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2014 Kia Sorento wipers, windshield & visibility problems

29 complaints about wipers, windshield & visibility have been filed for the 2014 Kia Sorento, which is 2% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
29 2% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
20,000 miles 25 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 1
Injuries and deaths
1 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When wipers, windshield & visibility problems show up

Wipers, windshield & visibility complaints by mileage, 2014 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 20,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 13 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 4 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 2 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 1 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 3 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 0 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 2 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 20,000 miles
Based on 25 complaints that include mileage. 76% 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 miles4
40k to 60k miles2
60k to 80k miles1
80k to 100k miles3
100k to 120k miles0
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles2
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 25 wipers, windshield & visibility complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles, and 76% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 fire, 1 injury.

What owners wrote

Complaint no.while traveling down hwy 377 toward granbury, texas. The underside of my car burst into flames. Fortunately I was traveling at 70MPH and the person who witnessed the flames behind me, ran up to my car when I stopped at a rail crossing to tell me what happen. I was lucky I was driving 70MPH and if I had stopped while it was burning the car would have burned up. It looks like the plastic panels were ignited by the catalytic converter..

Reported at 32,550 miles, August 2018 Fire

The panoramic roof fixed panel is shattered. When we returned home from church, we heard a rattling noise and opened the panel and saw the entire back panel is shattered with pieces of glass shards in the back seat. Looking at the top of the car the glass was actually separating from the frame which could not have been caused by rock, hail or anything else but faulty manufacturing. I contacted kia grossinger dealership and was advised to bring in the car for them to look at and determine the cause.

Reported at 43,800 miles, April 2017

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