Home · 2017 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid · Complaints

What 788 owners told NHTSA about the 2017 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid

These are the actual owner complaints behind this car’s reliability verdict, filed with the federal government, unedited. They’re unverified reports, not confirmed defects: read them as leads for your pre-purchase inspection, not a diagnosis.

All (788)Crash / fire / injury (47)Engine (379)Lights (124)Steering (94)Electrical system (92)Fuel system (48)Transmission & drivetrain (36)Engine & cooling (25)Brakes (23)Speed control (21)Body & structure (17)

1 of 788 complaints match · Speed control · crash/fire/injury only · clear filters

Mar 19, 2018Speed controlCrash

THE VEHICLE DID NOT FUNCTION WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AT 60 MPH. THE ENGINE RPM'S DROPPPED FROM 4,000 TO 1,000 AND THE ACCELERATOR AND TRANSMISSION WAS NOT RESPONDING. THE VEHICLE TOOK MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS TO BE OPERATED NORMALLY. THE DEALER COULD NOT REPLICATE THE CONDITION UPON A TEST DRIVE BY THEIR TECNICIAN. THIS FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. NOTE: ACCORDING TO THE NHTSA, THIS IS THE EXACT SAME THING THAT HAS HAPPENED AND BEEN REPORTED BY OWNERS OF KIA OPTIMAS. THE DEALER ORDERED A HOSE ASSEMBLY AIR INTAKE PART TO BE INSTALLED UPON ARRIVAL UNDER SA303 PROCEDURE BUT DENIES IT HAS ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ACCELERATION PROBLEM.

NHTSA ODI 11080096

Working with the data? Download all 788 complaints as CSV · fetched from NHTSA July 19, 2026

How to use these: a complaint is one owner’s report, filed voluntarily and published unverified. Patterns matter more than any single story. If several owners describe the same failure at similar mileage, put that system at the top of your pre-purchase inspection list. Back to the full 2017 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid verdict →