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2016 Kia Sorento fuel system problems

Owners reported fuel system problems in 57 complaints for the 2016 Kia Sorento, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
57 4% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
68,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 9
Injuries and deaths
3 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When fuel system problems show up

Fuel system complaints by mileage, 2016 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 68,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 2 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 5 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 0 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 9 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 2 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 0 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 0 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 68,000 miles
Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 35% 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 miles5
40k to 60k miles0
60k to 80k miles9
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles2
120k to 140k miles0
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 20 fuel system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 68,000 miles, and 35% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 9 fires, 3 injuries.

What owners wrote

Tl* the contact owned a 2016 kia sorento. The contact heard an abnormal noise while the vehicle was parked in the driveway. Afterwards, flames emerged from the fuel tank and the vehicle blew up. The fire department was called and extinguished the fire. There were no injuries. The vehicle was destroyed. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 10,555.

Reported at 10,555 miles, July 2018 Fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2016 kia sorento. The contact stated that while driving another vehicle continued to flash their lights and blow their horn at them. The contact stated they decided to pull over to find out that their vehicle was fire coming from underneath where the fuel lines were. The fire caused glass to shatter and caused a larger fire. The fire department filed report. The vehicle was towed and deemed totaled. The contact did not receive any injuries.

Reported at 74,000 miles, August 2020 Fire

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