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2017 Kia Sedona Body and structure Problems

Complaints
15about this part
Share
11%of 134 total for the year
Median mileage
13,679miles
Trend
RisingComplaints filed in the last 3 full calendar years are at least 25% higher than in the 3 years before.

NHTSA recorded 15 complaints about the body and structure of the 2017 Kia Sedona, 11% of the 134 complaints for this model year. Where a mileage was given, the median is 13,679 miles. 1 recall campaign on record is filed under a similar system.

Example complaints

Selected from NHTSA records; personal details are removed. They are consumer reports, not findings.

“Both sliding doors on my Sedona have been malfunctioning and opening while the car is in drive and moving on the road at 10+ miles an hour. The car will confirm that all doors are shut and the indicator lights are off when I pull away from the curb or parking spot. Once I am on the road, both doors have intermittently had their open door light indicators come on while I am driving. Once I stop the car and inspected the door with the indicator light on, I confirmed that they are indeed unlatching and coming ajar.”

NHTSA complaint #11072918, filed 2018-02, 14,000 miles

“I was driving my 2015 Kia Sedona and the airbags imploded out of nowhere, I was not hurt thank god. But my front of my car got damaged and so did the air bags and my steering wheel and all that got broken. I am writing to see if I can be reimbursed as I have fix these issues but I believe they hav to do with a recall Kia has. I spent a lot of money fixing it so I would like to get reimbured as I paid outa pocket for something that was a recall and a safety problem and could have been avoided. Please help me”

NHTSA complaint #11536682, filed 2023-08

“Power Door (passenger side) closed on me when other door was opened. As I was putting a child into the passenger side middle row seat the passenger side sliding door closed on its own. (The door on the other side of van was opened at the same time the one began to close.) It did not stop when it it my body and kept closing. I tried pushing on the door to stop it from continuing to close but it didn’t stop. My husband reached to push the button to open it back up. I had bruise on my arm and cut on my thigh from the door attempting to close on me.”

NHTSA complaint #11507588, filed 2023-02

“The left side sliding door does not completely latch when closing. I have looked for obstruction and do not see any. I and my children are very concerned that we will not completely shut the door thus causing it to open when in transit or turning resulting in an unnecessary accident, injury or fatality. Whomever is driving the car has to stand outside and push the sliding door inward as it is latching to attempt to make sur the latch is secure. Please let me know what I need to do to ensure this is addressed with the the NHTSA and/ or KIA.”

NHTSA complaint #11487817, filed 2022-10

“The size door makes a grinding noise and will not open sometimes. It does the same when I try to close it. On average it is about 50/50 and I am concerned that #1 it will not shut one day when we need to drive it, and #2 since the door does not open and close properly what if it does not stop if someone is in the way of it? This of course happens when the van is stationary. This happens often and I noticed it first at about 40k miles. The dealership told me this is not covered under warranty.”

NHTSA complaint #11277186, filed 2019-10

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Body and structure: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
2021110%
2020525%
2019923%
201836%
20171511%
2016258%
20151914%
2014615%
20121817%
2011812%
2010413%
200924%
20082515%
20072214%
20064111%
200542%
200453%
200342%
2002147%

Other parts of the 2017 Kia Sedona

Engine
60 complaints
Other or unknown
27 complaints
Electrical system
23 complaints
Air bags
13 complaints
Exterior lighting
11 complaints
Brakes
4 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
4 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
4 complaints
Fuel system
3 complaints
Latches, locks and linkages
3 complaints
Steering
3 complaints
Engine cooling
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2017 Kia Sedona

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 28, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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