2004 Kia Sedona Complaint Log

Everything appears normal driving down road bout 45 to 50 mph. Slowed down for car n front was turning when I noticed smoke coming from under hood around headlights both sides. Then we pulled into a storage unit place. When even more smoke . I got out popped hood it was all on fire. I turned off van and a friend and I got a couple cups and dipped in water puddle and put fire out , while we were watching to make sure it restarted 2 more times. After half hour goes by and no more smoke . Closed van up found a ride home after contacting insurance company.

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.

POWER STEERING MAKES WHINING SOUND WHEN TURNING THE WHEEL, POWER STEER FLUID LOW IN CANISTER DUE TO LEAKS. HARD TO TURN TO THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN TURNING. DON'T KNOW IF BELTS AFFECTED I HEAR A HUMMING SOUND. DON'T KNOW IF THE POWER STEERING PUMP IS WORKING PROPERLY. CONSTANTLY ADDING FLUID TO THE CANISTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,100.

MY 2004 KIA SEDONA WAS SITTING STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY ENGINE WAS OFF. WHEN SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE PARTS ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE ENGINE. SUCH BE AS FLUID RESERVOIRS WIRING, FUSE BOX, AND MORE.

ON SATURDAY, DECEMBER 16, AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30 AM, MY WIFE'S 2004 KIA SEDONA SPONTANEOUSLY CAUGHT FIRE IN THE DRIVEWAY OF OUR HOME. I HAD DRIVEN IT THAT MORNING TO RUN A QUICK ERRAND, ACTUAL DRIVE TIME LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR WITHOUT ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY. I RETURNED HOME, PARKED IN OUR DRIVEWAY BEHIND MY FORD WINDSTAR. BOTH MY WIFE AND MYSELF WERE IN OUR HOUSE WHEN WE HEARD A LOUD BOOM FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY A SECOND BOOM. THAT IS WHEN WE SAW THAT FIRE WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF HER VAN AND THE REAR OF MY WINDSTAR WAS ON FIRE. WE IMMEDIATELY CALLED 911 AND SHORTLY THEREAFTER OUR LOCAL FIRE COMPANY ARRIVED AND BEGAN FIGHTING THE BLAZE. BY THAT TIME BOTH VEHICLES WERE ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIRE APPEARS TO HAVE STARTED IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT OF THE KIA. BOTH VEHICLES ARE A TOTAL LOSS. UNTIL THIS INCIDENT, NOTWITHSTANDING BASIC MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, THE KIA SEDONA WAS A VERY RELIABLE VEHICLE. AS WITH THE WINDSTAR, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS WERE DONE ON A REGULAR AND AS NEEDED BASIS BY THE SAME SHOP THAT HAS WORKED ON ALL OUR VEHICLES FOR OVER 10 YEARS. I AM SURE I CAN PRODUCE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR RECORDS IF NEEDED. THE LAST TIME THE KIA WAS SERVICED WAS LATE OCTOBER OF THIS YEAR TO REPLACE AN ALTERNATOR.

WHEN I WENT TO START MY CAR IT IMMEDIATELY SHUT OFF, AS IT OCCASIONALLY DOES. THE RPM'S DROPPED AND THE ENGINE CUT OUT. USUALLY THE PROBLEM IS RESOLVED BY ME REVVING THE ENGINE FOR A MINUTE OR TWO, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED LONGER THAN USUAL. IT EVENTUALLY STAYED ON AND I TRIED TO DRIVE AWAY. AS I CHANGED INTO GEAR EVERYTHING SEEMED OKAY, I REVERSED FROM WHERE I WAS PARKED THEN I PUT IT INTO DRIVE AND WHILE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THE ENGINE CUT OUT AND I WAS STUCK THERE FOR ONLY A FEW SECONDS LUCKILY. I DROVE BACK TO WHERE I WAS PARKED AND AS I STOPPED THE ENGINE CUT OUT ON ME. THIS TYPICALLY HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN THE GAS TANK WAS BELOW HALF. I MANAGED TO GET TO A GAS STATION AND FILL UP AND THAT STOPPED THE PROBLEM.

