Vehicle report
2006 Kia Sorento
Fair price, market signal, reviews, and common issues — all in one place. Tuned to ZIP 43215 (from your location).
Fair price range
$3,700
$3,250 — $4,200
low confidence
Why low confidence?
Older or very high-mileage cars are rarer on the market, so pricing has a wider spread. Treat the range as directional rather than a precise number.
Est. out-the-door
$4,618
$4,136 — $5,155
What's OTD?
Out-the-door is the total check you actually write — asking price + sales tax + doc fee + registration. Reddit “what I paid” reports are usually OTD, so this is the honest number to compare against.
Listing: $3,700 + $268 tax + $500 doc + $150 reg = $4,618
What's shaping this price
- Age (20 yrs)−$29,791
11%/yr for suv
- Mileage (40,000)+$513
200,000 under expected
Local market signal · 432xx
Avg days on market
52
from 50 comparable listings
30-day price trend
↓ 4.5%
cooling
Prices for this trim in 432xx are trending down — a buyer's edge right now.
Price over its life
Anchored on the original manufacturer MSRP for this trim, curved to today's typical price via segment depreciation.
Next 5 years (forecast)
Projected from today's typical price using the segment's annual depreciation rate, with a small penalty for accumulated mileage. Rough forecast — actual resale value swings with the used-car market.
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Potential monthly cost of ownership
Loan + insurance + gas — the three big monthly line items.
Estimated monthly total
Loan + insurance + gas
$421/mo
Auto loan
72 months · 10% down · 7.5% APR (national avg)
$58/mo
Insurance
Full coverage · Ohio average for SUVs
$96/mo
Gas
16 mpg combined · $4.27/gal · 1,000 mi/mo
$267/mo
Estimated payments — actual rates depend on credit, coverage, and driving.
$6,884over 5 yrs
~$1,377/yr
Depreciation
$1,634
Segment: suv
Maintenance
$5,250
segment ballpark
Depreciation projected from segment averages against today’s typical price; maintenance is an AAA-derived segment ballpark. Loan, insurance, and gas are covered in the Affordability section above.
Overall
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Frontal crash
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Side crash
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Rollover
★★★★★
3.0 of 5
Averaged across 1 tested body/cab configuration (NHTSA scores by variant).
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:BRAKE LIGHTS:SWITCH
HUYNDAI-KIA IS RECALLING 139,844 MY 2006-2007- SEDONA, SPORTAGE, SORENTO AND MY RONDO AND AMANTI VEHICLES. THE STOP LAMP SWITCH IN THE AFFECTED VEHICLES MAY MALFUNCTION. A MALFUNCTIONING STOP LAMP SWITCH MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO NOT ILLUMINATE WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED OR MAY CAUSE THE BRAKE LIGHTS TO REMAIN ILLUMINATED WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS RELEASED. A STOP LAMP SWITCH MALFUNCTION MAY ALSO AFFECT THE OPERATION OF THE BRAKE-TRANSMISSION SHIFT INTERLOCK FEATURE SO THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BE SHIFTED OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. IT MAY ALSO CAUSE THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MALFUNCTION LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE, AND IT MAY NOT DEACTIVATE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED.
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