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Kia Sedona · 2020

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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Severity pendingNHTSA·20V399000·2020-07-08
Kia Recalls 2020 Sedona Vehicles Due to Alternator Fire Risk
Kia is recalling 2020 Sedona vehicles because a loose alternator terminal nut may cause electrical arcing and increase the risk of a fire.
Product
KIA — KIA SEDONA
Category
Vehicle
Distribution
Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

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Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

AQ25001 Audit Query · engine and engine cooling:engine:hard parts internal/mechanical
DP24002 Defect Petition · engine
PE19004 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:12v/24v/48v battery:cables
RQ17003 Recall Query · engine

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

2016 · engine — 126 complaints, median 88,500 mi
Includes 6 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
2005 · brakes — 73 complaints, median 9,000 mi
Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
2006 · airbags — 66 complaints, median 86,000 mi
2017 · engine — 50 complaints, median 117,000 mi
Includes 3 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
2015 · engine — 40 complaints, median 90,000 mi
Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.

Technical service bulletins

638 manufacturer service bulletins across 17 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

2021: 4.5/5 · 9 complaints
2020: 4.2/5 · 20 complaints · most complained-of: body
2019: 3.9/5 · 36 complaints · most complained-of: body
2018: 3.8/5 · 48 complaints · most complained-of: engine
2017: 3.4/5 · 133 complaints · most complained-of: engine

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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