Kia Sedona Complaints

2,536 consumer complaints on file.

#10632661September 12, 2014
SEATS
I HAVE ONLY PUT THE SEATS ON THIS VEHICLE IN AND OUT 6 TIMES IN ALL OF THE TIME I HAVE OWNED IT. I AM NOW UNABLE TO LOCK THE LEFT REAR SEAT INTO POSITION. I AM ALSO UNABLE TO REMOVE THE SEAT. THE WIRES UNDER THE SEAT ARE NOT RESPONDING TO THE PULL MECHANISM. THE SEATS WERE STORED VERY CAREFULLY AND NO DAMAGE WAS DONE WHILE IN 5 YEARS OF STORAGE. I AM NOT ABLE TO SAFELY TAKE THE GRAND KIDS FOR A RIDE WITHOUT PUTTING UP THE LAST ROW OF SEATS UP SO THEY CAN BE BUCKLED IN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10632665September 12, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE REAR RIGHT DOOR, (POWER OPERATED) NO LONGER RESPONDS TO THE CONTROLS. I HAVE TO PULL OUT MANUALLY BEFORE THE POWER WILL ENGAGE. IT FEELS LIKE IT IS STUCK ON SOMETHING BUT THERE IS NOTHING IN THE WAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10630284September 3, 2014
SEAT BELTS
DRIVERS' SEAT BELT DOES NOT RETRACT WHEN TAKEN OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10629786September 3, 2014
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
2005 KIA SEDONA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO EXCESSIVE GAS ODOR THAT COMES FROM VEHICLE. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED HE HAS BEEN TRYING TO CORRECT AND REPORT THE ODOR FOR TWO YEARS. THE DEALER CHARGED HIM $747.18, HOWEVER, THE DANGER IS STILL PRESENT. THEIR RECENT EXPLANATION WAS THE MANUFACTURER, HAD ISSUED A TECH REPORT, CITING THE PROBLEM WAS A DEIGN FLAW IN THE VENT LOCATION. THEY INFORMED THE CONSUMER, HE WOULD JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10630231September 2, 2014
AIR BAGS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AT AROUND 80K MILES AND HAS STAYED ON. I HAVE CHECKED THE CONNECTIONS BENEATH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS; ALL APPEAR FIRMLY SEATED. IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT I HAD RECENTLY REPLACED THE BATTERY BEFORE THE LIGHT CAME ON, A COMMON PRECURSOR TO THIS PROBLEM IF THE ONLINE FORUMS ARE ANY INDICATION. AT ANY RATE, THIS APPEARS TO BE FAR TOO COMMON (AND EXPENSIVE!) AN ISSUE AMONG KIA OWNERS, TO SAY NOTHING OF ITS INCREDIBLE SIGNIFICANCE AS A SAFETY HAZARD. KIA SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL AND FIX THIS MANUFACTURER'S DEFECT PROMPTLY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626725August 20, 2014
STEERING
THE DRIVERS SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM SEVERED CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BE UNCONTROLLABLE YIELDING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10626237August 19, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THE SLIDING DOOR BECAME INOPERABLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE MANUAL AND ELECTRICAL SWITCH FAILED TO RELEASE THE SLIDING DOOR. THE PROBLEM OCCURRED NUMEROUS TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THE REPLACEMENT OF SENSORS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURED WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622569August 15, 2014
SUSPENSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE A LOUD NOISE AND THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE DROPPED DOWN TO THE GROUND. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED THAT THE FRONT TIRES SPLIT IN TWO DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS AND THE CONTROL ARMS WERE FRACTURED DUE TO CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE ISSUE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622249August 14, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY
FIRST PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME ABOUT A YEAR AGO WE HAD TO FIX OURSELVES NOW DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT STAY CLOSED THIS ONE JUST HAPPENED A MONTH AGO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10622317August 14, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
