Kia Sedona Complaints

2,536 consumer complaints on file.

#11320439April 7, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HIS WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE'S ABS WARNING LIGHT SUDDENLY BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE AND THE WARNING SOUNDER BEGAN TO CHIME. AS HIS WIFE BEGAN TO PULL INTO THEIR GARAGE, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. HIS WIFE TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND THE CONTACT BEGAN TO PUT OUT THE FIRE. HOWEVER, IT WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, SO THE CONTACT DETACHED THE BATTERY, WHICH, MADE IT EASIER FOR THEM TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS NOT CONTACTED AND FIRE REPORT WAS NOT MADE. THE CONTACT DID NOT CONTACT THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN OFFICIALLY DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE AND OPENED A CASE REGARDING THE MATTER. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT A FUTURE RECALL NOTICE HAD NOT BEEN RELEASED DUE TO PARTS FOR A REMEDY NOT YET BEING AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 228,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11319611March 28, 2020
WHEELS
I HAVE A 2004 KIA SENDONA LX VAN AND THE WHEEL BARRINGS ARE BAD I FIXED IT ONCE ALREADY A MONTH AGO AND IT IS ALREADY BROKEN AGAIN BOTH TIMES IT COMPLETELY FELL APART IN TO LITTLE PEICES WHEN I TOOK THE WHEEL OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11319125March 24, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL MALFUNCTIONS. WHEN TURNING ON THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, IT INTERMITTENTLY TURNS ON THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, TURNS ON THE RIGHT TURN SIGNAL, THEN SWITCHES TO THE LEFT TURN SIGNAL, OR DOES NOT TURN ON ANY TURN SIGNAL. ALSO, WHEN SOMEONE WEIGHING AROUND 175 OR LESS SITS IN THE PASSENGER SEAT, THE AIRBAG LIGHT TURNS ON, AS IF THE PERSON IS A CHILD AND THE AIRBAGS WON'T DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11318868March 21, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHILE DRIVING AT NIGHT MY HEADLIGHTS WILL OFTEN FLICKER OFF FOR ONE TO THREE SECONDS WHEN I'M EITHER ACTIVATING THE TURN SIGNAL (EITHER RIGHT OR LEFT) OR ATTEMPTING TO TURN ON MY HIGH BEAMS. I ALWAYS DRIVE WITH THE HEADLIGHTS IN "AUTO", SO I HAVE NOT EXPERIENCED THE ISSUE WITH ANY OTHER SETTING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317227March 10, 2020
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, HE NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO A PARKING LOT, WHERE FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT EXITED, STOOD A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA WAS BURNT AND DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE SINCE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT COVER FIRES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317332March 10, 2020
WHEELS
HAVE GOTTEN TIRE ROTATIONS REGULARLY. DEALER TOLD ME AFTER THIS ROTATION, THAT THERE WAS CUPPING ON THESE TIRES. THEY ONLY HAVE 23487 MILES ON THEM. MAINTAINANCE WAS DONE AND INFLATION KEPT AT BOOK LEVEL. DEALER SAYS TIRE MANUFACTURER IS LIABLE FOR WARRANTY. TIRE MANUFACTURER SYS DEALER NEEDS TO FILE CLAIM AND THAT THE CUPPING IS NOT SAFETY ISSUE AND WON'T HONOR THE WARRANTY. THESE ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES FROM WHEN WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. MANUFATURER IS HANKOOK. TIRE IS DYNAPRO HP2 RA33 BW. SKU1011758 PART# UHK18 23560BW. THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT TO HAVE THIS HAPPENING AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE.IT WAS NOT OWNER NEGLECT!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11317164March 9, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE PASSENGER REAR DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WITH THE KEY FOB, ONLY WITH STRENGTH. HAVE BEEN TOLD THE MOTOR IS WORE OUT FOR THAT PARTICULAR DOOR. IT WAS JUST PARKED, WITH THIS TROUBLE TO THIS DATE. AS STATED, I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE MOTOR TO THIS DOOR IS WORE OUT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316753March 7, 2020
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
KEEPS THE ENGINE ACCELERATED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11316246March 5, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
