2006 Kia Sedona

FUSES KEEP BURNING OUT. AND CAUSE CAR TO STOP OR TURN OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING. I WENT TO TEST MY ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY AND BOTH WERE GOOD. I WAS DRIVING ON 29 NORTH HEADED TOWARD LYNCHBURG. VA AND DRIVING 70MPH AND THE RADIO TURNED OFF LIGHTS TURNED OFF AND I QUICKLY PULLED OVER. TURNED OFF THE VAN, WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES TRIED TO TURN IT ON AND IT WOULDN'T TURN ON. AFTER WAITING FOR A TOW TRUCK (ALMOST 2 HOURS) WE GOT HOMETESTED THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. AUTO ADVANCE TOLD ME BOTH WERE GOOD. EVERY FUSE IN THE FUSE BOX WAS BURNED OUT. A WIRE UNDER THE ALTERNATOR WAS BURNED OUT.

AFTER RUNNING MY VAN FOR A BIT I SHUT IT OFF AND WHEN I COME BACK OUT TO START IT IT WON'T START SO I LOOKED IT UP BEFORE AND I WAS TOLD TO REMOVE MY MEMORY FUSE AND RETURN IT BACK SO I DID THAT FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW I HAVE TO RELEASE THE ALTERNATOR FUSE FOR A BIT AND WAIT LIKE 5 MINS AND THEN PUSH IT BACK IN AND THEN VAN WILL START. BUT LATELY IT'S GETTING WHERE IT DOESN'T WORK AT ALL REMOVEING ANY OF THE FUSES . IF I LET THE VAN SET A FEW DAYS THEN TRY TO START IT THEN IT WILL START BUT IT WILL DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN AND LEAVES ME SITTING WHERE EVER IM AT WITH IT WITH NO WAY OF GETTING IT STARTED .. I'VE HAD GARAGES TELL ME IT IN MY FUSE PANEL OR WIRES IN THE FUSE BOX UNDER DASH BUT CANT GET NOONE TO TOUCH IT . IT'S A REALLY NICE VAN BESIDE THIS ISSUE I WOULD REALLY LIKE IT FIXED WITHOUT COSTING ME AN ARM OR LEG IN LABOR AND COST . I'VE HAD SOME TELL ME ITS A FACTORY ISSUE CAUSE I'VE TALK TO PPL THAT HAVE THE SAME VAN AND THEY HAVE ISSUE ALSO . PLEASE SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT TO DO OR IF IT'S A RECALL THEN TELL ME SO I CAN GET MINE FIXED PLEASE .. THANKS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH, THE BATTERY, BRAKE, AND ABS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL MONTHS LATER. A DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

AFTER STOPPING AT STOP SIGN DRIVING ON A CITY STREET (SPEED LIMIT 30), I, MADE A RIGHT TURN AND THE LEFT (DRIVER) SIDE, REAR SLIDING DOOR UNLATCHED AND SLID WIDE OPEN. MY DOG ALMOST SLID OUT BUT HAD HIS LEASH ON AND I MANAGED TO GRAB IT BEFORE HE WENT OUT THE DOOR. I GOT OUT AND SLAMMED THE DOOR MANUALLY, TOOK OFF AND MADE ANOTHER RIGHT TURN WHEN AGAIN THE SAME DOOR SLID WIDE OPEN AGAIN. PARKED SAFELY AND TRIED CLOSING DOOR BUT IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT EVERY TIME I TRIED TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT WOULD OPEN ON ITS OWN AT LEAST 6 INCHES REMAINING LOOSE IN ITS TRACK (SO WHILE DRIVING IT WOULD SLIDE BACK AND FORWARD. I THEN TIED IT CLOSED/SHUT BUT IT WAS CLEARLY VERY DANGEROUS SO I CONTACTED MY LOCAL KIA THE NEXT MORNING AND TOOK IT IN. KIA COMPLETED 2 OTHER RECALLS BUT THOSE DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE. KIA REPORTED THAT THEY TRACED THE ISSUE BACK TO THE REAR DOOR CONTROLLER WHICH WAS NOT PART OF THE RECALLS BUT WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM SO THEY RE-TIED THE DOOR (SIMILAR TO HOW I HAD) USING MY STRAP. I DECLINED TO PAY TO HAVE THIS FIXED AS KIA HAS ALREADY ISSUED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON THIS SO IT IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY - HAD A PASSENGER BEEN IN THAT SEAT ON THE HIGHWAY THEY COULD HAVE LITERALLY BLOWN OUT THE DOOR ONTO THE HIGHWAY. I THINK THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. MY KIA DOOR HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED YET AND IS AVAILABLE TO BE LOOKED AT IN DETAIL AS NEEDED. AT THE VERY LEAST OTHER KIA OWNERS NEED TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS SO THAT CHILDREN (AND ANYONE SITTING IN THE REAR SEAT) ARE NOT HARMED OR KILLED. I DO HOPE THAT KIA DOES ISSUE A RECALL ON THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE.