AFTER HAVING A VARIETY OF MECHANICS DIAGNOSE A PROBLEM OF MY VEHICLE NOT STARTING FOR 20 MINS TO 1 HOUR AFTER THE ENGINE IS WARM & AFTER THE VEHICLE DOES START; IT HAS A VERY STRONG GASOLINE &/OR ADDITIVE SMELL. I WENT TO A KIA DEALER TO HAVE THEIR OPINION: THE KIA MECHANIC STATED: TO START A $200.00 TEST WOULD HAVE TO BE PERFORMED TO ENSURE THAT IT'S THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR; A $159.00 PART; THAT IS COMMON FOR KIA'S TO GO BAD, BECAUSE IT COULD BE FUEL RELATED; ANOTHER COMMON PROBLEM THEY HAVE. TO REPLACE THE SENSOR WILL COST $1,400.00 BECAUSE OF WHERE IT IS; MAKING A TIMING BELT REPLACEMENT NECESSARY. (THIS IS AFTER GETTING SPARK PLUGS DONE & NUMEROUS OTHER REPAIRS THAT INVOLVED REPEATED FIXES INVOLVING THE VEHICLES WATER SYSTEM); ONE MECHANIC SAYS THERE MAY BE ANOTHER PROBLEM & UNRELATED TO THE SENSOR; AND THESE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN ONGOING WITH NO MECHANIC ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEMS SINCE THE VEHICLE'S PURCHASE IN 2012; EVEN THE RADIATOR WAS REPLACED & THE VEHICLE STILL CAN QUICKLY OVERHEAT; ESPECIALLY AFTER DRIVING THROUGH THREE TRAFFIC LIGHTS OR IN TRAFFIC. I AM MORE THAN UNCOMFORTABLE WITH CERTIFIED MECHANICS SAYING WHEN I DO HAVE THE MONEY FOR THE SENSOR REPAIR, THEY'LL REPLACE THE WATER PUMP AS WELL; EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO VISIBLE SIGN OF LEAKAGE...THE VEHICLE TAKES ABOUT 1 1/2 LITERS OF WATER A DAY DIRECTLY INTO THE RADIATOR & ONLY PERIODICALLY SUCKS IT FROM THE RESEVOIR...THIS ADDED REPAIR IS NOT INCLUDED FOR FREE... AND IF THAT DOESN'T FIX IT, WE WILL DO THE FAN ETC...THE A/C IS NOT CONNECTED; SO DRIVING WITH THE HEAT ON IN FL TO KEEP THE VEHICLE FROM OVERHEATING IS NOT MAKING IT EASY TO RESOLVE THIS/THESE ONGOING PROBLEMS THAT IS STATED TO BE 'COMMON'.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. WHILE STATIONARY, THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE ERUPTED INTO FLAMES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FIRE ORIGINATED FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. THE FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED BY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FIRE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" ON TUESDAY MAY 9, 2017 WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. TO OUR AMAZEMENT AND HORROR, NOT ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED . 'WE WERE HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN . THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR REQUIRED ASSISTANCE FROM THE POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS ASSISTANCE TO EXIT THE VAN HOWEVER THE SLIDING DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED REQUIRING REMOVING THE BABY THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN OUR VAN WAS STRUCK BY THE OTHER CAR EXITING A PARKING LOT. NEITHER ONE OF US SAW THE ADVANCE NOR IMPACT OF THE OTHER CAR. AFTER REALIZING WHAT HAPPENED WE CALL EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR ASSISTANCE. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO MOVE OUR VAN TO A SAFE LOCATION AND WAIT FOR H

TAKATA RECALL..MY VAN STALLS OUT NO MATTER WHERE..STOPPED AT IDLE IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF..DRIVING AVERAGE SPEED IN TOWN 45MPH IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF..ON THE HWY. SPEEDS AVERAGE FROM 55 TO 70 MPH IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF ..IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS..I HAVE REPLACED THE FOLLOWING.. FUEL PUMP FUEL FILTER FUEL PUMP RELAYS THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR OXYGEN SENSOR FUEL COIL PACKS SPARK PLUGS INTAKE GASKETS INJECTORS AIR FILTER JUST LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE FORUMEBAY ABOUT KIA SEDONA..I'VE PUT $1000'S IN THE VAN WITH NO SOLUTION TO THE DANGEROUS ISSUES..THE ONLY THING LEFT TO CHANGE IS THE INTERNAL WIRING..THIS PROBLEM IS WAY TO COMMON FOR KIA NOT TO HAVE A RECALL ON IT..ITS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT..NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS A KIA SEDONA..ITS OBVIOUSLY A SHORT IN THE WIRING AND IS A MANUFACTURER FLAW FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE..BTW MY VAN ONLY HAS 100.000 MILES ON IT I'VE SEEN SOME AS LOW AS 30.000 WITH THIS SAME ISSUE..NO EXCUSES FOR THIS..ANY KIND OF ELECTRONIC SHORT OUT HAS POTENTIAL FOR FIRE NOT TO MENTION THE HAZARDS OF THE VAN RANDOMLY STOPPING IN TOWN AT INTERSECTION ON THE INTERSTATE .

