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SteeringPart report

2025 Kia Sorento Steering Problems

Complaints
2about this part
Share
3%of 77 total for the year
Median mileage
—not reported
Trend
Too newThis model year is less than 4 years old, so a trend is not meaningful yet.

NHTSA recorded 2 complaints about the steering of the 2025 Kia Sorento, 3% of the 77 complaints for this model year.

Fewer than 15 complaints name this part, so treat the figures as a rough indication only.

Example complaints

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

“It feels like the engine is starting to cut out and as soon as that happens, the electronics in the car seem to start fighting each other. They adaptive steering and the lane assist it feels like they don’t work together anymore and I’m always fighting it or it won’t stay in the right lane and the car jerks from line to line. If I turned the lane assist off then it drives OK but the engine still is doing something funny.”

NHTSA complaint #11676436, filed 2025-07

“Was turning right onto the road when the steering locked up and every safety warning light came on. My car literally stopped moving in the middle of the road. I wasn't literally right down the road from my house so thankfully I was able to get the car back to my house. The steering felt worse than not having power steering. I called and the dealership Matt Blac KIA of Toms River, and they had my car towed to the dealership around 10 am on April 4th. Around 4pm I was told they still had no idea what was wrong with my car, and to come pick up a loaner car. …”

NHTSA complaint #11656233, filed 2025-04

Steering: other model years

YearComplaintsShare of year
202523%
202425%
202376%
2022105%
202162%
202043%
2019113%
20182610%
20179712%
2016816%
2015334%
2014354%
2013222%
2012202%
2011533%
200852%
200732%
20063314%
20053913%
20042411%
20033110%

Other parts of the 2025 Kia Sorento

Electrical system
22 complaints
Other or unknown
20 complaints
Engine
19 complaints
Transmission and drivetrain
19 complaints
Forward collision avoidance
9 complaints
Vehicle speed control
7 complaints
Brakes
6 complaints
Visibility (wipers, defrost, mirrors)
6 complaints
Air bags
4 complaints
Fuel system
4 complaints
Back-over prevention (rear camera)
3 complaints
Exterior lighting
2 complaints

← All problems reported for the 2025 Kia Sorento

About this data. Data from NHTSA (ODI) complaints, recalls, TSBs and investigations, updated Oct 30, 2026. Complaints are unverified consumer reports and may be duplicated or inaccurate.

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