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Kia Sorento Hybrid years to avoid
Years to avoid: 2023. Best years: 2022.
The 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid draws the most owner complaints for its age: 30, or 8 for each year on the road, against a median of 4 a year across the 3 model years old enough to judge.
- 43complaints
- 2recall campaigns
- 1model years with a page
Newest report Sep 25, 2026 · checked Oct 2, 2026
Pick your model year
Owner complaints on file for each year.
Years to avoid
2023
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Best years
2022
Too few complaints for a page of its own.
Complaints for each year on the road
Each model year's NHTSA complaints divided by the calendar years it has been on sale, counting this one (a 2018 model has had 9). Older cars have had longer to collect complaints, so raw totals flatter the new ones. Blue bars are the years to avoid. Too new to judge: 2025.
Within one model, sales change less from year to year than they do between models, so a jump here is mostly a jump in problems. The call: the years to avoid are the (up to three) highest at 1.5 times the model's median rate or more, and the best are the (up to three) lowest at two thirds of it or less, from 2016 on.
Guide How much should a years-to-avoid list decide? What these lists get wrong
At a glance
- Where the complaints sit
- The 2025 has the most complaints of any Kia Sorento Hybrid year here: 43 of 43 (100%).
- Problem across the years
- Hybrid system is the top problem in every model year with a page, 19 reports in all.
- Crash, fire and injury reports
- 2% of Kia Sorento Hybrid complaints report a crash, a fire or an injury, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
- Recalls on the top problem
- None of the 1 model years where owners report hybrid system has a recall on the same system.
- When owners filed
- Every complaint so far came in during 2025. So far in 2026, 28 more have come in.
Photo: Bull-Doser, Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
Model years with too few complaints for a page of their own: 2021 (21), 2022 (12), 2023 (30).
Year by year
2025 Kia Sorento Hybrid
43 owner complaints so far; too new to call. Most reported: hybrid system (19 reports) and stalling (13 reports). 1 report involved a crash and 2 people were hurt. 2 recalls, including 26V-046 on the electrical system and 25V-006 on the electrical system.
Questions
What Kia Sorento Hybrid years should you avoid?
The 2023 Kia Sorento Hybrid draws the most owner complaints for its age: 30, or 8 for each year on the road, against a median of 4 a year across the 3 model years old enough to judge.
What are the best years for the Kia Sorento Hybrid?
The 2022 draws the fewest complaints for its age: 12, or 2 for each year on the road.
What is the most common problem on the Kia Sorento Hybrid?
Hybrid system, with 19 reports across the 1 model years that have a page here. It's the single most reported problem on the 2025.
How many recalls does the Kia Sorento Hybrid have?
2 recall campaigns cover the Kia Sorento Hybrid model years 2025 on this site.
How many Kia Sorento Hybrid complaints involve a crash, fire or injury?
2% of them, against 6% for the typical vehicle on this site.
Is there a recall for hybrid system on the Kia Sorento Hybrid?
No. None of the 1 model years where owners report it has one on the same system.