MY STEERING IN MY 2004 KIA SEDONA LX IS TENDING TO BIND AND NEARLY LOCK UP AROUND TURNS. THIS PROBLEM COMES AND GOES.

UPON RETURNING HOME AND PARKING MY VAN AFTER RUNNING AN ERRAND OF ABOUT 5 MILES, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RAN TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITHIN 60 (SIXTY) SECONDS AFTER SEEING THE SMOKE. REMOVING THE AIR CLEANER AND OTHER COMPONENTS, -- THE WIRE HARNESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS FOUND CHARRED BY THE FIRE. NO IMMEDIATE REASON WAS FOUND FOR THIS INCIDENT TO OCCUR.

MY VAN WONT STEER. IT IS TIGHT AND WONT LET ME GO LEFT OR RIGHT.

CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED AFTER DRIVING ENGINE WAS OFF . HISTORY OF OIL LEAKS. #15003607 VAN TOTALED AND SENT TO SALVAGE YARD. *TR

ENGINE SEIZED WITHOUT ANY WARNING. THERE WASN'T MUCH TRAFFIC ON THE ROAD AND HELPED TO STEER THE VEHICLE TO THE SHOULDER. IN BAD WEATHER AND/OR TRAFFIC CONDITIONS, THIS COULD HAVE RESULTED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE SOME SAFETY ISSUES WITH THE ENGINE OF THIS VEHICLE MAKE/MODEL AND WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER THIS INCIDENT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN WET CONDITIONS THE BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHT WILL COME ON INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THERE IS A LOSS OF POWER OF STEERING. WHEN TAKEN TO KIA DEALERSHIP TO FIX PROBLEM THEY TOLD US IT IS A COMMON COMPLAINT AMONG KIA CARS. THEY CHECKED ALL BELTS, BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR ALL TESTS CAME BACK NORMAL. WHILE DRIVING IT IS DANGEROUS TO LOSE POWER OF STEERING ESPECIALLY IN WET CONDITIONS. *TR

WHILE MAKING RIGHT AND LEFT TURNS THE STEERING BECOMES VERY TIGHT. THE POWER STEERING FLUID WAS FINE. NO OTHER WARNINGS. THIS MADE ME VERY SCARED TO MAKE TURNS. I DID MY BEST TO AVOID TURNS ONLY IF ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY FOR TWO DAYS. IN MY 32 YEARS OF DRIVING I HAVE NEVER HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ME. WHEN I TOOK IT TO TIRE CHOICE AND TOTAL CAR CARE THEY SAID IT WAS MY INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT NEED TO BE REPLACED. I HAD IT REPLACED THAT DAY 9/20/14. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED AND SEIZED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE AT A SLOWER SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V329000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

WIRING UNDER SEAT SHORTED CAUSING SMALL FIRE INSIDE..EXTINGUISHED WIRING UNDER CAR IN SAME AREA MELTED SHORTING EVERY THING OUT. *TR

WHILE DRIVING TODAY, I NOTICED A WHINING NOISE, WITH A SLIGHT GRINDING NOISE TO IT AS WELL. INITIALLY THINKING IT WAS THE BRAKES, I LISTENED CLOSER AND REALIZED IT WAS NOT HAPPENING WHEN BRAKING BUT RATHER SEEMED TO BE HAPPENING WHEN TURNING, PRIMARILY DURING ACCELERATION. SOON AFTER THE TURN AS I STEADIED SPEED, THE NOISE WOULD DECREASE OR DISAPPEAR. AFTER THE FIRST FEW TIMES MAKING TURNS HOWEVER, IN ADDITION TO THE NOISE THE STEERING WHEEL ALSO BECAME VERY STIFF AND EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO TURN. IT PROGRESSED SO SUDDENLY AND SEVERELY THAT I WAS WORRIED I MAY NOT MAKE IT HOME WITHOUT CRASHING. THIS ALL HAPPENED DURING A TOTAL OF APPROXIMATELY 20 MILES OF DRIVING IN TOWN. SINCE RETURNING HOME I BEGAN TO INVESTIGATE WHAT THE LIKELY CULPRIT MAY BE, AND NOW BELIEVE STRONGLY THAT IT IS THE UNIVERSAL JOINT; A PROBLEM THAT HAS CLEARLY EFFECTED ENOUGH KIA SEDONA OWNERS THAT I FIND THE LACK OF RECALL QUITE MADDENING AND A BIT CONFOUNDING. WITH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN IN THE VAN AT THE TIME, IT IS PLAIN TO SEE HOW POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS THIS PROBLEM IS, AND I AM JUST GRATEFUL THAT THERE WAS SO LITTLE TRAFFIC AT THE TIME; HAD IT BEEN A BUSIER TIME OF DAY OR MORE HEAVILY POPULATED TOWN, I BELIEVE A CRASH WOULD'VE BEEN HIGHLY UNAVOIDABLE. *TR

STEERING NOISE AND HIGHER THAN NORMAL STEERING RESISTANCE REFERENCE BULLETIN TSB-019 THIS IS RIDICULOUS THAT THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL! ARE WE JUST WAITING FOR A WRECK THAT ACTUALLY KILLS SOME ONE? WE WERE TURNING ONTO THE HIGHWAY AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND HAD TO BE TURNED BACK TO STRAIGHT OR ELSE IT WOULD HAVE JUST KEPT TURNING US INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. *TR

I BOUGHT MY SEDONA ON OR ABOUT FEBRUARY 7 2015. AFTER AWEEK ALMOST TWO. I WAS BROKE DOWN AND STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD.VAN WAS SO HOT IT WOULDN'T START AND. BEHAVED AS A VEHICLE WITH A BLOWN HEAD GASKET . THE DISHONEST CRIKED. CROOK SALES MAN AT THE DEALER. SHIP WOUND. NOT FIX IT AT FIRST AFTER COMPLAINING AT THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SALES MAN [XXX]. PRAMIER AUTO SALES SOUTH NINTH STREET MODESTO. CAILIFORNIA 95351 WOULDN'T. HELP ME AFTER A WEEK OF COMPLAINING. HE AGREED TO PUT IT IN HIS SHOP WHO HE IS IN PARTERNS WITH (BOY) PREMER.AUTO SALES MATNENS LOCATED ON ANGEY WAY CERES CAILIFORNIA. 95307 MY SADONS VAN REMAINED THERE ON ANGIE WAY FOR. SEVEN DAYS ON MARCH TWENTIETH. 2015 [XXX] FROM PREMER AUTO SALES. REFUSED TO SURRENDER KIA SEDONA. VAN WITHOUT WRITING THREE TIMES I AM A SATISFIED CUSTOMER.HE WAS ANNOYED DUE TO EXPENSIVE OF A NEW WATER PUMP,RADIATOR,FAN, BELT,AND THERMOSTAT.NOW ONLY APRIL 10,2015 MY KIA SEDONA IS PERFORMING THE WAY IT WAS BEFORE REPAIR.FAN NOT COMING ON,RADIATOR NOT CIRCULATING,MOTOR CUTTING BECAUSE ITS SO HOT.I PAID 2200.00 DOLLARS DOWN AND HAVE DRIVEN IT FOR TWO MONTHS. TWO MONTHS OF COST.MY INSURANCE WAS 500.00 DOLLARS TO START UP 143.00 DOLLARS A MONTH,HOWEVER WHEN THE RUBBER DEMINISHES COMPLETELY OFF SEDONAS TIRE RIM WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY, MY INSURANCE. STONEWOOD FROM COST U LESS WOULDN'T ANYONE UNDER 18 IN THEIR TOW TRUCK A.D WOULD ONLY DISPATCH A TOW TRUCK IF ONLY SOMEONE OVER EIGHTEEN STAYED ON HIGHWAY WITH BROKE DOWN SEDONA.UNABLE TO DO SO BECAUSE I WAS THE ONLY ADULT WITH THREE CHILDREN. AGES ,11,7,5, SO THE VERY BEST HIGHWAY PATROL WERE ARE ONLY HOPE.AGAIN MY KIA SEDONA AFTER COMPLETELY NEW PARTS COOLANT. FAN AGAIN NOT WORKING 2 MONTHS OWNING ONE OF THE WORST CARS WITH ONE OF THE WORST EXPERIENCE IN MY LIFE ,LIKE WHEN I OWNED A GRAND TRINO EXPERIENCING. FREEZE PLUGS. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. WHILE OPENING THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE EXTERIOR DOOR HANDLE, ALL FOUR DOORS ON THE VEHICLE LOCKED INDEPENDENTLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. UPDATED 6/11/15*CN UPDATED 06/16/15*JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA .THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DEER BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE VAN WAS IN DRIVE TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN THE GAS WAS PRESSED INSTEAD OF GOING FORWARD IT WENT IN REVERSE & WHEN THE BRAKE WAS PRESSED TO STOP IT DIDN'T WORK. THE ONLY WAY TO STOP THE VAN BEFORE GOING INTO THE CEMENT WALL OF A COMMUNITY CENTER WAS TO OPEN THE DRIVER DOOR WHICH CAUSED 3 OTHER VEHICLES TO BE DAMAGED. THANK GOD THE DRIVER IS SAFE BUT THE VAN HAS DEEMED A TOTAL LOSS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF DOUGLAS TIRES I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR EVEN THOUGH WALMART SAYS IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT THEY GET HOLES IN THE SIDE OF THE TIRES THIS TIME THE WHOLE INSIDE OF MY TIRE IS GONE LOOKS LIKE ROPE HANGING OUT ME AND MY DAUGHTER COULD OF BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED SO I THINK THAT DOUGLAS SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE MY TIRES ON MY KIA MINI VAN I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WALMART AND THE DOUGLAS TIRES I CANNOT AFFORD MORE TIRES HERE IS THE DOT NUMBER ON THE TIRES AND THE SIZETHEY R EXTRA TRAC [[ MTS 215/70R15 MD34 O1R 17/11 SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

I HAVE BEEN GOING TO KIA FOR YEARS COMPLAINING OF A STRANGE INTERMITTENT GROANING SOUND COMING FROM THE BRAKES AT LOW SPEED STOPS. IT WOULD NEVER MAKE NOISE AT THE DEALER AND WOULD ONLY MAKE THE NOISE SOMETIMES. NEVER FOR THE SAME REASON. IT WAS VERY RANDOM. THIS TIME I WAS DRIVING FOR SEVERAL HOURS ( CITY TRAFFIC) WHERE I BEGAN TO HEAR THE SOUND. AFTER ABOUT 20 MINUTES OR SO I SMELLED RUBBER OR TAR. THOUGHT IT WAS FROM THE STREET REPAVING BUT WHEN WE PASSED THE CONSTRUCTION I COULD STILL SMELL IT. THE CAR BEGAN TO DRIVE AS THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT WORKING PROPERLY. AFTER ABOUT 2 MILES AT SLOW SPEED I PULLED OVER AND SAW STEAM. I LIFTED HOOD WHERE IT APPEARED TO BE COMING FROM TRANSMISSION. I CONTINUED 10 MPH OR LESS TO GET CLOSER TO HOME AND OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC. ABOUT A MILE OR 2 LATER I COULD HARDLY DRIVE EVEN AT SLOW SPEED. I PULLED OVER TO STOP AND AS I GOT OUT THE FRONT PASSENGER BRAKES WERE ON FIRE AND THE REAR DRIVER SIDE BRAKES WERE SMOKING. THE FRONT BRAKES WERE NEW AND THE BAKE ONES STILL HAD PLEA TOY OF LIFE. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING FOR YEARS AND KEEP GETTING TOLD THERE IS NO PROBLEM. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM. *TR

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TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD WHILE DRIVING AN UNKNOWN SPEED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO MOVE OFF THE ROADWAY AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, WHO EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED OF THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS DEEMED AS DESTROYED BY THE CONTACT'S INSURANCE AGENCY. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 135,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A CAR WASH, SHE SHIFTED FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE THEN TRAVELED OVER A CURB BEFORE CRASHING INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CAME TO A STOP WHEN THE FRONT AND REAR TIRES BECAME FLAT AND THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. BOTH THE CONTACT AND A FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING FROM THE CRASH AND WERE TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

DRIVING IN MOUNTAINS IN SOUTHWEST IN OCTOBER USING CRUISE CONTROL AT 60 MPH. THE CRUISE WAS DISENGAGED BY THE DRIVER AS A TURN APPROACHED. VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED FULLY. BRAKES DID NOT SLOW IT AND THEY BECAME UNRESPONSIVE. DRIVER PUT VEHICLE IN NEUTRAL AND ENGINE CONTINUED TO REV PAST 6000 RPM'S. IN NEUTRAL, VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO COAST TO A STOP. AFTER A TOW TO A REPAIR SHOP, THE MECHANIC FOUND THE CRUISE CONTROL ASSEMBLY BROKE AND THE CABLE CONNECTED TO THE THROTTLE RECOILED PULLING THE THROTTLE WIDE OPEN. THE MECHANIC DISENGAGED THE CRUISE CONTROL CABLE FROM THE THROTTLE AND THE VEHICLE COULD BE DRIVEN NORMALLY WITHOUT CRUISE. *TR

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012, MY WIFE TOOK OUR GRANDDAUGHTER SHOPPING. AFTER DROPPING HER OFF AT HOME, MY WIFE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ~30 MILES HOME. ON THE WAY SHE NOTED A THUMPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. SHE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION ABOUT HALFWAY HOME TO CALL ME AND ASK THAT I COME OUT TO CHANGE THE TIRE. AT THAT TIME SHE NOTED A BLISTER IN THE TIRE SIDEWALL. MOMENTS LATER THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE SITTING AT THE GAS STATION. THE FOLLOWING DAY I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WHERE PURCHASED IN THE FALL OF 2010. AFTER LISTENING TO A LITANY OF EXCUSES FOR THE FAILURE, INCLUDING; SHE (MY WIFE) MUST HAVE HIT A POT HOLE, TIRES WERE UNDER INFLATED, FRONT WHEELS WERE NOT ALIGNED, TIRES HAD NOT BEEN ROTATED, FINALLY THE SALESPERSON CONCEDED THAT THE TIRE SHOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN OUT. THE BAD TIRE WAS REPLACED AT MINIMUM EXPENSE TO ME, BUT I PAID FOR MOST OF THE OTHER FRONT TIRE, IN ORDER TO HAVE TWO TIRES WITH SIMILAR WEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

CPSC#I1230221A. 2004 KIA SEDONA. CONSUMER STATED HE WAS HAVING DIFFICULTY IN STARTING THE VEHICLE DUE TO STALLING. THE VEHICLE WILL SHUT OFF WHILE IDLING AND WHILE DRIVING. LOSS OF POWER RESULTS IN DIFFICULTY IN STEERING THE VEHICLE. *LN THE CONSUMER STATED NONE OF THE REPAIRS, HAVE FIXED THE STALLING ISSUE.

THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, THE LATEST IN NOVEMBER WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE, DURING RUSH HOUR, GOING 60 MILES PER HOUR. MY VAN KEEPS DYING WHILE I'M DRIVING WHETHER IT WAS A SENSOR OR OUT OF GAS, WHATEVER THE REASON, WHEN POWER GOES OUT, THE BRAKE LOCKS UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP THE VAN. IT HAS TO COAST UNTIL IT STOPS ON ITS OWN. THE LAST TIME TOOK ME A MILE AND HALF TO FINALLY STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE INJURY/AND OR DEATH IF THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 2 MPH AND ATTEMPTING A RIGHT TURN WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A PRIVATE MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THE RACK AND PINION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED AND THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 83,325 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

VAN DOES NOT STAY STARTED. SENSOR CONTROL AND SHORT ON SEATS. *TR

VAN WAS MAKING A HIGH-PITCHED WHINING SOUND. TOOK IT IN AND FOUND THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THEY TESTED IT AND IT WAS STILL NOT RUNNING PROPERLY SO THEY DUG A LITTLE DEEPER AND FOUND THAT THE COILS AND WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. GOT THE VAN BACK IN WORKING CONDITION AND LESS THAN TWO DAYS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THANKS TO LAWS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE CANNOT REPLACE WITH AN AFTERMARKET ($200); INSTEAD WE WERE QUOTED $1K, AND THAT APPARENTLY IS ON THE CHEAP SIDE. THE GOV.'T HAS A WARRANTY PROGRAM TO REPLACE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON VEHICLES 80,000 MILES OR LESS. WE WERE JUST OUT OF THAT LIMIT. TOO BAD FOR US. WE'RE TRADING IT IN. *TR

