Owner complaint 11760268: KIA SORENTO 2021

Owner complaint, unverified, from NHTSA Owner Complaints

Published by NHTSA: Aug 28, 2026
Manufacturer: Kia America, Inc.
NHTSA ID: 11760268
Applies to, as stated by NHTSA: KIA SORENTO 2021
Component, as stated by NHTSA: ENGINE; FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM; POWER TRAIN

Text of the owner complaint

On XXX im driving my 2021 Kia Sorento sx it stalled while driving in the mist of traffic engine light comes on and I had my car towed contacted Kia of Bowie they are giving me a hassle contacted them because this is a safety issue from the beginning I have mentioned gas smell coming from the oil dipstick now the car has say and the gas has evaperated and they are saying no gas smell contacted ...

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Date of incident: 2026-07-14

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For the 2022 Kia Telluride

Ignored

Relevance of 4% is under one half, so the notice is ignored whatever the other figures say.

Vehicle relevance: 4%
Attention: 42%
Interrupt probability: 42%

Importance to this owner: 0.6 of 4, minor
Vehicle area the notice is about: Engine

This owner complaint does not appear to warrant attention for this vehicle. Owner complaints are unverified reports.

Decided by jev-1.13.0 in 128 ms from 1,636 input tokens. Jev returns these figures and nothing else. It gives no reasons, and none are written for it here. The figures describe how relevant the notice is, not the condition of any vehicle.

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YesNHTSA names this make
NoNHTSA names this model
n/aNHTSA lists model year 2022 for this model

The same notice, every vehicle

Relevance	Attention	Interrupt	State
4%	42%	42%	Ignored
1%	15%	21%	Ignored
1%	16%	23%	Ignored
1%	16%	24%	Ignored
1%	20%	22%	Ignored
1%	17%	22%	Ignored
1%	22%	27%	Ignored
1%	18%	23%	Ignored
1%	15%	20%	Ignored
1%	24%	26%	Ignored
1%	16%	22%	Ignored
1%	15%	25%	Ignored
1%	17%	21%	Ignored
1%	18%	27%	Ignored
1%	17%	27%	Ignored
1%	16%	23%	Ignored

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