May 9, 2018Transmission & drivetrainCrash
I WAS BACKING UP WHEN MY CAR JUST ACCELERATED LIKE CRAZY AND RAN OVER A HUGE BRICK MAILBOX. IT WAS LIKE MY CAR WAS POSSESS, IT BECAME A CRAZY 4 WHEEL DRIVE.
NHTSA ODI 11092757
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What 248 owners told NHTSA about the 2018 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 (248)Crash / fire / injury (25)Engine (102)Lights (41)Electrical system (29)Steering (26)Fuel system (12)Airbags (10)Body & structure (9)Transmission & drivetrain (9)Speed control (8)Brakes (7)
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Working with the data? Download all 248 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 2018 Kia Sorento Plug-in Hybrid verdict →