Forward Collision Avoidance Problems of Kia Motor Sorento

Kia Motor Sorento owners have reported 101 forward collision avoidance related problems since 1996. Table 1 shows the 4 most common forward collision avoidance problems. The number one most common problem is related to the vehicle's warnings (35 problems). The second most common problem is related to the vehicle's automatic emergency braking (33 problems). For details of each of the problem category, use the links in the table.

Table 1. Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of Kia Motor Sorento


Recently reported Forward Collision Avoidance problems of Kia Motor Sorento

The Warnings problem

2022 kia Sorento. Dec 2024(previous owner incident) to new owner purchase may 2025- April 2026 vehicle keeps displaying all lights and warnings, loses acceleration & loss of throttle power while driving. High voltage code p0653 code displays.   Read details...

The Automatic Emergency Braking problem

I've never had a problem staying awake driving. I don't have this problem in my vehicles or other vehicles. Every time I drove the car. I could not stay awake. I ve driven the car about 5xs. I would fall asleep and not even realize it. Now fell asleep driving the car two nights ago.   Read details...

The Adaptive Cruise Control problem

Adaptive cruise control warning lites. In the beginning it started sending warnings after it was on for a while. Now the warning is when I start the car. This has been fixed once under warranty but it is no longer working again. The warning lites for the aeb system is also on.   Read details...

The Forward Collision Avoidance problem

The contact owns a 2023 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brakes spontaneously engaged. The brake warning light was illuminated. The contact stated there was no other vehicles nearby when the failure occurred on several occasions.   Read details...




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