5 recalls covering model years 2018, 2019, 2020. To check whether your vehicle is affected, look up your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls — a recall may apply only to some vehicles of a given year.
The cover on the air bag control unit may press against a memory chip on the circuit board inside and damage the electrical circuit. This affects certain Kia Forte, Forte Koup, Sedona, Soul, and Soul EV vehicles. If the circuit is damaged, the air bags could be deactivated and not deploy in a crash. Dealers will inspect the control unit and update its software or replace it as needed, free of charge.
On some 2020 Sedona vehicles, the nut holding the positive terminal on the alternator may not have been tightened correctly when the vehicle was built, and it can loosen over time.
Some Sedona vans equipped with an eight-passenger seating layout may have the seat belt buckle for the second-row middle seat installed on the wrong side of the seat. This can prevent the three-point seat belt from being used the way it's supposed to. A seat belt that can't be used correctly increases the risk of injury in a crash.
Some Kia Sedona vehicles with a manually adjusted front passenger seat have a wiring harness under that seat that senses whether a child seat is in the front passenger seat. Over time, this wiring can break simply from the seat being used. This sensor helps control whether the front passenger airbag deploys in a crash. If the wiring breaks, it may no longer prevent the airbag from deploying when a child seat is present.
Kia is recalling certain Sedona vehicles equipped with a power sliding door because the door may not automatically reverse direction when something blocks it from closing. Normally the door is supposed to stop and reverse if it senses an obstruction while closing, but on these vehicles that feature may not work as intended.
Recalls and NHTSA owner complaints for each model year, side by side. Complaints are unverified owner reports, and better-selling or older years naturally collect more — read this as a record, not a ranking.
| Model year | Recalls | High / critical | Do-not-drive / park-outside | Complaints | Crashes | Fires | Injuries |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2019 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2020 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
NHTSA lists 5 safety recalls covering the 2018–2020 Kia Sedona. 3 of them are rated high or critical on this site. The most recent is "Kia Air Bags May Fail to Deploy in Crash" (NHTSA campaign 22V031000), reported Jan 25, 2022.
The 2018 Kia Sedona has the most, with 3 recalls. The 2020 model year has the fewest of the years we cover, with 1. Newer model years have had less time to collect recalls, so a low count on a recent year is not a guarantee.
No. None of the 5 Kia Sedona recalls on file carries a do-not-drive or park-outside advisory from NHTSA.
Enter your 17-character VIN at nhtsa.gov/recalls. A recall often applies to only some vehicles of a model year, and the VIN lookup shows the ones still unrepaired on your car. Recall repairs are free at any franchised Kia dealer, including for second owners.
Recalls and complaint record for one model year at a time: