Kia Rondo Complaints (2007)

117 consumer complaints on file.

#11004814July 12, 2017
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY AT 70 MPH WHEN MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND I IMMEDIATELY LOST SPEED CONTROL. MY SPEED BEGAN A QUICK DECENT TO 25 MPH. THE CAR WOULD NOT PICK UP AT ALL. I MADE IT TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TURNED OFF THE CAR. I CALLED MY HUSBAND, HE ASKED A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS AND HAD ME RESTART THE CAR. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS STILL ON, BUT THE CAR ACCELERATED NORMALLY SO I HEADED TOWARD HOME. IT HAPPENED AGAIN. I PULLED OVER, WAITED AND RESTARTED THE CAR. MY HUSBAND HAD ME GO TO THE AUTO PARTS STORE TO HAVE THE CODE READ. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES OF THE PRINTOUTS THAT INCLUDE THE CODES AND DEFINITIONS. I LOOKED UP THE ISSUE AND SEE ACROSS CAR REPAIR FORUMS THAT THIS IS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH KIA VEHICLES. IT'S TIME FOR NHTSA TO FORCE A RECALL. CORPORATIONS WOULD RATHER PAY A WRONGFUL DEATH/INJURY FINE THAN VOLUNTARILY MAKE WIDESPREAD REPAIRS TO MECHANISMS THEY KNOW ARE FAULTY. PROTECT OUR INTERESTS; THE SAFETY OF DRIVERS, OUR LOVED ONES, THE ROADS AND OUR LIVELIHOODS- IF I CAN'T GET TO WORK RELIABLY, I WON'T HAVE A JOB. WHY SHOULD I HAVE TO PAY FOR EXPENSIVE REPAIRS WHEN THE PRODUCT IS FAULTY ACROSS THE BOARD. FORCE A RECALL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11004023July 10, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
WARNING LIGHT ON ESC SYSTEM WILL SHOWS ESC IS OFF AND CONTINUE TO STAY ON, STRANGE BRAKING HABITS.WHEN APPLIED. INHERENT AS LEARNED WITH ALL KIA'S OF THIS MODEL AND YEAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970975April 6, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DOOR LOCKS DID NOT UNLOCK WITH KEY FOB OR WITH MANUAL ATTEMPT TO UNLOCK WITH KEY. CAR WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND LOCKED, AND I WANTED TO UNLOCK IT TO GET IN AND DRIVE IT AWAY.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10970492April 4, 2017
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
ESC ERROR LIGHT ON DASHBOARD AND SIMULTANEOUS ANTI-LOCK BRAKE NOISE WHEN IN MOTION. MILEAGE ON CAR 28,390 ORIGINAL MILES. TOWED VEHICLE TO DEALER. KIA RELATED RECALL SC077 FROM 2009 & SC098 FROM 2013. DIAGNOSIS FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH. SWITCH WAS REPLACED UNDER FIRST RECALL IN 2009 WITH ANOTHER FAULTY SWITCH. KIA REFUSES TO HONOR SECOND RECALL TO REPLACE FAULTY SWITCH.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10926451November 16, 2016
AIR BAGS
FRONT END WRECK, TOTALLED THE CAR BUT THE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. IMPACT SEVERE ENOUGH THAT FRONT DOORS HAD TO BE PRIED OPEN.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10918895October 25, 2016
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA RONDO. WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,100.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10903676September 5, 2016
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SOMETIMES, WITHIN THE FIRST FEW MINUTES OF DRIVING FOR THE DAY, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER I'M DRIVING 10 MPH OR 35 MPH, THE CAR WILL JOLT BACKWARDS AND LOSE ALL POWER, AS THOUGH BEING TURNED OFF, CAUGHT FROM THE REAR, AND THEN LET GO. IT RESUMES FORWARD BUT WITH MUCH LESS POWER. MORE OFTEN, THE CAR WILL SIMPLY NOT START. THERE IS NO CLICKING, NO NOISE, NO SPUTTERING, NOTHING. THE LAST TIME I NOTICED THAT ALL ELECTRONICS... CLOCK, ODOMETER, ETC... GOES OUT, LIKE THERE IS NO ELECTRICAL POWER TO BE HAD. IT WILL START EVENTUALLY, BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO LOGIC TO TIMING. I'VE HAD THE CAR INSPECTED AT ONE NATIONALLY KNOWN AUTO REPAIR SHOP AND AT A KIA DEALERSHIP SERVICE CENTER. NEITHER PLACE GAVE ME ANY REASON FOR THE INCIDENTS I HAVE DESCRIBED. INTERNET RESEARCH SHOWS THAT BOTH ISSUES ARE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE KIA MAKE, AND THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A CONSENSUS ON WHAT THE PROBLEM REALLY IS. BOTH ISSUES HAVE BEEN HAPPENING REPEATEDLY FOR THE PAST 2 MONTHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10895826August 14, 2016
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE 2007 KIA RONDO. I PURCHASED THIS USED IN 2010. IN THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE MY FUEL PUMP 3 TIMES. IT JUST STOPS WORKING. I HAVE DEALER PARTS ON MY CAR AND KEEP TRACK OF ALL SERVICES DONE TO MY CAR. IT WILL JUST STOP PUMPING FUEL EVEN THOUGH IT SOUNDS AD IF PUMP IS COMING ON. THIS HAS TO BE A DEFECT BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HAD TO REPLACE THE FUEL PUMP ON 3 TIMES ON ANY CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. THIS REALLY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED AS I'VE JUST REPLACED IT AGAIN ON JULY 18,2016.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10860370April 19, 2016
SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA RONDO. WHILE HAVING THE VEHICLE SERVICED, THE MECHANIC NOTICED THAT THE COIL SPRING WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS UNKNOWN. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10846120March 11, 2016
