Kia Sorento Visibility/Wiper Problems
- 44
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
- 10
- Years with records
- 2003–2018
- Stored years
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 44 stored complaint records:
- 0 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 3 indicate fire
Complaints by year
What appears in the records
- sunroof exploded · 9 records
- failure mileage · 8 records
- panoramic sunroof · 4 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 30–60k mi | 18 |
| 1–30k mi | 13 |
| 60–100k mi | 6 |
| 100–150k mi | 3 |
| 150–400k mi | 1 |
Complaint evidence
Latest stored owner-submitted records. Open a year for the full list.
Visibility/Wiper
Panoramic sunroof spontaneously exploded / shattered while driving. *dt cuts to hand on steering wheel from falling glass. *jb
1 injury
ODI 11243288
Visibility/Wiper
Found the windshield wipers to only work intermittently when i bought the vehicle with 85,000 miles on it. Now my vehicle has almost 100,000 miles and the wipers only work on high and occasionally don't even work at all when it rains when driving. This has made the care scary to drive and we don't drive it when it rains. Brought the car in the kia and they couldn't duplicate the problem as well.
ODI 11206937
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
I've seen a few reviews and complaints on how kia's (sorento's in particular) have been losing their headlights for no reason. This has also happened to me, but just on my driver side fortunately. The main bulb is not illuminating and will not come on. I changed the bulb and this did not fix the problem. I looked at the old bulb i replaced and it was fine, nothing was shot or burnt out. I have seen a couple of…
ODI 11181299
Visibility/Wiper
While driving the panoramic sunroof imploded suddenly with out warning or being struck by anything. My husband wasn't driving at a high rate of speed or under bad weather conditions other than basic rain, luckily our inner sun shade had been closed or the glass which completely shattered could have fell on top of my self and our 3 year old daughter possibly injuring us greatly as we were sitting in the rear seats…
ODI 11171606
Electrical System · Exterior Lighting · Visibility/Wiper
While driving at night while my headlights are in auto position they will randomly turn off for a few seconds and then click back on. This has happened twice in one week. The last time, was while driving 70 mph down the interstate and my headlights went out without warning.
ODI 11141057
Body · Visibility/Wiper
Complaint no.while traveling down hwy 377 toward granbury, texas. The underside of my car burst into flames. Fortunately i was traveling at 70mph and the person who witnessed the flames behind me, ran up to my car when i stopped at a rail crossing to tell me what happen. I was lucky i was driving 70mph and if i had stopped while it was burning the car would have burned up. It looks like the plastic panels were…
Fire reported
ODI 11141323
Visibility/Wiper
While on vacation in new mexico, we were driving on i-40 when we heard a deafening boom and realized the sunroof had spontaneously burst and the armatures and mechanism that control the opening and closing of the sunroof had detached from the car. There were no other vehicles behind, beside, or in front of our vehicle at the time of the incident. We were following the posted speed limit and the weather was cloudy.…
ODI 11102486
Sun/Moon Roof Assembly · Visibility/Wiper
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 kia sorento. While driving 67 mph with the sun roof closed, the sun roof fractured. Glass and debris fell into the vehicle. The contact was not injured. Ricart kia (4255 s hamilton rd #210, groveport, oh 43125, [redacted]) was notified. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The approximate failure mileage was 92,000.
ODI 11080343