Kia forward collision avoidance problems
Across all Kia models in NHTSA's complaint database, 787 complaints involve forward collision avoidance. The Sorento accounts for the largest share (17%). The single worst model year is the 2019 Optima with 44 forward collision avoidance complaints.
At a glance
- Complaints
- 787 about forward collision avoidance, all Kia models
- Most affected
- Sorento 17% of these complaints
- Typical mileage
- 20,000 miles 65 complaints with mileage
- Crashes and fires
- 141 and 8
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Which Kia models
Worst model years for forward collision avoidance
- 2019 Kia Optima44 complaints
- 2024 Kia Telluride39 complaints
- 2023 Kia Sportage36 complaints
- 2024 Kia EV931 complaints
- 2021 Kia Telluride27 complaints
Forward collision avoidance complaints by model year
View the numbers
| Model year | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 2005 | 2 |
| 2007 | 1 |
| 2009 | 2 |
| 2010 | 5 |
| 2011 | 8 |
| 2012 | 11 |
| 2013 | 9 |
| 2014 | 11 |
| 2015 | 18 |
| 2016 | 18 |
| 2017 | 28 |
| 2018 | 22 |
| 2019 | 93 |
| 2020 | 47 |
| 2021 | 69 |
| 2022 | 91 |
| 2023 | 135 |
| 2024 | 122 |
| 2025 | 73 |
| 2026 | 20 |
| 2027 | 2 |
Among the 65 of these complaints that report mileage, the median is about 20,000 miles.
Complaint counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles each brand sells, so large brands naturally have more complaints.