This is an online automotive information provider of a detailed information on complaints, defects and recalls for KIA SORENTO 2011 air bags. Our users can find data on mass market car models from most popular brands. The service allows to compare and analyze statistics for reported problems, complaints, recalls for various manufacturers. We hope our site will help with selecting of a reliable and safe car. By using this tool, you will be able to get records with description of safety issues for vehicles, equipment, tires and child restraints. These issues include safety recalls for your KIA SORENTO 2011 air bags and complaints other owners have filed.

Enter valid VIN:

2011 KIA SORENTO Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1367202
Internal NHTSA #	10969434
Manufacurer	Kia Motors America
Brand	KIA
Model	SORENTO
Model Year	2011
File date	29/03/17
Component	AIR BAGS
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	The airbag light came on in my vehicle and disabled the entire system. I took it to the kia dealership and they diagnosed it, and found out it was disabled due to an electric field sensor that is sensitive to all kinds of electronics. The technical service bulletin is tsb: bod 072. It has in there that "if certain electronic devices such as cellular phones, laptop computers, inverters, dvd players, radio transmitters, gps navigation systems, satellite radio systems, video games, and mp3 players are put on/around a passenger seat cushion (including in the seatback pocket) or if liquid is spilled on the seat cushion, the airbag warning lamp may illuminate with dtc b1447, b1448, b1764, or b1767" to me, this is a huge safety risk, as someone might have a cell phone on them or too close, and it disables the airbag system. This is for kia sorento (xm) 2011 to current, kia optima (mg) 2009, 2010, and kia rio (jb) 2010 to current.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	88000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	NEWBURGH, IN
VIN pattern	5XYKU4A20BGXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons
No. of fatalities
Date of purchase	07/08/26
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders
Drive train type
Transmission type
Vehicle speed	35
DoT tire identifier
Tire size
Location of tire code
Type of tire failure code
Was defective tire repaired?
Date of manufacture
Type of child seat code
Type of restraint
Dealer's name
Dealer's telephone number
Dealer's city
Dealer's state code
Dealer's ZIP code

What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

Last decoded VIN:

5HD1PXFC5HB958519 1FADP3E28JL205337 JM0BA11P300220441 WBAVP71010VW34992 TMBJR7NU7J2012618 KMHSH81UBCU837305 YS3FB55B471143283 ZFA22300005460163 SB1ZS3JE30E430741 2C3CCABG7MH634285 1D4PU4GKXBW598083 SALEA7BU0P2186917

Rating: 4.7 from 5 (3783 reviews)

2011 KIA SORENTO Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2011 KIA SORENTO Air Bags Problems, Complaints and Defects

What is Recall?

What is Failure?

What is Defect?