Kia Sedona Complaints

2,536 consumer complaints on file.

#10160621June 23, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALERS WHERE THEY DETERMINED THE CYLINOID VALVE WAS STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE CYLINOID WAS REPAIRED AND THE NEXT DAY THE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. WHEN THE DEALERS ALERT, THEY ADVISED THE VEHICLE TO BE TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP. THE INDEPENDENT AUTO SHOP ALSO DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS THE CYLINOID VALVE WAS BEING STUCK IN THE CLOSED POSITION. WHEN THE CONTACT RETURNED TO DEALERS, THE DEALERS YELLED DIRECTING THE CONTACT TO GET OFF OF THE PROPERTY. NO FURTHER SERVICE WAS PROVIDED TO VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160428June 22, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:ANCHORAGE
THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OFF THE SIDE WALL AND WAS NOT USABLE. I HAD THE DEALER RE-ATTACH IT AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID NO. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160187June 19, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, SEATS
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED A MONTH AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED, A ROARING SOUND WAS HEARD EVERYTIME THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES AFTER THIS INCIDENT. THE DEALER DETERMINED THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATING NORMALLY. THERE WAS NO INCIDENT OF BRAKE FAILURE. THERE ARE ALSO PROBLEMS WITH ADJUSTING THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BACKWARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER IN APRIL 2006 WHO COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE DEALER ALSO LOCATED RECALLS FOR DRIVER SIDE SEATS BUT THE VIN NUMBER OF THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160097June 18, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
OIL SLUDGE IS BUILDING UP IN THE ENGINE. THE OIL HAS BEEN CHANGED AS REQUIRED AND THE ENGINE FLUSHED TO NO AVAIL. ANTWERPEN KIA DEALERSHIP IS REFUSING TO HONOR THE VEHICLE WARRANTY AND REPAIR OR REPLACE THE ENGINE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159896June 15, 2006
SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT LATCH JAMMED AND WILL NOT RELEASE. THE DEALERSHIP IS AWARE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THERE WERE NOT ANY RECALLS ON THE SEAT BELTS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159328June 8, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, CHILD SEAT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE CHILD WAS RESTRAINED, THE BOOSTER SEATBELT CLIPS FRACTURED WHICH ALLOWED THE SEATBELT TO RUB THE CHILD'S NECK. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS AN EVENFLO COMET, MODEL # 3221213P1, DATE OF MANUFACTURE OCT. 23, 2002.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10159326June 8, 2006
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, CHILD SEAT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE CHILD WAS RESTRAINED, THE BOOSTER SEATBELT CLIPS FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH ALLOWED THE SEATBELT TO RUB THE CHILD'S NECK. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS AN EVENFLO COMET, MODEL # 3221213P1, DATE OF MANUFCATURE JAN. 16, 2003.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158822June 2, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
GASOLINE LEAKING UNDER GAS TANK OF VEHICLE. WAS TOLD BY ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE TO FIRST CALL FIRE DEPT. DID THAT. THEN HAD VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALER. SAID THEY REPLACED A FITTING THAT WAS CAUSING THE LEAK. DROVE THE VEHICLE HOME. DAY LATER AFTER SITTING IN THE DRIVE WAY THE WHOLE TIME GAS WAS LEAKING AGAIN. VEHICLE IS NOW BEING TOWED BACK IN TO THE DEALER AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10158687May 31, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
FUEL LINE THAT RUNS UNDER THE VEHICLE BY THE GAS TANK WAS LEAKING. NOTHING BROUGHT THIS ABOUT. DID NOT HIT ANY CURBS OR POT HOLES IN THE ROAD. JUST STARTED LEAKING. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER AND THEY HAVE REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE PART. NOT SURE IF THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME YET. HAVE YET TO PICK THE VEHICLE UP. HAD TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED FROM MY HOUSE TO THE DEALER. FIRST HAD TO HAVE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CHECK FOR ANY HAZARD. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157530May 14, 2006