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA RONDO. WHILE DRIVING 73 MPH, THE BRAKES FAILED TO DISENGAGE THE CRUISE CONTROL WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER TO THE SHOULDER AND TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE GEAR SHIFT LEVER WAS STUCK IN THE DRIVE POSITION, BUT WAS ABLE TO SHIFT INTO PARK BY USING A KEY TO PRESS THE SHIFT-INTERLOCK TAB. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V114000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 86,250.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10766346September 21, 2015
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CRUISE CONTROL, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
TL* THE CONTACTS OWNS A 2007 KIA RONDO. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE REAR BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED TO ILLUMINATE WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. UPDATED 11/09/15*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THEY DID NOT GET NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL BECAUSE THE CAR WASN'T MADE AT THE PLANT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL. CONSUMER STATED THEY HAD TROUBLE GETTING THE CRUISE CONTROL TO DISENGAGED AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) MALFUNCTION LIGHT WOULDN'T GO OFF. UPDATED 05/15/18*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10761820September 6, 2015
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
THE FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY STOP WORKING, IT WOULD ONLY WORK LONG ENOUGH TO GET IT MOVING THEN STALL. THIS IS A HAZARD BECAUSE IT CAN STALL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10760265August 31, 2015
ENGINE
GOT NOTICE FROM KIA ABOUT UNDERCOATING RUSTING BRAKE LINE. HOW ABOUT THE FACT THAT I HAVE A RUSTING OIL PAN WHICH IS LEAKING OIL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10758728August 24, 2015
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
PURCHASED A 2007 KIA RONDO FROM CONCORD HONDA, CONCORD, N.C. SEPT.,2014. VEHICLE HAD ONLY APPROX. 56,000 MILES ON IT. WHILE DRIVING CAR STARTED JERKING FORWARD AND BACK. WHILE COMING TO A STOPLIGHT OR STOP SIGN AND DECELERATING(LETTING YOUR FOOT OFF THE THE GAS PEDAL) THE ENGINE WOULD STALL, THEN YOU COULD START THE ENGINE RIGHT BACK UP. NOW AT 75,000 MILES CAR WILL NOT KEEP RUNNING EVERYTIME YOU STOP.ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON,EXTENDED START AND NO ACCELERATION...WHEN YOU PUSH ACCELERATOR IT DOES NOT ACCELLERATE. HAD ENGINE LIGHT CODE CHECKED AND DEALER TECH DIAGNOSE IS THAT HERE AGAIN IT IS THE THE FUEL PUMP!!! COST TO REPLACE IS $650.00 PLUS TAX...FACTORY DEFFECTIVE....SOMEBODY WAKE UP !!!!!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10746720August 6, 2015
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA RONDO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10744908July 30, 2015
SUSPENSION
JULY 30,2015 HELLO, THIS E-MAIL IS TO REPORT THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS WERE FOUND CRACKED ON MY 2007 KIA RONDO. RECENTLY, I WAS INFORMED THAT BOTH FRONT COIL SPRINGS ARE CRACKED ON MY CAR. I CALLED KIA AND A LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER TOLD ME THIS PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY NORMAL WEAR. THE CAR HAS 100,000 MILES. IT HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, TOWED A TRAILER, NOR CARRIED EXCESSIVE LOADS. EVERY SPRING, I HOSE UNDER THE CAR. I?M REPORTING THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE I BELIEVE THIS IS A SERIOUS FLAW IN THE CARS? SUSPENSION. I BELIEVE THIS POSES A SERIOUS SAFETY THREAT TO DRIVERS FROM TIRES AND BRAKES BEING COMPROMISED. THANK YOU, [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).' *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10735776July 22, 2015
ENGINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA RONDO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WITH THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE JERKED ABRUPTLY AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE FORWARD AT A SLOWER SPEED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE WHEEL SPEED AND OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10725900June 18, 2015
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
BRAKE LIGHTS FAILED AND ESC LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10717463May 20, 2015
ENGINE
ABOUT 3 MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED MY KIA RONDO I NOTICED THAT EVERY TIME I FILLED THE TANK THERE WAS A PROBLEM.FOR THE LAST 5 YEARS I HAVE REPLACED A SENSOR EVERY YEAR TO TURN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT OF DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. AFTER PUTTING GAS IN MY TANK ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE. THE TANK BEGINS TO GARGLE THE HAS THE CAR REVS HIGH N THEN LOW UNTIL IT SHUTS OFF AND IF I CAN GET IT ON AGAIN IT WILL REV HIGH N LOW AGAIN WHILE DRIVING UNTIL IT AHUTA OFF IN MIDDLE OF ROAD WHILE DRIVING. I'VE LEARNED HOW TO MANAGE IT BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WHEN A CAR COSTS YOU 15 GRAND U SHOULD HA E TO DEAL WITH WHAT I BELIEVE TO BE A DEFECT IN THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10712976April 26, 2015
TIRES
MY ROAD HUGGER GT ECO TIRES HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE AFTER ONLY 15,000 MILES AND HAVE A 60,000 MILE WARRANTY. I WROTE DISCOUNT TIRE ABOUT THE DEFECT ON APRIL 6, 2015 VIA FEDEX OVERNIGHT MAIL BUT HAVE HEARD NOTHING AS OF TODAY. I HAVE HAD MY CAR INSPECTED BY MY LOCAL KIA DEALER AND IT HAS NO STRUCTURAL OR ALIGNMENT PROBLEMS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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