2002 Kia Sedona

WE HAVE A 2002 KIA SEDONA; WE BOUGHT IN DEC OF 2001. WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS, THE ALTERNATOR,BATTERY,IGNITION SWITCH, HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH SLIDING DOORS FALLING OFF THE HINGE. I COMPLAINED OF A WIND NOISE FOR THE FIRST YEAR NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WAS. IT WENT UNFIXED. WITHIN A YEAR THE SHOCKS, THE STRUTS AND SLIDING DOORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY AIR-CONDITION WENT OUT COMPLETELY GUESS WHAT NO MORE WIND NOISE. AND NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. MY REAR WIPER CONTROL WENT OUT. RECENTLY, WHILE ON THANKSGIVING VACATION TO OHIO WE HAD TO HAVE ROADSIDE PICK UP OUR VAN AS THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE IN THE SHOP WE WERE ADVISED OUR BRAKES WERE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WE HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE ALSO IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. WAS IN THE SHOP 14 DAYS, WE HAD TO DRIVE BACK TO OHIO TO WHEN READY. THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR HAD NEVER EVER DONE THAT BEFORE. WHEN WE WERE ON OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING UP. WE MADE IT HOME ON DEC 7TH AND NO ONE AT KIA COULD TAKE THE VEHICLE IN UNTIL THE SERVICE MANAGER RETURNED MY CALL HE WAS OFF FOR DOCTOR VISIT. ON DEC 13, I TOOK MY VAN IN TO BE REPAIRED, THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME IT WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND GUESS WHAT THEY ARE ALSO REPAIRING THE SLIDING DOORS 5TH TIME I THINK. THEY HAVE TO ALSO FIX THE DENT IN THE HOOD THAT WAS NOT THERE, BEFORE THE OHIO KIA TOOK IT IN TO BE FIXED. TODAY IT HAS BEEN 15 DAYS. I STILL DO NOT HAVE MY VAN. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND KIA TO MY WORST ENEMY. PLEASE ALLOW OTHERS TO KNOW THAT KIA IS A LEMON IF EVER THERE WERE ONE.*AK

2002 KIA SEDONA WITH 26,000 MILE FRONT END VIBRATES WHEN BRAKING FROM HIGHER SPEEDS 40 +MPH DEALLER CHECKED AND SAID THEY HAVE HAD COMPLAINTS BEFORE BUT VIBRATIONS STOPPED.. NOW AT APPROX 37,000 BAD VIBRATIONS START AGAIN DEALER NOW SAYS ITS FROM DRIVER BRAKING TO HARD WANTS TO CUT ROTTERS AND REPLACE BRAKES FOR SAME PROBLEMAS BEFORE AT OWNER EXPENCE.. BRAKES DO STOP VAN BUT YOU MUST HOLD STEERING WHEEL TIGHT.. WE HAVE FREINDS WITH SAME VEHILE AND THEY HAVE HAD BRAKES REDONE 2 TIMES AT 40,000 MILES THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMPONET PROBLEM NOT DRIVERS.. *AK

ONE MORE TIME KIA SEDONA 2002 FAILED TO BRAKE CAR LOST CONTROL FRONT PASSENGER SEAT BELT SNAPPED OUT, LOOKS LIKE POWER STEERING FAILED AND BRAKES ALSO, NOT THE FIRST TIME BRAKES FAILED IN KIA SEDONA. PRIOR TO THIS ACCIDENT THE CONSUMER COMPLAINED TO THE DEALER ABOUT VIBRATIONS WHILE BRAKING. CAR ACCELERATE BY ITSELF (THROTTLE STUCK). *BF

OUR KIA SADONA IS A 2002 MODEL AND HAS ABOUT 52,000 MILES ON IT. IT HAS HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BRAKES AND THE WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES ETC. TODAY HOWEVER, MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE SEAT IN THE VEHICLE BROKE. THE SEAT BROKE COMPLETELY OUT OF IT'S CHAMBER. THANK GOD THIS DID NOT HAPPEN DURING AN ACCIDENT. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY WOULD BE REPLACING THE PART THAT BROKE UNDER THE WARRANTY HOWEVER IT WILL BE AWHILE BEFORE THEY GET THE PART IN. THEY REFUSED TO PROVIDE US WITH A SAFE VEHICLE TO DRIVE DURING THE TIME IT TAKES TO GET IT FIXED AND KIA CORPORATE ALSO REFUSED SAYING THEY DO NOT PROVIDE RENTALS EVEN IF THE PART IS A DEFECT FROM THE MANUFACTURER. THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES ON THE WARRANTY OF THE CAR PARTS BUT WHO CARES HOW MUCH YOU HAVE TO SPEND ON RENTAL CARS WHILE YOURS IS IN THE SHOP SO MANY TIMES.*AK