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:RECLINER
I AM WRITING TO ALERT YOU TO A DANGEROUS PROBLEM WITH THE SPRINGS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RECLINING MECHANISM OF THE SEATS IN THE 2005 SEDONA. WE HAVE AN LX MODEL WITH THE CAPTAINS CHAIRS. I HAD NOTED PREVIOUSLY THAT THE SEATS WOULD SPRING FORWARD QUITE RAPIDLY WHEN THERE WAS NOT A PERSON IN THE SEAT AND THE HANDLE IS PULLED. THE SEAT BACKS ARE QUITE HEAVY AND FLING FORWARD WITH SOME FORCE. THIS FORCE WAS READILY APPARENT THIS PAST THURSDAY (5/11/06). OUR SIX-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS SITTING IN THE CHAIR IN A RECLINED POSITION. SHE STOOD UP AND FACED THE SEAT IN ORDER TO RAISE THE SEAT TO THE UPRIGHT POSITION. WHEN SHE PULLED THE HANDLE, THE SEAT FLUNG FORWARD AND HIT HER IN THE HEAD. SHE SUSTAINED A CUT TO HER RIGHT FOREHEAD THAT REQUIRED A VISIT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AND THREE STITCHES. SHE ALSO SUSTAINED A BRUISE TO HER UPPER EYELID. LUCKILY, THE SEAT DID NOT HIT HER EYE DIRECTLY. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10157281May 11, 2006
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THE VEHICLE RIDES ROUGH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER ON 5 OCCASIONS FOR THIS PROBLEM. THE FRONT STRUTS AND STRUT BOOTS WERE REPLACED, HOWEVER THE PROBLEM PERSISTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10157391May 11, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WE HAVE AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH OUR KIA SEDONA. I'VE LOST COUNT HOW MANY TIMES THIS HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE HAD THE VAN INTO TWO DIFFERENT KIA DEALERSHIPS AND NEITHER ONE CAN SEEM TO FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. WE PURCHASED THE VAN 12-2003 AND STARTING HAVING PROBLEMS 09-2004. WE WILL BE DRIVING THE VAN AND IT WILL START A BUCKING ACTION AS IF THE TRANSMISSION IS CONFUSED ABOUT WHAT IT SHOULD BE DOING. IF WE ARE LUCKY, WE CAN LET OFF THE GAS AND THE BUCKING ACTION WILL CEASE. THERE ARE OTHER TIMES WHEN WE LET OFF THE GAS AND IT CONTINUES TO BUCK. I'VE HAD A TIME WHEN THE BUCKING ACTION STARTED AND IT WAS SO SEVERE THAT OUR SEAT BELTS LOCKED. IT'S BAD WHEN YOUR SON IS IN THE BACK ASKING YOU WHAT'S WRONG WITH OUR VAN. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH MY VAN DYING. I CAN BE SITTING AT A LIGHT, STOP SIGN OR EVEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND IT JUST QUITS. WE HAVE A SERIOUS ISSUE HERE AND ARE NOT GETTING ANY RESOLUTIONS. I KNOW IT'S NOT JUST A "FEMALE CAR ISSUE" BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND AND FATHER WHILE DRIVING. I JUST WANT TO GET SOMETHING RESOLVED. I HAVE A FOUR YEAR OLD SON AND NINETEEN MONTH OLD SON AND SAFETY IS AN ISSUE FOR OUR FAMILY! I'VE TRIED JUST GOING THROUGH THE DEALERSHIPS AND KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. BUT STILL HAVE A VAN THAT DOESN'T RUN PROPERLY. EVEN TODAY AS I WAS DRIVING HOME WITH BOTH THE BOYS WITH ME THE VAN JUST DIED WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. THANK THE LORD ABOVE NOBODY WAS BEHIND ME. I FEAR FOR OUR FAMILY'S SAFETY, THOSE AROUND US OR EVEN SOMEBODY ELSE WHO OWNS A KIA SEDONA WITH THE SAME ISSUE. SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE SOMEBODY IS SERIOUSLY INJURED. I HOPE YOU WILL SERIOUSLY CONSIDER LOOKING INTO THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEBODY IS HURT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156852May 5, 2006
WHEELS:HUB
I BOUGHT MY 2005 KIA SEDONA IN SEPTEMBER 2005. IN THE MONTH OF APRIL I NOTICED MY HUB CAPS WERE PEELING. WHEN I CONTACTED MY KIA DEALER HE INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS NOT A DEFECT BUT INSTEAD THEY WHEELS MUST HAVE BEEN CLEANED WITH AN ACID BASE CLEANER. I TOLD HIM I HAD ALREADY CONTACTED MY CAR DETAILER AND THEY SAID THEY DO NOT USE ANY CLEANER LIKE THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THE FACT THIS CAN HAPPEN. WHEN I RELAYED THIS TO THE SERVICE MANGER AT THE DEALERSHIP HE SAID THEY MUST BE WRONG. BUT IN ANY CASE HE WOULD REPLACE ONLY THE ONES THAT WERE PEELING AND WOULD ONLY DO IT THIS ONE TIME. FROM NOW ON I WOULD HAVE TO PURCHASE THEM. HE ALSO SAID HE HAD OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AND HE ONLY REPLACED THEIRS ONCE AND SOME HAVE PAID TO HAVE THEM REPLACED UP TO FOUR TIMES IN THE PAST YEAR. BUT AGAIN HE SAID IT'S NOT KIA'S PROBLEM. I THINK HE NEEDS TO RETHINK THIS AND KIA DOES TO. THEY USE CHEAP PLASTIC HUB CAPS AND NEED TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156857May 5, 2006
