, June 2016

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