GAS SMELL IN CAR 11/2017 WHILE IN MOTION. EXPERIENCING A SORT OF 'HESITATION', LIKE WANTING TO STALL. BROUGHT TO DEALER. DEALER IDENTIFIED ISSUE- CRACK IN FUEL RAIL, LEAKING ON ENGINE. ITEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND QUOTED AT JUST UNDER $1K TO REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO SIGN A WAIVER SAYING I KNEW MY CAR WAS A FIRE HAZARD SINCE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEIR RATES FOR THE REPAIR. TOLD ME I WOULD END UP IN THE NEWS IF I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED THERE. I REFUSED, AND TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE I PAID FOR THE REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11315668March 2, 2020
SUSPENSION
WHILE ATTEMPTING TO ENTER TRAFFIC FROM OUR DRIVEWAY UPON ACCELERATION THE STEERING WHEEL SHOOK AND A LOUD "THUD" WAS HEARD WITHIN THE VEHICLE. MY WIFE WHO WAS DRIVING ATTEMPTED TO BACK THE VEHICLE INTO OUR DRIVEWAY BUT WAS UNABLE AS THE VEHICLE WAS UNRESPONSIVE. WHEN I GOT TO THE VEHICLE AND INSPECTED IT, I NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER TIRE WAS TIPPED OUTWARD, SO I INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD SNAPPED AND WENT THROUGH THE TRANSAXLE RENDERING THE VEHICLE INOPERABLE. WHEN LOOKING AT OUR VEHICLE PAPERWORK WE REALIZED THAT THIS PARTICULAR PART WAS REPLACED DUE TO A RECALL IN 2016. WE CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO INFORMED US THAT WE WOULD NEED TO TAKE UP THE COMPLAINT WITH KIA DIRECTLY. WE DID SO AND WERE INFORMED THAT THERE WERE NO ACTIVE RECALLS ON THIS REPLACEMENT PART AND THAT THEY ONLY WARRANTIED THESE REPLACEMENTS FOR 12 MONTHS. WE WANTED TO ALERT YOU TO THIS ISSUE AS I FEEL THAT THIS KIND OF DAMAGE SHOULD NOT OCCUR TO A 3-YEAR-OLD REPLACEMENT PART ON A VEHICLE THAT ONLY GETS DRIVEN TO TAKE THE KIDS TO AND FROM SCHOOL DAILY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11312269February 29, 2020
ENGINE
STRANGE NOISE WHEN AT A STOP LIGHT SOUND SOUNDS LIKE A BASE NOISE IN THE ENGINE HAVE TAKEN INTO THE KIA DEALER IN AUBURN WA TWICE WITH NO CONFIRMED PROBLEM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311798February 27, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE CAR GETS THIS RANDOM SMELL OF BURNING PLASTIC. WHEN THIS HAPPENS THERES S CRACKLING SOUND THAT COMES FROM THE DASH BOARD. ALSO THE CAR RANDOMLY DOESNT START. THE LIGHTS AND RADIO WILL WORK BUT THE CAR DOES NOTHING WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN MOSTLY AFTER THE BURNING SMELL. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, FUSES AND RELAY SWITCHES AND NOTHING WORKS. I'VE HAD IT AT THE MECHANIC AND THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. IT'S VERY SCARY SMELLING BURNING PLASTIC AND HEARING CRACKLING WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. I'M STUCK PAYING FOR A CAR I'M TO SCARED TO DRIVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311935February 27, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND A FIRE STARTED SOMEWHERE IN THE ENGINE AND THE WHOLE CAR BURNED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311957February 27, 2020
ENGINE, STEERING, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY 2017 KIA SEDONA SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION ON A STREET. I HAD TO PUT MY CAR IN PARK TURN THE KEY AND THEN RESTART MY CAR. THIS HAPPENS ON 10/31/2019. ROUGHLY 20 MINUTES LATER IT HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY. IT WAS TOWED TO THE KIA SERVICE CENTER AND THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. ON 2/1/2020 MY CAR SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE AT A RED LIGHT. ON 2/25/2020 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. THIS TIME A CAR BEHIND ME HAD TO SWERVE INTO THE OTHER LANE IN ORDER NOT TO SLAM IN TO ME. ON 2/26/2020 WHILE DRIVING MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL IT SHUT OFF AGAIN WHILE IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO KIA SERVICE CENTER. IT IS STILL CURRENTLY THERE. THEY ARE STATING THEY CAN'T REPLICATE THE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311975February 27, 2020
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
