2008 Kia Sorento Tires & Wheels Problems

WHENEVER WEATHER IS MOIST OR RAINY THE ENGINE HAS BOGGED DOWN WHILE DRIVING AND HAS NO POWER EVEN WITH GAS PEDDLE PRESSED TO FLOOR. THIS HAS LEFT US STRANDED TWICE NOW BUT WHEN TAKEN TO BE CHECKED THEY CAN'T DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. ALSO TPMS IS ALWAYS ON EVEN THOUGH TIRE PRESSURES HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND IT WILL NOT GO OFF. HAS BEEN THIS WAY FOR OVER 1 1/2 YEARS NOW WITH NO EXPLANATION.

MICHELIN TIRE ON VEHICLE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT THAT ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH. TIRE TORE COMPLETELY AROUND THE OUTER PART. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN BLOWOUT OCCURRED. *TR

MICHELIN TIRE ON VEHICLE COMPLETELY BLEW OUT THAT ALMOST CAUSED A CRASH, TIRE TORE COMPLETELY AROUND THE OUTER PART. VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70 MPH ON INTERSTATE WHEN BLOWOUT OCCURRED. *TR

ON A TRIP FROM BILOXI, MS TO FORT MYERS, FL- APPROXIMATELY 800 MILES ALL 4 TIRES ON A "NEW" (13,000 MILES) KIA SORENTO FAILED. AFTER SEVERAL HUNDRED MILES OF THE TRIP THE CAR BEGAN TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY AND LUCKILY WAS KEPT UNDER CONTROL. A TOWTRUCK HAD TO BE CALLED AND THE CAR TOWED TO TWO CITIES BEFORE A DEALERSHIP COULD BE FOUND TO "FIX" THE CAR. THIS MEANT AN OVERNIGHT STAY. THE SERVICE DEPT PROBABLY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED! THEY PUT 2 NEW TIRES ON, INSPECTED OTHERS AND ALIGNED THE CAR- COSTLY SERVICE CALL + 2 NEW TIRES. BACK TO THE TRIP AND SEVERAL MORE HUNDRED MILES AND AGAIN VIOLENT SHAKING. ANOTHER TIRE WAS FALLING APART! SAME THING ANOTHER TOW, OVER NIGHT STAY, DEALER, ANOTHER TIRE. BOTH DEALERS SAID THEY WOULD SEND TIRES BACK TO KUMHO FOR EXAMINATION. WE COULD NOT BELIEVE, BUT OUTSIDE TAMPA AT 10:30 AT NIGHT-VIOLENT SHAKING. CHANGED THE TIRE ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD IN THE DARK. THANK GOD, NO ONE HURT. HAD TO ORDER A NEW TIRE FROM SEARS IN FORT MYERS FOR THIS ONE. I NOW HAVE MIS-MATCHED TIRES ON MY NEW VEHICLE- HAD TO BUY NEW TIRES 30,000 MILES BEFORE I SHOULD OF HAD TO- HAD A FAMILY MEMBERS LIFE IN DANGER, HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DAMAGE DONE FROM ALL THE VIOLENT SHAKING, WAS SERVICE WORK DONE CORRECTLY, DO I STILL NEED AN ALIGNMENT-- IT TOOK OVER 48 GRUELING, NERVE-RACKING HOURS FOR AN 11 HOUR TRIP- WITH A LOT OF EXTRA EXPENSES. KUMHO DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE US "WHOLE" ON THIS FIASCO (WE ARE HAPPY THOUGH THAT IT IS NOT A TRAGEDY). BY "WHOLE" WE MEAN REIMBURSE US FOR WHAT WAS SPENT ON THIS "MESS". THEY DON'T SEEM CONCERNED THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. WE HOPE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE WITH WORSE RESULTS. YOU WILL NOT BELIEVE WHAT THE TIRE WE HAVE KEPT LOOKS LIKE. THE AIR PRESSURE SENSORS NEVER SHOWED LOSS OF AIR AND THE LAST TIRE WHEN BROUGHT TO SEARS STILL HAD AIR IN IT. TREAD IS COMING OFF OF THE TIRE AND THE STEEL BELTS ARE FRAYED. PLEASE CONTACT US SO WE CAN SEND YOU PICTURES OF THE TIRE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR QUICK RESPONSE. *TR

2008 KIA SERENTO TPMS LIGHT COMES AND OFF CAME ON THE SECOND DAY I OWNED THE CAR COMES ON FOR A DAY THEN OFF FOR A DAY GIVE OR TAKE A COUPLE OF DAYS TOOK IT TO DEALER WAS CLEAR THEN COULDN'T FIND NOTHING CAME BACK ON JUST BEFORE ARRIVING AT HOME THE SAME DAY TOOK IT BACK AFTER A COUPLE OF DAYS THEY SAID IT WAS THE SENSOR IN THE LEFT REAR TIRE HAD TO ORDER PART AFTER ABOUT TWO WEEKS TOOK IT BACK TO HAVE SENSOR REPLACED WAS NOT CHANGED THEY SAID THEY WOULD CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER AFTER RE-TESTING IT FOR THE PROBLEM IM STILL WAITING THATS NOW BEEN 1 MONTH. *TR

WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD, CAR WAS BEARLY PULLING. NOTICED SMOKE ON FRONT PASSENGER SIDE OF CAR. STOPPED AND CHECKED UNDER HOOD AND SAW NOTHING. WALKED AROUND CAR AND FLAMES WERE COMING OUT OF WHEEL AREA. HAD CAR TOWED. HAD NEW CALIPER, ROTOR, AND BRAKE PADS PUT ON. DROVE ABOUT A WEEK. AND BEGAN DOING THE SAME THING. HAD CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC SHOP, 4TH DAY THERE THE BRAKES WENT TOTALLY OUT. CAR CRASHED THROUGH THE DOOR OF SHOP AND HIT POLE. CAR IN STILL AT BODY SHOP SOME PARTS WERE HARD TO FIND. STILL WILL HAVE TO GET BRAKES FIXED WHEN I GET CAR THIS WEEK. I HAVE BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR SINCE JANUARY 2013. THIS IS MARCH 27TH 2013. *TR