2005 Kia Sedona

VEHICLE HAS MULTIPLE BRAKE ISSUES...REPLACED FRONT ROTOR AND PADS 3 TIMES, AND REPLACED FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS TWICE. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT WITH 7,226 MILES AND NOW HAS 20,000 MILES. THE BELTS WERE REPLACED TWICE AND THE FRONT SUSPENSION WAS FIXED TWICE SO FAR. VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT AT ZEISER MOTORS IS ST. PETERS MO AND THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT KEEPS TELLING ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH VEHICLE. *TR

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.

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