2008 Kia Sorento defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2008 Kia Sorento. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Throttle control system vulnerabilities
  Defect Petition DP21003 · opened Nov 12, 2021 · closed Jun 20, 2023

  The Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) of the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) received a petition letter dated October 10, 2021, requesting an investigation of possible defects in the electronic throttle control (ETC) system on certain Kia vehicles resulting in the opening of DP21-003. Accordi…

• Air Bag Occupant Classification System
  Engineering Analysis EA09017 · opened Nov 19, 2009 · closed Sep 26, 2011 · led to recall 11V473000

  The Sorento's front passenger air bag may be turned off when an adult is seated in the passenger seat. The front passenger air bag is designed to be turned off in limited circumstances including when children and small adults are seated in the front passenger seat, there is a child restraint in that seat, or the seat i…

• AIR BAG OCS
  Preliminary Evaluation PE09034 · opened Jul 17, 2009 · closed Nov 30, 2009

  Kia reports that for vehicles built prior to the software update of 11/27/2007, the vehicles can improperly classify an adult as a child restraint seat and thus illuminate the airbag off warning light and suppress the frontal passenger airbag.on may 12, 2009, kia launched a technical service bulletin (sb076) campaign t…