ON JULY 4, 2002 WE PURCHASED A 2002 KIA SEDONA MINIVAN. IMMEDIATELY AFTER DRIVING OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP WE PARKED AT A STORE, WHEN WE RETURNED TO THE VEHICLE IT WOULD NOT START. WE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SENT OUT A TOW TRUCK. THE VAN WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE SERVICE ADVISER INDICATED THAT THEY HAD NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS REGARDING A DRIVER SEAT RELAY THAT WAS CAUSING THE BATTERIES TO GO OUT ON THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE. HE INDICATED THAT THEY WERE CHANGING ALL RELAYS. THEY REPLACED WITH NEW BATTERY AND NEW RELAY ON THE VAN. THE VAN CONTINUED TO GIVE US PROBLEMS, THE WHOLE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM (STEREO, WINDOWS, DOOR LOCKS) WOULD GO OFF AND ON AS WE WERE DRIVING. IF WE WOULD STOP VEHICLE, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. WE HAD NUMEROUS JUMP STARTS. WE TOOK THE VEHICLE IN APPROX. 4 OR 5 TIMES TO THE DEALERSHIP WITH COMPLAINTS REGARDING PROBLEMS, THERE WAS BLACK SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE EXHAUST WHEN WE WOULD START THE VEHICLE. BRAKES WOULD SQUEAL WHEN APPLIED. VAN WAS TERRIBLY HOT UNDER THE CAR AND IT WOULD BLOW OUT THE HEAT AND ALMOST BURN US. I ASKED THE SERVICE ADVISER IF THEY COULD EXCHANGE THE VAN FOR ANOTHER ONE AND HE INDICATED THAT THEY HAD TO HAVE A CONTINUOUS REPORT OF REPAIRS IN ORDER TO TURN IT IN AS A "LEMON". WE WERE TRAVELING IN MEXICO FOR BUSINESS AND PLEASURE WHEN OUR VAN STARTED ON FIRE ON THE HIGHWAY AND OTHER AUTOS NOTICED AND WAVED US DOWN TO STOP. WE NOTICED, PULLED OFF THE ROAD SAFELY AND ALL 6 ADULT PASSENGERS WERE ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY AND RUN AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AS IT STARTED EXPLODING. THE FIRE CAME FROM ALL UNDERNEATH OF THE VAN. THE MEXICAN FEDERAL HIGHWAY POLICE CAME TO WHERE THE VAN WAS AND TOOK A REPORT OF THE INCIDENT. THE VAN BURNT DOWN TO A SKELETON. I REPORTED THE INCIDENT TO THE KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY DENIED OUR CLAIM WITHOUT NO EXPLANATION. NO ONE EVER CALLED TO FIND OUT THE FACTS OR GATHER INFORMATION. OBVIOUSLY, THEY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THEIR OWN SERVICE REPAIR TICKETS. *JB

I REALLY NEED HELP AND DON?T KNOW WHAT TO DO. ALSO WITH MY CAR MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ON AND TO THIS DAY THE LIGHT IS PROBABLY STILL ON AND KIA HAVE NOT CONTACTED ME YET AND EVEN THOUGH I HAVE A RENTAL FROM ENTERPRISE THROUGH KIA PAYING THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE I WANT MY CAR SO THAT CAN SELL IT SO THAT I DON?T LOSE MY HOME BECAUSE I AM UNEMPLOYED DUE TO THIS BUCKET OF BOLTS. AND ALSO THE KIA REPAIR MAN STEVE JOHNSON AT KIRKLAND KIA STATED TO ME THAT MY ODOMETER READING WAS INCORRECT AND THE KIA MANUFACTURER TOOK MY CAR TO ANOTHER DEALER BECAUSE I WAD BEING SEEN AT THEIR AUTO SHOP TOO MUCH AND IS BIZARRE OR WHAT? I SPOKE TO A PAUL STAPLETON AT KIA MOTORS AMERICA BECAUSE THEY HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR 30 DAYS STRAIGHT. ON OCT 8 I PICKED MY CAR UP AND 20 MIN LATER MY ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON. THE DAY BEFORE I WAS OFFERED $1000 FOR A GOOD WILL GESTURE FROM KIA. WHEN THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON THE NEXT DAY MR. STAPLETON OFFERED TO BUY MY VEHICLE BACK FOR 11,300 AND THAT WAS WITHOUT THE $1000 GOOD WILL. TODAY IS OCT 12TH AND BY THIS AFTERNOON I WILL BE HEARING FROM THIS COMPANY. THIS IS NOT SATISFYING TO ME BECAUSE I STILL HAD A FULL WARRANTY ON MY CAR AND FOR 11,300 I WILL HAVE TO PURCHASE USED AND NO WARRANTY BECAUSE I HAD A 2002 THAT WAS PAID IN FULL AND A FULL WARRANTY.

WE PURCHASED THE 2002 KIA SEDONA YESTERDAY 12-28-03. WE DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT 45 MINUTES TODAY, STOPPED FOR DINNER AT A FAST FOOD RESTAURANT AND THEN DROVE AGAIN FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES WHEN WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE BATTERY AND BRAKE WARNING LIGHTS FLASHED ON AND OFF A FEW TIMES, THEN STAYED ON. WHEN THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE RADIO SHUT OFF AND WOULD NOT COME BACK ON. THEN THE SEATBELT WARNING LIGHT CAME ON AND THE DASH LIGHTS, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR LIGHTS DIMMED. WHILE CAR WAS STILL IN MOTION, THE SUNROOF WOULD NOT CLOSE AND THE OTHER WINDOWS WERE VERY SLOW AT CLOSING. THE CAR SHUDDERED A COUPLE OF TIMES AS IF READY TO STALL. WE MADE IT HOME JUST IN TIME, THE CAR STALLED AND WOULD NOT RESTART. WE WERE ABLE TO CLOSE THE SUNROOF, BUT IT WAS VERY SLOW. WE HAVE TRIED TO CHARGE THE BATTERY, BUT IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TAKING A CHARGE. SECONDLY THE SEATBELT INDICATOR LIGHT DOES NOT SOUND OR INDICATE THAT SEATBELTS ARE NOT BUCKLED. THIRDLY THERE IS MOISTURE UNDER THE DRIVERS SIDE HEAD LIGHT. ALSO, WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND THE DVD PLAYER IS OPERATING, THERE IS A WHISTLING SOUND HEARD THROUGH THE DVD HEADPHONES/SOUND DURING ACCELERATION. WE WILL BE NOTIFYING THE DEALER TOMORROW MORNING.