WIRING UNDER SEAT SHORTED CAUSING SMALL FIRE INSIDE..EXTINGUISHED WIRING UNDER CAR IN SAME AREA MELTED SHORTING EVERY THING OUT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10621766August 12, 2014
AIR BAGS
THE AIRBAG LIGHT IS ON ALL THE TIME. NO ACCIDENT, NO DAMAGE TO THE VAN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10619469August 6, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
DROVE THE VEHICLE INTO MY CARPORT AND TURNED THE IGNITION OFF AND TRIED TO REMOVE THE KEY. THE KEY IS STUCK AND UNABLE TO TURN IT INTO LOCK POSITION. THE KEY STAYS IN THE ACC POSITION AND WILL NOT GO INTO THE LOCK POSITION. THE VEHICLE STARTS ALRIGHT JUST UNABLE TO REMOVE THE KEY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617972July 31, 2014
AIR BAGS
MY AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME. WHEN I ADDRESSED THIS ISSUE WITH THE KIA DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD DO A DIAGNOSTIC FOR $95. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF I GOT INTO AN ACCIDENT MY AIRBAG WOULD NOT DEPLOY. THIS SHOULD BE ADDRESSED AS A SAFETY CONCERN AND HAVE KIA ISSUE A RECALL. WHEN I GOOGLE THIS PROBLEM THERE ARE A LOT OF OTHER KIA SEDONA OWNERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. SOME OF THEM HAVE HAD TO PAY OVER $400 TO HAVE IT FIXED. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER AND CANNOT AFFORD TO PAY THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY TO HAVE AN AIRBAG FIXED, WHEN IT SHOULD BE A RECALL IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617600July 30, 2014
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO START AND WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 73,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617378July 29, 2014
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
SECOND FAILURE OF TURN SIGNALS ( LOOSE BULBS ) 1ST WAS LEFT, NOW RIGHT. I AM AN ELECTRICIAN SO I FIXED THE PROBLEM. IT WILL RETURN WITH TIME AS WEATHER CHANGES HOT/COLD EFFECT THE COPPER THAT HOLDS THE BULBS IN PLACE. ALL OLDER CARS USED A SPRING IN THE BOTTOM OF THE SOCKET WHICH MADE CONTACT WITH TIP IN THE CENTER OF THE BULB. KIA HAS USED A FLAT PIECE OF COPPER BENT IN A U OR V SHAPE, THE TENSION WILL NOT KEEP THE BULB STABLE. A TEMPORARY FIX IS TO BEND THE COPPER UPWARDS TO CREATE TENSION. MY FIX TODAY ON MY KIA WILL BE TO REPLACE THE SOCKET WITH A NEW SPRING TYPE. 100K MAINTENANCE IS DUE, WE CAN'T WAIT UNTIL THEN BECAUSE WE ARE IN A HEAVY TRAFFIC SITUATION, IT IS JUST TOO DANGEROUS !!!! [XXX] . INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617459July 29, 2014
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WE WERE DRIVING INTERSTATE 80 WESTBOUND. AS WE WERE EXITING A REST AREA ENTERING THE INTERSTATE THE ACCELERATOR BECAME STUCK AND THE SPEED OF THE VEHICLE COULD NOT BE CONTROLLED. WE WERE REACHING SPEEDS UPWARDS OF 90-100 MPH. WE COULDN'T GET THE VAN TO SLOW DOWN SO WE PUT THE VAN IN NEUTRAL TO SLOW IT DOWN. THE VAN FINALLY SLOWED BUT BECAUSE THE RPMS OF THE ENGINE WERE SO HIGH AND WOULD NOT STOP THE ENGINE MADE A SCREAMING NOISE AND THE VAN FINALLY STOPPED. WE HAD IT TOWED ABOUT 50 MILES TO THE KIA DEALER IN DES MOINES IOWA AND ARE WAITING TO SEE IF THERE WAS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT CAUSED THE PEDAL TO BECOME STUCK ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WITH NO RELEASE.. IN THE MEAN TIME IT IS FEARED THAT THE ENGINE IS BLOWN, MAKING PAYMENTS STILL AND NO VEHICLE OR HELP FROM DEALER AT THIS TIME.. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10617152July 29, 2014