EQUIPMENT:OTHER:LABELS, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
BRAND NEW VAN FROM THE START BRAKES WOULD SHAKE REALLY BAD. CALLED THEM, THEY OF COURSE TRIED TO BLAME ON SOMETHING ELSE, NOT WARRANTY, SO I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC I HAVE USED FOR 20 YEARS, THEY SAID TAKE IT BACK, GET NEW BRAKES AND ROTORS. TALKED THEM INTO IT WITH A LOT OF DOING. NOT LONG AFTER THAT I WAS GOING DOWN A HILL AND WHEN APPLIED BRAKES VAN SOUNDED LIKE A TRAIN STOPPING, I EVEN HAD THE GIRL FROM KIA SERVICE DEPT. ON THE PHONE WHEN IT HAPPENED THE SECOND TIME AND SHE HEARD IT THROUGH THE CELL PHONE, WELL, OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING AND WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. IT DOESN'T DO IT ALL THE TIME, MAYBE 3-4 TIMES A MONTH. BUT IT HAS STARTED SHAKING AGAIN, AND STILL SOUNDS LIKE A TRAIN. WHAT TO DO, WHAT TO DO! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156736May 3, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
WE RECENTLY HAD TO HAVE BRAKES REDONE ON OUR KIA SEDONA WITH ONLY 25,000 MILES. WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS ONLY 5 PERCENT BRAKING LEFT. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE VIBRATIONS WE OBSERVED UPON BRAKING. WE WERE TOLD BY THE KIA SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE VEHICLE WAS VERY HEAVY IN FRONT AND THAT WAS THE REASON FOR THE EXTREME BRAKE FAILURE. WE WERE ALSO TOLD THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE BRAKES ON A SEDONA WITH ONLY 13,000 MILES. THE SERVICE MANAGER ALSO SAID THE BRAKE WEAR WAS DUE TO DRIVING HABITS. AS A COMPARISON, WE HAVE A FORD WINDSTAR, 1995 MODEL, WITH ABOUT 140,000 MILES AND IT HAD TO HAVE ONLY ONE BRAKE JOB. ANOTHER VEHICLE IN OUR POSSESSION, A NISSAN FRONTIER WITH OVER 80,000 MILES HAS NOT HAD TO HAVE THE BRAKES REDONE. I FEEL THIS IS A DESIGN PROBLEM WITH KIA SEDONA AND CAN LEAD TO A SAFETY ISSUE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156612May 2, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE TRAVELING 55-65 MPH THE VEHICLE SHAKES. THE DEALERSHIP HAS INSPECTED THE VEHICLE MULTIPLE TIMES AND REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION SWITCH ONCE. THIS ATTEMPT DID NOT REPAIR THE PROBLEM. *AK UPDATED 05/30/06
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156426April 29, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
BRAKES VIBRATING I HAVE TAKEN THIS VAN BACK TO THE DEALER FOR THIS PROBLEM SINCE I HAVE 1400 MILES ON THE VAN EACH TIME THEY TELL ME WARPED ROTORS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR OVER 25 YEARS AND NEVER HAD PROBLEM LIKE THIS ALMOST EVER 6 MONTHS I HAVE HAD TO BRING IT IN FOR UNTIL THEY CHANGED THE FRONT PADS WITH A NEW TYPE AT A COST OF $230.00 AT 13,000 MILES 4/28/05 THE PROBLEM SEEM TO BE FIXED BUT AFTER 10,000 MILES ITS BACK 4/28/2006 ONE YEAR TO THE DATE THIS NEEDS TO BE CHECKED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156424April 29, 2006
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION NOT SHIFTING RIGHT WAS TOLD 3 MONTHS AFTER I HAD PURCHASE THIS MINIVAN I HAD LOW FLUID I TOOK IT BACK MANY TIMES AND WAS THE SAME TILL I STARTED SEEING TRANSMISSION FLUID IN MY DRIVE WAY I TOOK IT TO THEN DEALER HE SAID MY AXLE SEAL WAS BAD THEY TOOK OVER A WEEK TO REPAIR IT AND NEVER REPLACED THE MISSING FLUID I TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER AND THEY CHARGED ME FOR THE MISSING FLUID KIA WAS NO HELP IN THIS CHARGE THREE MONTHS LATER I HAD TO HAVE THE FLUID CHANGED AT A CHARGE TO ME BECAUSE IT SMELLED BURNT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10156428April 29, 2006
STEERING
HARD TO STEER ON TURNING STEERING DOES NOT WANT TO RETURN ALSO HARD TO TURN AT ANY SPEED. THE U-JOINT ON THE STEERING INTERMEDIATE SHAFT BINDED UP WITHOUT WARNING. THE RACK AND PINION WAS REPLACED ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10155977April 24, 2006
STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED AFTER CLOSING THE SLIDING DOORS, ONE OR THE OTHER INTERMITTENTLY OPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE IS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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