INCREASED STEERING EFFORT NOTED. RESEARCHED AND FOUND NHTSA ACTION # 10027724, AND FOUND IT WAS OPENED AND CLOSED TWICE. THE ACTION APPEARED TO BE RELATED THE INTERMEDIATE STEERING SHAFT AND ASSOCIATED UNIVERSAL JOINT. LUBRICATING THE INTERMEDIATE SHAFT UNIVERSAL JOINT APPEARED TO SLIGHTLY LESSEN STEERING EFFORT. *TR

THE WHEEL BEARINGS DISINTEGRATED AND CAUSED THE WHOLE HUB TO COME OFF. LUCKILY WE WERE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM OUR DESTINATION AND WEREN'T GOING VERY FAST. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING A LEFT TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR THE CONTACT TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE CONTACT TAPPED ON THE BRAKES AND THEN THE ACCELERATOR IN ORDER FOR THE STEERING WHEEL TO UNLOCK. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE BUT THE VEHICLE WAS NEITHER DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 61,000. THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE JERKS AND THE POWER STEERING PROBLEM HAS WORSENED SIGNIFICANTLY. UPDATED 07/19/11

THE STEERING STARTED TO BECOME DIFFICULT WHILE DRIVING ,INTERMITTENTLY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU NEVER KNEW IT WAS GONNA HAPPEN. EVENTUALLY JUST STOPPED WORKING ALL TOGETHER ,I DID ALOT OF ONLINE RESEARCH AND FOUND OUT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM ,WITH THE STEERING KNUCKLE BINDING BECAUSE OF CORROSION . ALL AND ALL THINK THE VEHICLE WAS VERY WELL THOUGHT OUT AND ALOT OF AMENITIES ARE AWESOME IN THIS VEHICLE ,WHY DOESN'T KIA JUST OFFER A RECALL ,SINCE THEY HAVE ALREADY POSTED A BULLETIN FOR THIS? CALL THE DEALERSHIP AND REALIZE THIS PART IS ALWAYS ON BACK ORDER COME ON KIA MAN UP. *TR

STEERING BINDING. WAS TOLD AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP THAT THEY HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH STEERING IN SEDONAS NOW I AM PAYING A HIGH PRICE TO GET VEHICLE FIXED. I ASKED WHY ISNT IT ON RECALL LIST THEY SAID THEY DONT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT. I AM LEASING A 2004 KIASEDONA. I HAVE HAD PROBLEM WITH TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL TO THE LEFT AS FOUND IN OTHER COMPLAINTS AND WAS TOLD THE RACK AND PINION STEERING NEEDED TO BE FIXED. *TR

THE STEERING IN MY 2004 KIA SEDONA IS MALFUCTIONING. WHEN TURNING THE STEERING WHEEL IT NOW TAKES A GREAT AMOUNT OF EFFORT SOME OF THE TIME. IT COMES AND GOES. AS YOU TURN THE WHEEL IT GOES FROM EASY TO VERY DIFFICULT AND YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL HAPPEN. AFTER A TURN YOU MUST TURN THE WHEEL BACK TO GO STRAIGHT OR IT WILL CONTINUE TO TURN. THESE 2 PROBLEMS ARE VERY DANGEROUS AS I COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT JUST BY MAKING A TURN. *TR

75,000 MILE TIRES COMING APART AFTER 23,844 MILES ! AFTER VISITING RELATIVES IN STUART FLA ON OUR WAY HOME ON I-95 HEADING SOUTH TO POMPANO BEACH AT 70MPH OUR VAN STARTED TO VIBRATE VICIOUSLY IN THE REAR,I PULLED OFF THE HIGHWAY TO CHECK THE TIRES,I THOUGHT ONE OF THE REAR WHEELS CAME LOOSE I JUST HAD IT IN AT THE POMPANO BEACH PEPBOYS FOR A TIRE ROTATION AND FRONTEND ALIGNMENT,AFTER CHECKING ALL THE WHEEL NUTS ON THE REAR AND FRONT WHEELS I FOUND NONE TO BE LOOSE. I DID NOT HAVE A FLASHLIGHT TO INSPECT THE TIRES WITH US,I HAD TO WAIT TILL WE ARRIVED HOME SO I COULD SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE TIRES,I HAD TO KEEP THE SPEED DOWN TO 55 MPH BECAUSE OF THE BAD VIBRATION TO MAKE IT HOME THIS WAS AT 9PM SUNDAY NIGHT. MONDAY MORNING I INSPECTED THE TIRES,I FOUND THE TIRES TO HAVE CRACKS ALL AROUND BOTH SIDES OF THE TIRES WHERE THE TREAD COMES TOGETHER WITH THE SIDEWALL. THE LEFT REAR TIRE IS THE WORST,THE TREAD HAS A BULGE THE SIZE OF A FOOTBALL NEXT TO THE SIDEWALL. I FELL THAT ALL OF THE TIRES ON MY VAN NOT TO BE SAFE TIRES AND I DON'T TRUST THEM. *TR

