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We have a limited number of reviews for the 2018 Sedona, so we've included reviews for other years of the Sedona since its last redesign.
We call it the senior bus
Bill, 01/16/2019
2018 Kia Sedona SX Limited 4dr Minivan (3.3L 6cyl 6A)
12 of 13 people found this review helpful
This van is the Best Buy for the buck. It gives you Moore safety features and you can not match Kia warrenty 5years 60000 mile warranty plus 100000 on the power train. This is my third lease Kia van. If you are a senior take a test drive you will be amazed. Buy or lease it now.
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Fabulous vehicle, still after almost 40,000 miles
Peter, 07/14/2017
updated 01/22/2019
2016 Kia Sedona SX Limited 4dr Minivan (3.3L 6cyl 6A)
21 of 24 people found this review helpful
Had for over one year, two huge road trips. On 12,000 mile trip at the moment. Getting 24.5 mpg. Looked at Pacifica, didn't like. Turning circle much better on Sedona, didn't like transmission knob. Sedona can be shifted manually, was great in the Colorado mountains last week. Sedona looks and operates more like a SUV than a minivan. Zero problems. Update January 2018: The Sedona still has not had one problem. It has nearly 29,000 trouble-free miles, and has averaged 23.9 mpg in all types of driving. For some reason car reviews knock the Sedona for bad mileage. Lead foot maybe? Normal driving gets excellent mileage. Plus it's quick. Car and Driver clocked it at 7.4 seconds 0-60. I had an upscale 2015 SUV as my last car and it didn't handle as well as the Sedona, was less comfortable, had much less cargo space, had poorer visibility, and on and on. To me, the minivan makes a lot more sense than an SUV -- unless you plan to go off-road, which few people do. There are other good minivans to buy, but I wouldn't trade my Sedona for any of them. Plus, it has the best warranty in the car business. Easy decision, at least for me. Update July 2018: Just returned from a 6000 mile road trip. Again, everything was perfect. No problems whatsoever. MPG was 24.9 for the whole trip. Now have over 39,000 miles, not one problem. A friend came up to me today as we were near the car and said, "I thought you had a minivan"? I said, "It is a minivan". He said, "It looks like an SUV". The car does look more like an SUV inside, and out, but has all the conveniences of a minivan. I am 79, my wife 75, and we LOVE our minivan. It handles well, has incredible room, has three uncrowded rows of seats (vs most SUV's), has rear entertainment for the grand kids, has a very tight turning circle, has great manual shifting for the mountains, etc. I could go on and on. Oh yeah, and the price was better than the competitors. Sedona now has 43,500 miles. I took it to the KIA dealer last week for 40,000 mile maintenance. I told them to go over it closely to see if there are any problems. They did, and found NOTHING. Frankly, I think that's unheard of -- 43.500 miles and nothing wrong. The brakes were even still good. I had another couple in the car a few days ago for a 45 mile drive. He has a Toyota Sienna van. He remarked how smooth the Sedona was on the road, and how well it seemed to handle. He liked it better than his Toyota. It has been a remarkable car.
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Good Van. Great Value (if you buy used).
Gavin , 12/25/2020
updated 06/15/2022
2016 Kia Sedona LX 4dr Minivan (3.3L 6cyl 6A)
7 of 7 people found this review helpful
Bought the van with 33,000 miles for $17k. The car drives nice, performs well and is comfortable. The only thing about the van that is not great is it audio system. We now have 40,000 miles on it & it has had both of its motors replaced for the sliding doors ( via a recall). When we bought it last year consumer reports had its reliability rating and 5/5. For some reason, consumer reports now has it rated as a 3/5 for reliability. We will see how this particular van plays out for us. I will continue to update you folks. Update June 2022: 50k miles and absolutely no issues. We bought some michelin defender tires for it and they are much better than the original Korean tires. Fantastic vehicle!
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give Kias a chance.
kiadriverfromLA, 03/31/2017
2017 Kia Sedona SX Limited 4dr Minivan (3.3L 6cyl 6A)
22 of 26 people found this review helpful
When our '14 Sienna's lease was about to expire (great car btw), I searched frantically for something new and improved. We had a '09 Odyssey followed by a '12 Odyssey. These cars were good -especially the 2009- but felt the 2012 was harder to use, and [much] worse to drive. We looked at the Pacifica (didn't like the driving) I didn't love Sienna's interior quality, so I didn't want another one. Honda's redesign was mindblowingly ugly (for me at least), so it was either Sedona or Quest. My parents and I ruled out the Quest after I did research on it and didn't like things about it. When I told my mom our best choice was a Sedona, she asked what brand it was. I said a Kia. She didn't stop laughing for 5 minutes. But after talking about it and seeing it at the LA car show, she opened up to it like crazy. We had eyed one Cerritos, and we recently purchased it for about 375\mo. We mostly do the back and forth of driving to the store, school, work etc. so mileage is pretty bad. Really comfy though and everything works good. One downside is how far the 'Tune' button is from the driver. it is far enough that you can't reach it while driving. Another is Lane Departure Warning & BSM. We want to keep it on because it can be extremely helpful, but it makes annoying beeps if, God forbid, we are within 2 inches of the yellow line. It also sometimes thinks it 'sees' things that it doesn't, which results in the LDW going off sometimes while pulling into our driveway. All in all though, awesome car
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Love the van hate the electricals
Valerie Mullikin, 02/12/2018
2017 Kia Sedona EX 4dr Minivan (3.3L 6cyl 6A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
Not sure what’s going on but from the day we purchased the radio didn’t work right kept cutting out. Now I have passenger side mirror and tail light that stays on and hvac system will be on but instrument panel doesn’t reflect the system is on. New radio system installed andits cutting out again. Appears might be Associated with auxiliary input/connection some blind spots take getting used to and I’m disappointed the passenger front seat isn’t power slide seems a bit odd to have heated seat and not power adjustment the engine is a beast and maneuverability is fantastic very comfortable to travel in long distances
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