STARTING ABOUT FEB 10, 2020, A RAW GASOLINE SMELL WAS NOTICED WHEN MY 2011 KIA SEDONA LX VEHICLE STOPPED AT STOP LIGHTS OR WHEN ENGINE TURNED OFF AFTER RETURNING HOME. SMELL DISSIPATED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES WITH ENGINE OFF. RAW GASOLINE SMELL GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE WHENEVER CAR ENGINE WAS RUNNING. SMELL CAME INSIDE CAR WITH HEATER FAN OPERATING. NO LEAKS ON GROUND WERE NOTED AT ANY TIME. TOOK CAR TO MY MECHANIC ON FEB 19, 2020. HE REMOVED AIR FILTER ON TOP OF ENGINE AND IMMEDIATELY NOTED PUDDLES OF RAW GASOLINE NEAR FUEL INJECTORS AND FUEL RAIL. AFTER REMOVAL OF RAIL, HE FOUND CRACKS IN THE PLASTIC FUEL RAIL. HE HAD A NEW FUEL RAIL FROM KIA SHIPPED NEXT DAY AIR. HE REPLACED RAIL AND SOME PARTS OF DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS. HE COMMENTED WE WERE VERY LUCKY NOT TO HAVE HAD AN ENGINE FIRE. I NOTED TODAY, FEB 27, 2020 AN ANNOUNCED RECALL FOR 2011-2012 KIA SEDONA FOR FUEL RAIL LEAKS. I DO NOT KNOW IF MY VEHICLE IS IN THE RECALL LIST. BUT I DO KNOW WE WERE LUCKY TO HAVE NO FIRE IN THE ENGINE FROM THIS DEFECTIVE FUEL RAIL PART! MY MECHANIC COULD NOT BELIEVE THIS PART WAS MADE OUT OF A PLASTIC POLYMER! AND IT IS VERY EXPENSIVE TO BUY!!! HE CHECKED LOCAL KIA DEALER AND THEY SAID REPAIR COSTS WOULD BE ABOUT $2000. WOW, FOR A DEFECTIVE PLASTIC PART AND LABOR TO REPLACE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311226February 24, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION
IT DID,NT PASS THE TLC NEW YORK INSPECTION NO INCIDENT
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311236February 24, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
PURCHASED NEW. @ 7400 MILES WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY IT SMELLED LIKE SOMETHING WAS BURNING. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP WHO STATED CYLINDER HEAD WAS LEAKING ANTIFREEZE. ENTIRE ENGINE HAD TO BE REBUILT (ALL HEADS/GASKETS EXCHANGED). 7800 MILES FLUID LEVELS BOTTOMED OUT. DEALER STATED CAR HADN'T 'BURPED' FROM GASKET REPAIR. 9300 MILES WHILE CITY DRIVING THE BLIND SPOT COLLISION WARNINGS STARTED YELLING. I PLACED THE CAR IN PARK AND TURNED IT OFF. WHEN I TURNED IT BACK ON THE CAR SAID POSSIBLE TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND I COULD NOT SHIFT. POPPED THE SHIFT LOCK RELEASE TO GET VEHICLE INTO DRIVE TO BRING FOR SERVICE. DEALER STATED INHIBITOR SWITCH FAILED CAUSING THE ISSUES WITH THE BLIND SPOT COLLISION WARNINGS AND THE SHIFT LOCKOUT. UNACCEPTABLE IN NEW VEHICLE UNDER 10K MILES
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310975February 23, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
2016 SEDONA DRIVER SIDE PUSH BUTTON SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH PROPERLY ON ITS OWN. IT MAKES AN AWFUL NOISE AND THE BACK OF THE DOOR DOESN'T LATCH; WHICH CAUSES THE DOOR TO NOT LOCK ALSO. THIS POSES A VARIETY OF SAFETY ISSUES. I HAVE ALSO HAD THE DOOR SENSORS RESET/PROGRAMMED FOR THE RECALL THAT WAS FOR THE DOOR NOT RETURNING IF OBSTRUCTED; HOWEVER I HAVE PERSONALLY GOTTEN CAUGHT IN THE DOOR AND IT'S STILL NOT RETRACTING AS IT SHOULD IN MY OPINION. IF A CHILD WAS IN FACT THE ONE WITH THEIR HANDS, LEGS, FEET ECT IN THE PATH OF THE DOOR THE DOOR IS NOT GOING TO STOP AND RETRACT LIKE IT IS SUPPOSED TO. THE DOOR HAS ACTED THIS WAY FOR A LONG TIME. SINCE ABOUT 40,000 MILES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310747February 22, 2020
AIR BAGS
AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON, TRIED SEVERAL TIMES TO HAVE IT RESET BUT IT WONT GO AWAY TOOK TO GET A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND THEY KEEP SAYING THAT THEY CANT PINPOINT THE PROBLEM, TRYING TO CHARGE ME $1500-2000 TO FIND AND FIX..
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11310467February 20, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SOME ELECTORAL PROBLEMS ARE HAPPENING. WHEN DRIVING OR PARKED THE BRAKE LIGHTS APPEAR IN FLASHING MANNER AND DURING THAT 5 SECOND TIME IT WILL LOCK AND UNLOCK MY WINDOWS AND IF I AM USING MY SUPPERS THEY STOP WORKING SOMETIMES. ALSO SOMETIME THE WINDOWS DONT WORK AND THEBRADIO ALSO MESSES UP AND CHANGES STATION WITH OUT ME TOUCHING IT. THISBHAS BEEN AN ONGOING THING FOR AG LEAST 3 YEARS. ALSO IT USE TO NOT STARTVAT FORB2 DAYS AND THEN ITBWOUKDBSTART WITH NO HELP. I WOUKD COME THROUHH THE PASENGERS SIDE AND STARTBIT FINE. LOTS IF ELECTRIC ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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