BRIDGESTONE INSIGNIA SE200 SIZE P215/70R15 65K MILE TIRES SET OF 4 PURCHASED. MAY 2009 WITH 77,567 MILES ON VEHICLE. DATE ON TIRE IS 2108 SO THEY APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN A YEAR OLD WHEN INSTALLED AT COYOTE TIRE SHOP IN GLENDALE AZ. DRIVING IN 80 DEGREE WEATHER 70MPH IN A KIA SEDONA WITH 2 ADULTS AND ONE 6YR OLD CHILD INSIDE. TREAD SEPARATED FROM TIRE. WAS ABLE TO PULL TO SIDE OF ROAD. AIR NEVER ESCAPED FROM TIRE. STILL HAS 32LBS IN IT COLD. TIRE TREAD DESTROYED REAR BUMPER OF VEHICLE UPON SEPARATION. NO PRIOR HANDLING OR VIBRATIONS OCCURRED. ODOMETER READ 104235 AT TIME OF INCIDENT SO THE TIRE ONLY HAD 26,668 MILES ON IT. DOT NUMBER: Y7M3 MODEL YEAR 2004 MAKE KIA MODEL SEDONA EX VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER: N/A TIRES WERE AFTERMARKET. *TR

POWER STEERING SEEMS TO FADE IN AND OUT INTERMITTENTLY. I LOOKED ONLINE AND SEE THAT THERE AREA A LOT OF KIA SADONA OWNER THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE HOWEVER THERE IS NO RECALL. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN AND THIS SHOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF NOW BEFORE SOME ONE GETS KILLED. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 KIA SEDONA WHICH I HAVE REPLACE HEADLIGHTS SO MANY TIMES, NOW THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE REAR LIGHTS, WHEN I TURN HEADLIGHTS ON THERE ARE NO BACK LIGHTS. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT DANGEROUS DRIVING AT NIGHT. APPARENTLY YOU CAN REPLACE THE FUSE BUT THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE FUSE WILL NOT BLOW AND HOW ARE YOU TO KNOW WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING AT NIGHT AS THE DASH LIGHTS STAY ON. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE HAS HAD THIS MAJOR PROBLEM. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AND NOW I HAVE TO PAY $500.00 TO GET THIS MODULAR REPLACED. *TR

I OWN A 2004 KIA SEDONA 3.5L THAT I PURCHASED ON 08-31-2010 WITH 53638 MILES ON IT. ON 01-25-2011 AS I WAS DRIVING I HEARD A RATTLING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I STOPPED TO OPEN THE HOOD AND CONFIRM THAT IT WAS COMING FROM THE ENGINE, IT WAS. I DROVE TO THE NEAREST AUTO MECHANIC AND HAD IT DIAGNOSED TO BE TOLD THAT I HAD A BLOWN ENGINE AND IT WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. I HAD IT TOWED TO HE LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP TO BE LOOKED AT FURTHER. THE ENGINE WAS OPENED UP TO BE INSPECTED. I WAS TOLD THAT THE #6 CYLINDER WAS COMING APART AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE VAN CURRENTLY HA ONLY 59430 MILES ON IT. IT IS UNDER THE 60000 MILE WARRANTY MARK BUT OVER THE 5 YEAR PORTION. I HAVE BEEN MADE AWARE THAT THERE WAS A KIA SERVICE BULLETIN THAT MENTIONED THAT THE 2004 KIA SEDONA 3.5L ENGINE HAD SCORING ON THE #6 CYLINDER FROM THE MANUFACTURING PROCESS WHICH ALSO RESULTED IN A GASKET DEFECT OR MALFUNCTION. THIS CLEARLY SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY SERVICE. THIS IS NOT THE ONLY CASE OF THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM WITH THE #6 CYLINDER. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 KIA SEDONA THE REAR COOLANT LINES HAVE FAILED AND NOW I AM LEAKING COOLANT AND IT WILL COST $1000 TO FIX. IT HAPPENED ALL OF A SUDDEN. NOW I CAN'T DRIVE MY CAR SAFELY. *TR