Kia Sorento Complaints (2011)

1,520 consumer complaints on file.

#11170137January 15, 2019
POWER TRAIN, VISIBILITY/WIPER, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY HORN STOPPED WORKING. MY TRANSMISSION WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND WAS REPAIRED A LITTLE AFTER A YEAR THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY WENT OUT AGAIN. THE VEHICLE ALSO STOPS ACCELERATING. THE SORRENTO SEEM LIKE A HAZARDOUS VEHICLE AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE ARE ABSOLUTELY NO RECALLS ON CERTAIN ISSUES. I HAVE READ OTHER ISSUES AND I'M SEEING I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THE SAME ISSUES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11166781January 13, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
HORN STOPPED WORKING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11165362January 5, 2019
SUSPENSION, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
LOUD NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WHILE VEHICLE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND ONCE VEHICLE IS IN PARK ON SIDE OF ROAD. NO INDUCATOR LIGHTS LIGHTS SHOW IN DASH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11164361January 1, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
MY REAR CALIPER HAS FAILED SHORTLY AFTER REPLACING ALL 4 ROTARS, AND BRAKE PADS. NOW I AM FACING A RATHER EXPENSIVE BILL THAT I CANNOT AFFORD ON A LIMITTED INCOME AS I AM DISABLED. I AM ALSO LUCKY THAT THIS MALFUNCTION DID NOT CAUSE ME TO CRASH THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED MY GAS MILEAGE HAD SIGNIFICANTLY GONE DOWN, AND THE REAR OR THE VEHICLE WAS DRAGGING, AND I ALSO HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING DRAGGING ON THE GROUND UND ERDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED A GROOVE BEING DUG INTO MY ROTAR BY THE BRAKE PADS LOCKED IN THE ON POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163990December 29, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DRIVER'S DOOR DOES NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11163165December 23, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BULB WENT OUT. WENT TO REPLACE BULB AND THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162773December 20, 2018
SERVICE BRAKES, SUSPENSION, WHEELS
WHILE DIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE REAR PASSENGER SIDE GEAR BOX SHATTERED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11162013December 17, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
WENT TO GET IN VEHICLE AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE USING KEY FOB OR USING KEY ENTRY. I HAD TO CRAWL FROM PASSENGER SIDE TO ENTER VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFTY HAZARD!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161372December 14, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WIRING IS BAD FOR HEADLIGHTS, MELTED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. REPLACED THAT AND THEN IT MELTED THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE HEADLIGHTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161405December 14, 2018
AIR BAGS, STRUCTURE:BODY, POWER TRAIN
(1)TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK IN 2ND GEAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION WOULD "JUMP" EVERY TIME THE CAR HIT 50MHP. COULD NOT REPLICATE AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. (2)ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON-TOLD IT IS A CLOCK SPRING. KIA NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. (3) DOORS STICK-DRIVERS DOOR WILL LOCK ITSELF AND CANNOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPENED 3X WHILE CAR IS RUNNING AND I EXITED TO GET MAIL. FRONT PASSENGER WILL NOT CLOSE- HAVE TO KNOCK HANDLE TO CLOSE. (4)BACKUP CAMERA INTERMITTENT. (5)BLUETOOTH DOES NOT PAIR WITH PHONE-INTERMITTENT. (6) GAS DOOR STICKS- MUST HIT RELEASE BUTTON DOZENS OF TIMES BEFORE IT OPENS. (7) TIRE PRESSURE GUAGES BROKEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161461December 14, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT SOCKET KEEPS MELTING AFTER REPLACING. FIRE HAZARD
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11161224December 13, 2018
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SINCE PURCHASE, ON THREE OCCASIONS DO REAR DOORORS LOCKED IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE FRONT 2 DOORS AND THE REAR DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. EACH FRONT DOOR WAS FIXED BY KIA WITH NO EXPENSE TO OWNER. THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR THIS REAR DOOR STATING IT WILL COST THE OWNER APX. $ 1,800. THIS IS A REAL DANGER SINCE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS CANNOT EXIT CAR IN AN EMERGENCY. DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED UNDER ANY CONDITIONS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11160968December 12, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
MY REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR STOPPED OPENING FROM THE OUTSIDE A FEW MONTHS AGO - CHILD LOCK IS NOT ON. YESTERDAY, MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR STOPPED OPENING. APPARENTLY THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE KIA SORENTO. WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS IN ACCIDENT AND CAN'T PHYSICALLY GET IN CAR TO GET MY CHILD OUT. THIS IS BEYOND DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE. A RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11157246December 10, 2018
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
RECALL!!!WHEN ACCELERATING MORE THAN 60-80 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ECO SENSOR LIGHT POPS ON AND MY SUV JERKS BACK THEN PICKS UP SPEED CAUSING THE BACK OF MY HEAD TO HIT YOUR HEAD RESTRAINT. IT IS VERY SCARY!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#11155935December 4, 2018
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR, DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX PROBLEM AND TOLD ME IT WAS A PART OF A RECALL ISSUE BUT WAS NEVER FIXED. LAST MONTH MY ENGINE LOCKED UP ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, UPON MY HUSBAND AND POLICE GETTING THERE TO ASSIST, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN MY RESERVOIR, MY HUSBAND BOUGHT OIL ONLY TO RETURN AND NOTICE THAT DRAIN PLUG WAS NOT IN PLACE, ENGINE IS BURNT UP AND MY INSURANCE NEITHER DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS SERVICED WANTS TO ASSIST ME WITH COST! I DON'T HAVE $7,752 FOR A NEW ENGINE!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11155772December 3, 2018
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
FRONT PASSENGER DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE IT CAN ONLY BE OPENED FROM INSIDE THE CAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153975November 26, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
THE WIRING HARNESS FOR THE PASSANGER SIDE HEADLIGHT KEEPS MELTING. I HAVE REPLACED IT SEVERAL TIMES AND IT CONTINUES TO HAPPEN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153267November 23, 2018
STRUCTURE:BODY
DRIVER SIDE DOOR HANDLE NO LONGER WORKS. THERE IS A PLASTIC PIECE ON THE ACTUATOR THAT BREAKS VERY EASILY. THIS COULD CAUSE DANGER TO PASSENGERS INSIDE THE CAR AS THE DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153310November 23, 2018
STEERING
THE WHEEL LOCKS WHILE DRIVING IN RAINY PUDDLES. I CAN NOT BAKE ANY TURNS DURING THIS LOCKING AND HAVE TO FORCE THE STEERING WHEEL OUT OF THE LOCK POSITION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11153197November 22, 2018
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WHEN THE LEFT BLINKER IS ACTIVATED, THE HEADLIGHTS, AND LIGHTING OF INTERIOR DRIVER PANEL), TURN OFF. THIS OCCURS WHEN IN MOTION OR STATIONARY. I HAVE TO TAP THE BLINKER ARM TO GET THE LIGHTS TO TURN BACK ON. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN DRIVING DOWN DARK STREETS AT NIGHT. IN ESSENCE, I'M DRIVING "BLIND" AND IT CAUSES CONFUSION TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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