2011 Kia Sorento Body Problems
- 183
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 183 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 1 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
What owners report
- open outside · 70 records
- door open · 66 records
- side door · 51 records
- door handle · 33 records
- open inside · 30 records
- passenger door · 27 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 84 |
| 100–150k mi | 36 |
| 30–60k mi | 15 |
| 150–400k mi | 8 |
| 1–30k mi | 4 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Body · Power Train
(1)transmission got stuck in 2nd gear while driving on the highway. Transmission would "jump" every time the car hit 50mhp. Could not replicate after sitting in driveway overnight. (2)abs light is constantly on-told it is a clock spring. Kia not worried about it. (3) doors stick-drivers door will lock itself and cannot open from outside. This happened 3x while car is running and i exited to get mail. Front passenger…
ODI 11161405
Body · Electrical System · Engine
After driving about 6 miles to a local store nearby and back home as i pulled my car into my parking spot black smoke started coming from the hood so i turned the car off waited until the smoke stopped and looked under the hood to see if i could tell what was smoking. Everything appeared fine and i made sure to check all of my fluid levels and oil which were all full. Later that day maybe 4 hours later i drove about…
Fire reported
ODI 11114289
Body
Front passenger side door will not open with outside handle. You can open it from the inside.
ODI 11102763
Body
My driver-side door will not open from the outside when unlocked.
ODI 11102455
Body
Door locks are broken and rear passenger door will not unlock
ODI 11099344
Body
Front passenger door will not open from outside but will open from the inside
ODI 11097346
Body
Front door handle latch assembly constantly breaking and i am unable to ope the doors from the outside
ODI 11097888
Body
My rear drivers side door will not open from the outside or the inside.
ODI 11092492
Body
THE HOOD LATCH WILL NOT OPEN THE HOOD
ODI 11083399
Body
Drivers side rear door won't open from the outside. This is a major safety issue when there are children in the vehicle
ODI 11076003
Body
Rear driver's side exterior door handle broke off while trying to open the door from the outside. The broken door handle renders that door useless, and in an emergency, the door could not be opened from the exterior. The vehicle was stationary/ parked when the door handle broke. An internet search shows that this is a frequent occurrence with the kia sorrento. The local kia dealership, when asked, stated that they…
ODI 11208276
Body
Takata recall the driver's side back door will not open from the outside. This same problem occurred with the driver's side front door and this was repaired by kia as there was a recall.
ODI 11075661
Body
Passenger door front and rear don't open from the outside or inside. Safety concern if we are in an accident and can't get out. This was noticed about 2 months ago.
ODI 11080376
Body
In sept 2017 the back driver's side door stopped opening from the outside. Now, jan 2018 the drivers door will not open from the outside. Both doors open perfect from the inside.
ODI 11066115
Body
DRIVER'S DOOR CAN'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE
ODI 11073321
Body · Engine · Service Brakes
Door handles not opening brakes not wanting to stop or grabing esc abs downhill on and passger air bag
ODI 11078495
Body
The door wont open from the outside on the driver back side so the back door on the driver side and stationary
ODI 11065968
Body
With the vehicle stationary passenger door will not open from the outside. Can open from the inside only.
ODI 11053756
Body · Door
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia sorento. The contact stated that the door handle was loose. The contact took the vehicle to kia of greenville ([redacted], greenville, sc)where the front driver and passenger door handles were replaced per a customer satisfaction campaign. The vehicle was repaired; however, the rear passenger door handle experienced the same issue. The manufacturer was not notified of the failures.…
ODI 11046500
Body
Passenger door won't open from outside when vehicle stationary. Activator piece in door latch broken. Many complaints from others.
ODI 11040962
Body
My drivers side back door won't open from the outside or inside(this is my current issue with the car). I have been in no accidents with this car. I had trouble with my driver's door would not open last year and that was under recall and repaired. Both issues just started all of a sudden.
ODI 11064448
Body
One day we went to open the driver side back door from the outside and it no longer opened. There was no damage done to the door it just stopped working. When i contacted kia they didnt see it as being a safety issue. In my eyes it s ahuge issue if my girls and i were in a wreck and safety crews wouldnt be able to open the door from the outside!
ODI 11073099
Body · Engine · Exterior Lighting
2011 kia sorento 116,000. Regularly maintained.the first problem was the driver side back door will not open from the outside, that happened about 6 months ago. Now, my driver side door won't open from the outside. In addition, recently my car has just shut off while driving; foot on the gas at it is not doing anything (no engine light). We park it, shut it off and restart and it will work fine for a while. There is…
ODI 11081038
Body
I am unable to open my drivers side rear door from the outside. This seems to be quite a prevelent problem on several kia models. I have seen that many people have had the same problem. Some with multiple doors on the same vehicle. This is a sfety issue as you can't quickly get into the vehicle to if you had small children in the back and ther was an emergency or if first responders needed access to the back or any…
ODI 11021476
Body
Driver's side door handle malfunctioned. Can unlock door with key or key fob, but door will not open. Have to climb into back seat to manually open driver's side door. This is a safety issue! Completely ridiculous to have to do when it's raining, or when needing to enter the car quickly. I'm reading online that it is a faulty actuator switch. Dealers are charging up to $500 to fix. This needs to be a recall from the…
ODI 11021132