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2017 Kia Sorento steering problems

97 complaints about steering have been filed for the 2017 Kia Sorento, which is 9% of all its NHTSA complaints.

At a glance

Complaints
97 9% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
30,000 miles 39 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
0 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When steering problems show up

Steering complaints by mileage, 2017 Kia Sorento Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 30,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 12 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 15 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 6 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 3 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 1 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 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: 30,000 miles
Based on 39 complaints that include mileage. 85% 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 miles12
20k to 40k miles15
40k to 60k miles6
60k to 80k miles3
80k to 100k miles1
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles0

What the data shows

Of the 39 steering complaints that report mileage, the median is about 30,000 miles, and 85% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the steering complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

While driving the car on any road (city or highway) it wants to drift to the side and when you go to correct the steering it feels sticky, for lack of better words, and there is a delay in the response. So I end up over correcting, and I'm all over the road. This car is so unsafe as it is right now. I've taken my car into the dealership twice, called consumer advisors for kia, has a tech go for a test drive, and spoke to the service manager. While they can verify there's an issue, they can't do anything to fix it.

December 2017

Around 32,000 miles the car began to develop a sticky, notched feeling in the steering particularly while on the highway. It seems to happen most often after the car has remained going straight for a period of time, with no need for steering adjustment. Then suddenly adjustment becomes jerky. Sometimes the wheel feels sticky at the onset of moving it, requiring more force, which leads to too much lane shift, other times it moves freely just a little, but the car doesn't move until the wheel again becomes sticky…

Reported at 32,000 miles, December 2019

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