Seven problems related to mid/rear seats assembly have been reported for the 2013 Kia Motor Sorento. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2013 Kia Motor Sorento based on all problems reported for the 2013 Sorento.
The levers on both my middle seats do work, so I can't lay my seats down or get in the third row.
Rear seat stuck. Rear passenger seat lever has always been a little hard to activate to raise or lower the seat. It took a combination of pulling the lever and giggling the seat to get it to engage. That little trick recently stopped working and my rear passenger side seat is now permanently stuck in the down position. I did an internet search on a way to fix the problem and found multiple complaints which indicates that this is a systemic problem with kia sorrentos. They'll warranty the power train for 100,000 miles but this seat only made it for about 50,000 miles.
Right rear seat is locked in the folded down position. It will not release.
I have had the second passenger side rear seat latch repaired 3x already. It is going in for 4th time next week.
Rear seat latch broke in reclined position ,has been hard to operate since purchased. In driveway when incident occured.
Rear seat latch malfunction. The seat is stuck in an upright position. The latch does not work at all. Very inconvenient when the whole family is in the car. Kids forced to enter and exit through trunk. Annoying!! appointment at dealership next week. Hopefully they will fix it free of charge because clearly its a design flaw.
The lever to fold down the second row seat gets stuck. It is so hard to operate sometimes that no matter how much force you use the seat back lever will not release. After servicing it 3 times the dealer has told me they fixed it each time, but the intermittent problem is still present. They say the gear that holds the seat in place has very sharp teeth and was not manufactured properly. They say many kia sorrentos have the same problem. They say you have to wiggle the seat back as you try the release lever. The safety concern is if you have to exit the vehicle in an emergency the second row seat in the up position would prohibit the back seat passengers from escape. The seat in the down position would impeed the two second row passengers from exiting through the passenger door.
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