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC), ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE BEEN HAVING AN INTERMITTENT "NON-START" ISSUE WITH MY CAR. I WOULD TURN THE KEY AND NOTHING. THE LIGHTS WOULD GO ON, RADIO WOULD GO ON, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING TOWARDS CRANKING AND STARTING. NO CLICKING NOISE, NOTHING. I WOULD GET OUT OF THE CAR OPEN AND CLOSE SOME DOORS AND MOST OF THE TIME IT WOULD START. ALSO, I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY WHEN THE ESC OFF LIGHT CAME ON. WHENEVER I STOPPED IT WOULD GO OFF UNTIL I GOT BACK ON THE HIGHWAY AGAIN. I HAD MY MECHANIC PLUG IT IN TO SEE IF ANY ERROR CODES SHOW, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING. I CHECKED ONLINE AND FOUND A RECALL FOR THESE EXACT ISSUES TIED TO THE STOP LAMP SWITCH, BUT WHEN I TOOK THE CAR TO KIA DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY HAD FIXED THE RECALL A COUPLE YEARS EARLIER. I BOUGHT A NEW STOP LAMP SWITCH MYSELF, (GENUINE KIA PART, NOT GENERIC,) AND HAD IT REPLACED AGAIN. (CHEAP PART OF AND INSTALLATION.) I THEN WENT ON ROAD TRIP AND NOTHING WAS FIXED. ESC OFF LIGHT WAS ON NEARLY THE WHOLE TIME AND I HAD A NON-START DURING TRIP. THERE HAS TO BE ANOTHER ISSUE INVOLVED HERE. I LIVE IN NEW YORK CITY SO I HARDLY EVER AM DRIVING ON HIGHWAYS, SO ROAD TRIPS WAS ONLY TIME I WOULD SEE ESC OFF LIGHT AND I RARELY IF EVER USE CRUISE CONTROL, SO I DON;T KNOW IF I WOULD HAVE THE CRUISE CONTROL ISSUE TIED TO THIS STANDARD GROUP OF ISSUES EITHER. *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10616817July 28, 2014
AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG LIGHT CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO REPLACED THREE SENSORS TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10614963July 21, 2014
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
THE REAR PASSENGER POWER DOOR WENT OUT. A COUPLE DAYS LATER THE REAR DRIVERS POWER DOOR AND THE LOCK ON THE HATCH QUIT WORKING. THE DOORS WILL POP OPEN WHILE DRIVING.I I CALLED THE KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY ARE UNAWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT OFFERED ME FINANCING TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM. I TOLD THEM THERE IS COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT ONLINE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE! CUSTOMERS HAVE REPLACED MOTORS, HAVE HAD ELECTRIC REPLACED, REPLACED SLIDING DOOR MECHANISMS AND EVEN REPLACED THE COMPUTER AND ARE STILL HAVING THE SAME ISSUES!!!!!! I AM LIVID!!!SO I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO PAY THEM TO FIX IT BECAUSE I'VE CALLED AROUND AND ALL THE REPAIR SHOPS TOLD ME THEY WILL NOT TOUCH IT. PROBLEM IS THAT THE DOORS DO NOT STAY SHUT!! I CANNOT PUT MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR BECAUSE THE DOORS OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE DOORS WILL NOT LOCK PERIOD!!! EVEN PARKED AND LOCKED YOU CAN WALK UP TO THE DOOR AND PUT NO EFFORT INTO OPENING THE DOOR!!! I BOUGHT THE KIA USED IN JUNE OF 2013 AND STILL OWE ALMOST 10 THOUSAND DOLLARS AND KIA IS NOT WILLING TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR....I WILL NEVER EVER BUY ANOTHER KIA!!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10609543July 10, 2014
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
WHEN REFUELING THE VEHICLE, THE GAS ALMOST ALWAYS SPURTS OUT OF THE GAS CAP OPENING. THIS HAPPENS WHETHER I LET THE NOZZLE ON AUTO FILL OR IF I MANUALLY HOLD THE GAS NOZZLE. IT HAPPENS IF THE GAS FLOW IS SLOW OR FAST. I HAVE MET OTHERS WITH THE SAME TYPE VEHICLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM, BUT NO ONE HAS BOTHERED TO REPORT IT. THE GAS HAS SPURTED OUT ON MY HAND, MY GLOVES, MY CLOTHES, AND MY SHOES. I HAVE LEARNED TO STAND SLIGHTLY BACK AND IT THEN SPILLS OVER THE SIDE OF MY CAR AND ONTO THE GROUND. I HAVE SEVERAL PICTURES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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