Kia backover prevention problems
Across all Kia models in NHTSA's complaint database, 149 complaints involve backover prevention. The Sorento accounts for the largest share (21%). The single worst model year is the 2023 Sportage with 13 backover prevention complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 149 about backover prevention, all Kia models
- Most affected
- Sorento 21% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 47,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 16 and 1
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Kia models
Worst model years for backover prevention
- 2023 Kia Sportage13 complaints
- 2019 Kia Sorento8 complaints
- 2024 Kia EV96 complaints
- 2024 Kia Telluride5 complaints
- 2022 Kia EV64 complaints
Backover prevention complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2002 | 1 |
| 2011 | 3 |
| 2012 | 2 |
| 2013 | 4 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 2 |
| 2016 | 6 |
| 2017 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 |
| 2019 | 15 |
| 2020 | 9 |
| 2021 | 9 |
| 2022 | 18 |
| 2023 | 25 |
| 2024 | 17 |
| 2025 | 19 |
| 2026 | 7 |
| 2027 | 3 |
Among the 20 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 47,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.