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Vehicle history — accidents, title & owners
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NHTSA publishes the first 11 characters of the VIN with every complaint — that identifies the plant, model year, body and engine. So these are reports from cars built exactly like this one, not an average across the whole model.
5XYKTCA61FG••••••2015 Kia SORENTO
That is about average for the 2015 Kia SORENTO — 7 complaints per build across 111 builds.
7on this build
729on the model
111builds in total
1involved a crash
1involved a fire
2injuries
Most reportedEngine 5Service Brakes 3Steering 1Structure 1
What owners of this build wrote
Service BrakesfireJan 2024
The contact owns a 2015 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that his vehicle had burst in flames while parked in his drive way. The contact called the fire department, however he was able to extinguish the flames using hand held extinguishers. The contact stated that the damage was…
SteeringcrashJun 2021
Motor shuts down completely disabling the car electronically. I lose my brakes and my steering. In February 2020, I almost died driving the vehicle the car engine seized while driving and was replaced by KIA. I never received an itemized bill from Dealership they stole the…
EngineOct 2023
Engine is smoking , but is not showing over heating on gauge. Just had oil changed on Thursday 9-28-23 by NTB, It has happened 3 times before oil change and once since(today)
StructureJun 2021
Large amounts of paint falling off of vehicle
Service BrakesJun 2021
Vehicles lost due to certain engine fires. In some instances, the Settlement also provides a cash rebate if you lost faith in the vehicle after experiencing engine troubles related to the defect and you purchased another Kia vehicle within a specified timeframe. To qualify you…
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Decoded via NHTSA vPIC. Recalls, complaints and safety from NHTSA; MPG from EPA fueleconomy.gov. Full history reports from our partner. VIN 5XYKTCA61FG634408 · decoded Oct 2026. — ForCar Reviewed by Denis Kataev, founder of ForCar.