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2012 Kia Sorento airbags problems

The 2012 Kia Sorento has 79 airbags complaints filed with NHTSA — 7% of the year's total, and down from the prior model year.

79

Airbags complaints

7%

Share of year

9

Crash-involved

0

Related recalls

Airbags complaints by year

Sorento airbags complaints by model year182 complaints2003: 32 complaints2004: 14 complaints2005: 45 complaints2006: 19 complaints2007: 61 complaints2008: 67 complaints2009: 21 complaints2010: 1 complaints2011: 182 complaints2012: 79 complaints2013: 60 complaints2014: 51 complaints2015: 29 complaints2016: 16 complaints2017: 12 complaints2018: 10 complaints2019: 4 complaints2020: 2 complaints2021: 4 complaints2022: 1 complaints2024: 2 complaints2025: 2 complaints
Sorento airbags complaints by model year. Red bars are years to avoid.

What owners report

“I JUST TURNED RIGHT ON THE MAIN STREET IN MY SUBDIVISION WHEN A MOTORCYCLE GOING AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED HIT THE SPEED BUMP AN RAN RIGHT INTO MY DOOR ON DRIVERS SIDE. NO AIR BAGS WENT OFF AN THERE IS AIR BAGS ON THE DOOR. BOTH OF US TRANSPORTED BY EMS TO HOSPITAL. *TR”

Complaint filed with NHTSA · Airbags · August 22, 2012 · crash

Common questions

How many airbags complaints does the 2012 Kia Sorento have?

NHTSA has 79 complaints about the 2012 Kia Sorento airbags — 7% of all complaints filed for that model year.

Related

Based on NHTSA ODI data through June 2026. Complaints are consumer-reported and unverified. Updated July 5, 2026.

Compiled by Sharon Ben-Moshe, Founder.