23V652000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An engine compartment fire while parked or driving can increase the risk of injury.
2014 KIA SORENTO
6 safety recall campaigns, 8 defect investigations (1 open), 1,372 owner complaints filed with NHTSA.
The record
Recall campaigns6
Park it0stop driving until repaired
Investigations81 open
Owner complaints1,372
Complaints citing a crash34
Complaints citing a fire69
Complaints are reports from owners of this model year, not findings about any particular vehicle, and a model that sold in large numbers will collect more of them. They are counted here as filed; nothing is inferred from them.
Recall campaigns 6 of 6
21V331000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
An electrical short in the HECU increases the risk of a fire while parked or driving.
20V519000
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE
If the HECU short circuits, there is an increased risk of an engine compartment fire.
18V907000
ENGINE
A fuel leak in the presence of an ignition source can increase the risk of a fire.
17V224000
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
Bearing wear may result in the engine seizing, increasing the risk of a crash.
13V356000
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY:AXLE SHAFT
A fractured front axle may result in a loss of power to the wheels. Additionally, if the vehicle is parked without the parking brake applied, it may roll away. Either condition increases the risk of a crash.
What owners report most
- 384ENGINE
- 153STRUCTURE:BODY
- 145UNKNOWN OR OTHER
- 143ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
- 79EXTERIOR LIGHTING
- 66POWER TRAIN
- 51AIR BAGS
- 46FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
This page is about a model, not a car
Two 2014 KIA SORENTOs can have entirely different histories, and a recall campaign usually covers a build-date window rather than a whole model year — which a VIN does not encode, so only the door-jamb label settles it. Scanning the VIN adds the decode, the crash tests, the fuel economy and the complaints matched to that exact engine, trim and assembly plant.