10.0

really awful
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
26,776 miles

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problem #134

Jun 012019

Sorento

  • miles
I have a Kia 2014. Sorento, Snow White mother-of-pearl. In the summer of 2019, I first noticed paint peeling (or what bodyshops call delamination) on the windshield frame. My paint started peeling off in a tiny spot, it looked like a tiny chip of paint the size of a piece of rice, but quickly started flakes all over the body. The dealership says that this is not cover a warranty, since I am not the first owner

- Palm Coast, FL, USA

problem #133

Aug 212023

Sorento

  • miles
At first, I thought it was due to normal wear on the vehicle. And would need a touch of paint job. I started seeing other vehicle with the same areas of paint issues on the road as mines. 2014 Kia Sorento LX - Pearl White paint peeling around windshield and off hood. Bubbles started forming form under paint and paint blisters and peels away quickly in large chunks from vehicle. Went to dealership and they told me paint is only under warranty for 36k miles, but after seeing all the complaints online with white Sorento, I realized there is a problem with KIA paint. However, they suggested calling Kia directly. When calling them they have no recall for this paint issue that has been caused by a defect in the paint that for some reason happens after their 36k miles warranty.Kia neeed to fix this issue.

- U, NY, USA

problem #132

Aug 062023

Sorento

  • miles
Paint is peeling off of my Kia

- Mayslick, KY, USA

problem #131

Jun 092023

Sorento

  • miles
The body of vehicle has paint chipping away in large pieces for no apparent reason. The color is a pearl white

- Blythewood, SC, USA

problem #130

Jul 012023

Sorento

  • miles
My kia Sorento is severely peeling paint. it comes off in chunks. Since it has starting peeling above the passengers side door, it has not stopped. I saw that several other people have had this complaint and Kia has not fixed it yet. Kia will not agree to fix the paint job. My car has a SWP color on it and won-??t stop peeling.

- Flower Mound, TX, USA

problem #129

Feb 142018

Sorento

  • miles
The paint is peeling off of the car. My safety is not at risk but this is a serious manufacturer defect. The defect has been confirmed by the dealer but they are now refusing to repair the paint. The pint has been inspected by auto repair shops and it is called delamination where the paint peels off the primer in sheets. There were no warnings but the paint began peeling in 2018.

- Dixon, CA, USA

problem #128

Jun 212021

Sorento

  • miles
Paint is flaking off.

- Fort Pierce, FL, USA

problem #127

May 072015

Sorento

  • miles
The paint is chipping significantly in the area on both sides of my windshield and starting to continue down into the rest of the car. I have a snow white car and my research has shown this make, model, year and color has been reported of having the same problems. It really affects the look of the car. This paint chipping has been going on for the last 5 years or so. I purchased this vehicle used but in 2014 and it is a 2014 so I've owned it for 9 years and it continues to get worse and worse.

- Framingham, MA, USA

problem #126

Apr 082023

Sorento

  • miles
I have not had my car a year and the seatbelt light came on 2 days ago. I am keeping the services up and all of these things were supposedly passed during the inspection before I purchased my car. Also, the paint is peeling off the car. There are so many cars that has peeling paint when passing. Paint should not peel like that. I've never had this problem with any car I have purchased.

- Kathleen, GA, USA

problem #125

Nov 172021

Sorento

  • miles
I own a 2014 Kia Sorento that the peeling is rapidly peeling off ( or what the body shops call Delamination ). My paint began peeling in a tiny spot I thought was a chip from a rock but rapidly began peeling all over. The vehicle is hand wash and the peeling continues, any water pressure continues to peel the paint including natural weather rain conditions. Mileage of vehicle is 113,000. This is very upsetting as you can wash the vehicle weekly or as needed as it would in race the delamination.

- Tolleson , AZ, USA

problem #124

Apr 302019

Sorento

  • miles
Delamination of body paint

- Burnsville, MN, USA

problem #123

Jan 102023

Sorento

  • miles
The paint peeling is seriously dominate in PEARL WHITE and that needs to be addressed!! We have seen peeling in other colors as well. We want this to lead to a investigation.

- Columbia, MO, USA

problem #122

Feb 012023

Sorento

  • miles
Paint is delaminated and pealing off. Paint type Pearl Snow White. After researching online it seems this is happening to hundreds of 2014 Kia Sorentos.

- Stockton, CA, USA

problem #121

Jul 152021

Sorento

  • miles
Paint on the vehicle is delaminating. Starting on the hood an "A" pillars. It is the snow pearl color and is a wide spread problem.

- Mountain Home , AR, USA

problem #120

Feb 032023

Sorento

  • miles
Paint peeling on hood. Does not look like it came from a stone chip.

- North Syracuse, NY, USA

problem #119

Nov 082022

Sorento

  • miles
I have the Pearl White color and it is peeling off everywhere! My hood is almost completely gone and it-€™s now starting to chip on the side near the drivers door. It started off as little chips but now it is in clumps. Somebody told me it was delaminating and a ton of other pearl white kia drivers are reporting this.

- San Jose, CA, USA

problem #118

Nov 172022

Sorento

  • miles
2014 KIA Sorento; at 80775 miles the passenger side pillar by the front windshield the Pearl White Paint has peeled off. There was no impact. The paint code is SWP. I see that this is a wide-seen condition of this paint color; Pearl White with the KIA vehicles. I can see other spots on the car that appear to be weak and ready to peel.

- Silver Springs, NV, USA

problem #117

Nov 052022

Sorento

  • miles
Paint chipping Delamination On the pillar of the suv! I painted once on the driver side now the passenger side is peeling. Defective

- Brockton, MA, USA

problem #116

Aug 012022

Sorento

  • miles
Began in august as a minor paint chip to rain. Has continued to progress and flake off more, to now triple the size within three months on the drive side door panel. Chipping has now began on the hood as well. Was informed that this is paint delamination due to poor adhesion of paint.

- Rochelle, IL, USA

problem #115

Sep 122022

Sorento

  • miles
The paint is delaminating. It is peeling off down to the primer. This is a know problem with Kia. The Kia service manager stated Kia would not make good for the repair stating it has been more the 36 months and the warranty has expired. A heavy rain furthers the peeling. Under the right circumstance in the rain with the peeling sticking to the windshield could cause limited vision during driving and could be hazardous.

- Berlin , MD, USA

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