Lights complaints and recalls from NHTSA
Summary
The 2016 Kia Sedona has 27 NHTSA lights complaints and 1 lights-related recall.
27
Complaints
1
Recalls
1
Injuries Reported
Data source: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) · Last updated April 9, 2026
21V725000
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Sedona vehicles. The Smart Junction Box (SJB) software logic may not properly interpret the s...
| Date ↓ | Component | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2025 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Rain water continually collects in both brakelight/taillight assemblies at the rear of the van. This... |
| Jan 5, 2025 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The taillights leak, fill with water, and the bulbs short out. When this happens, the rear lights (t... |
| Aug 9, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sedona. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the co... |
| Aug 5, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlight don't turn on even with new bulbs. Break light fill with water and stop working. |
| Jun 11, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The rear brake / turn signal light housing tends to fill with water. When this occurs the turn sign... |
| Jun 6, 2024 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES | The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed at... |
| Dec 19, 2023 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that while a State Inspection was being perfo... |
| Nov 27, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | Headlights will randomly turn off and flicker on and off. Has happened multiple times and on dark ro... |
| Sep 24, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, t... |
| Apr 12, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The tail lights continue to stay on even when the car is parked and no one is pressing the brakes. T... |
| Feb 11, 2022 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | we received notice for safety recall that the tail lights and turn signal lights could fail and they... |
| Nov 9, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sedona. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the headligh... |
| Aug 2, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | There are two issues I believe both are connected. Number 1. Sometimes when I put on the left blin... |
| May 12, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The contact owns a 2016 Kia Sedona. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 55 mph an... |
| Mar 27, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The taillight housings accumulate standing water due to cracking of the plastic on the back of the t... |
| Mar 17, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | WHEN SIGNALING LEFT SOMETIMES THE RIGHT BLINKER COMES ON IF AT ALL. TO MAKE IT SIGNAL LEFT YOU HAVE ... |
| Feb 15, 2021 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | AT TIMES WHEN DRIVING WITH HEADLIGHTS ON THE DRIVERSIDE TAILLIGHT WILL GO OUT AND WILL CAUSE THE MID... |
| Sep 1, 2020 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING,STRUCTURE | DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT CLOSE COMPLETELY. MUST PUSH ON BACK SIDE FOR IT TO CLOSE. BLINKERS... |
| May 1, 2020 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | WHEN USING TURN SIGNAL SOME TIMES IT DOESN'T TURN ON AND YOU HAVE TO PUSH THE STALK DOWN AGAIN TO TU... |
| Jan 1, 2020 | EXTERIOR LIGHTING | The problem is the multi function switch. In the AUTO mode, the head lights go off randomly. This is... |