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.
Body
Driver side door latch does not work, door will not open from outside only from inside of car, requires driver side door to be opened from inside via passenger side or leaving driver side window down. *tr
ODI 10703572
Body
Front driver exterior handle will not open the door - can only be opened from inside . *tr
ODI 10626025
Body
Driver side door handle no longer functions, unable to open driver door from inside vehicle at all. Dealer "repaired" free of charge at 47,638 miles (under 60,00 mile warranty) but did not replace parts. Handle did work for a while but again became non-functional (at approx 75,000 miles, out of warranty), mechanic inspected and showed several broken plastic components. It is not repairable, must be replaced.
ODI 10807149
Body · Sun/Moon Roof Assembly
The sunroof exploded. My husband driving at highway speed when sunroof made a loud bang. Luckily the shade was drawn and protected him from flying glass. The flying glass took out the antenna. *tr .. Updated 08-20-14 *bf updated 08/25/2014 *js
ODI 10568629
Body
In late 2013 my driver side door would not open from the outside.then the drivers side back door would not open from the inside or out. Then the passenger door would not open from the outside.we got this fixed because my mother is eldely and needed to be able to easily open her door. This was a cost of 600.00. To fix the back door they were going to charge an addtional 600 or more depending on if they broke the door…
ODI 11003481
Body
Around the first of this month i attempted to open my driver's side door from the outside and was unable to. I thought it was the lock itself, but after investigating a little further i realized it is the door handle itself. I also experience problems with my fuel door. Sometimes it opens with the push button and sometimes it does not. Kia has looked at this and was not able to reproduce the problem. *tr
ODI 10627313
Body
Tl* the contact owns a 2011 kia sorento. The contact stated that the front driver, passenger and rear driver's side door latches failed. The contact was unable to open the doors from the exterior of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, who stated that the failure was caused by normal wear and tear. The failure was not reported to the manufacturer. The vin was not available. The failure mileage was…
ODI 10515091
Body · Unknown Or Other
Driving home on rainy day when sunroof shattered out of nowhere. Did not run off the road nor did i hear anything hit the vehicle. I heard one loud pop and noticed sunroof visor sagging significantly. Cannot prove something didn't hit it, but did not find any evidence of something hitting the sunroof. Contacted kia to see if any other cases had been reported with kia representative stating that she did not believe…
ODI 10432904