MODELYEARINDEX

Kia Sedona

397 complaints across 11 scored model years and 14 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Kia Sedona Full report
F
Grade 2010–2021
2016 vs model median 5.2×
Model median3× median
Electrical 23
Body & Interior 16
Lights & Visibility 13
Avoid

2016 · 2017

Best

2020 · 2021

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
0.44× 11 B
2011
1.30× 24 D
2012
2.30× 54 F
2014
0.84× 22 B
2015
2.75× 61 F
2016
5.16× 98 F
2017
2.86× 55 F
2018
1.00× 23 C
2019
0.88× 23 B
2020
0.58× 14 B
2021
0.66× 12 B

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG21
City / Highway18 / 24
Engine3.3L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$2,950

Recalls

14 campaigns on record.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
13V114000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH 2010, 2011 980,377
18V363000 AIR BAGS: AIR BAG/RESTRAINT CONTROL MODULE 2011, 2012 507,587
22V031000 AIR BAGS 2017–2019 410,619
20V088000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM 2010 228,829
16V389000 LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH 2010–2014 219,800
18V338000 STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR 2015–2018 106,428
16V387000 SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM:LOWER ARM 2010–2012 97,884
19V109000 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING 2015–2018 94,389

+ 6 further campaigns

Others in Minivans

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Chrysler Pacifica
20172018
C
Chrysler Pacifica Plug-IN
2018
C
Chrysler Town and Country
none flagged
C
Dodge Grand Caravan
20102016
C
Honda Odyssey
20182019
C
Mazda Mazda5
none flagged
B
Nissan Quest
20112012
B
Toyota Sienna
20112015
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 Sedona
Complaints in window
98
Severity-weighted
165
Model median (weighted)
32
vs model median
5.16×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
4
Open investigations
0
Score 15 F