I RECENTLY HAD A PROBLEM WITH MY 2006 KIA SEDONA WHERE THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON CONSTANTLY REGARDLESS OF WETHER THE BRAKE WAS APPLIED. THE BRAKE LIGHTS STAYED ON EVEN IF THE VEHICLE WAS OFF. IT WAS CONFIRMED TO BE THE "BRAKE LIGHT SWITH" WHICH I FOUND WAS UNDER RECALL. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO KIA OF CERRITOS WHO REFUSED TO PERFORM THE RECALL AS IT TURNED OUT THE RECALL WAS ALLEGEDLY PERFORMED IN 2009. I SUSPECT IN 2009 THE PART WAS EITHER NOT REPLACED OR THE REPLACEMENT SWITCH HAS THE SAME DEFECT AS THE ORIGINAL. I CONTACTED KIA FOR CLARIFICATION AND THEY TOLD ME THEY ONLY PERFORM RECALLS ONCE.

OUR 2006 KIA SEDONA BEGAN EXPERIENCING INTERMITTENT NO CRANK CONDITION THAT LEFT US STRANDED MULTIPLE TIMES WITH KIDS IN THE CAR AND TOWING EXPENSES TO A MECHANIC ONLY FOR THE CAR TO START RIGHT UP AFTER GETTING THERE. THIS LEAVES THE MECHANICS SCRATCHING THERE HEAD AND SENDING IT BACK TO US. WE KNOW NOW THAT THE CONDITION IS CAUSED BY HIGHER THAN NORMAL RESISTANCE ACROSS THE BURGLAR ALARM RELAY LOCATED IN THE IN PANEL MODULE. THIS IS A NON-SERVICEABLE PART BY KIA AND IF FOUND DEFECTIVE REQUIRES THE ENTIRE MODULE TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS EXPENSE. THE PART IN AND OF ITSELF IS CHEAP BUT BECAUSE IT IS A NON SERVICEABLE PART THE ENTIRE PANEL HAS TO BE REPLACED AT ABOUT $500. PLUS THERE IS NO GUARANTEE THAT THE DEFECTIVE PART WILL MALFUNCTION AGAIN. THE ISSUE WAS FIXED ON LATER MODELS MADE AFTER 2007. DESPITE KIA ACKNOWLEDGING THAT IT IS A PROBLEM, DUE TO NOT ENOUGH FIELD COMPLAINTS THEY REFUSE TO RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PART AND FIX THE MISTAKE ON 2006/2007 KIA SEDONA'S. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME AND LEAVE YOU STRANDED. TURNING OFF YOUR CAR AT THE GAS PUMP, TURNING OFF YOUR CAR ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET, TURNING OFF YOUR CAR AT THE SUPERMARKET, OR ANYWHERE COULD MEAN YOUR LEFT STRANDED! KIA HAS SENT OUT A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN TO THEIR DEALERSHIPS EXPLAINING THE CUSTOMER CONCERN. THIS WAS INTENDED TO HELP TECHNICIANS DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. HOWEVER THIS DOES NOT RESOLVE THE ISSUE THAT THEY HAVE CAUSED FOR THE 2006 2007 SEDONA'S THAT WERE MADE WITH THIS NON-SERVICEABLE RELAY. THE BULLETIN CLEARLY STATES THAT IF THE PART IS FOUND DEFECTIVE THAT THE WHOLE PANEL HAS TO BE REPLACED HOWEVER KIA DENIES ANY RESPONSIBILITY IN FIXING THE MISTAKE DESPITE FIXING IT AND LATER MODELS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IT IS BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH FIELD COMPLAINTS FOR THEM TO WORRY ABOUT IT.

THE ALTERNATOR ON MY 2006 KIA SEDONA HAS BEEN REPLACED AT LEAST 4 TIMES BUT I BELIEVE 5 TIMES (I AM LOOKING FOR 2 MORE RECEIPTS). THE LATEST 3 REPLACEMENTS ARE: MILEAGE 104472 DATE 6/2/2018; MILEAGE 95255 DATE 3/23/16; MILEAGE 70121 DATE 2/28/2011. ALSO HAD VAN AT DEALER AND OTHER REPAIR SHOPS TO CHECK ALTERNATOR, ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, BATTERY, ETC. SOME OF THE DATES THAT IT WAS AT THE KIA DEALER OR OTHER REPAIR FOR DIMMING LIGHTS, HEADLIGHTS DIMMING, ARE 2/12/2007 (15957 MILES); 7/24/2008 (38853 MILES); 11/24/2008 (43470 MILES); 4/21/2009 (48936 MILES); 3/14/2016 (94429). I HAVE BROKEN DOWN TWICE DUE TO ALTERNATOR WHILE OUT OF TOWN; ONE TIME IN ALABAMA, AND LAST WEEKEND IN OSAGE BEACH MO. BOTH TIMES I HAD TO HAVE ALTERNATOR REPLACED. BOTH CAUSED A LOT OF STRESS BECAUSE I HAD MY KIDS WITH ME AND IN ALABAMA WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE AN ALTERNATOR SHOULD NOT NEED TO BE REPLACED SO MANY TIMES. I HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS VEHICLE SINCE ALMOST DAY ONE ABOUT SOMETHING STRANGE WITH THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM. YOU CAN REVIEW THE DEALERS RECORDS REGARDING THIS. PERHAPS KIA SHOULD CONSIDER A POTENTIAL RECALL OR DIFFERENT ALTERNATOR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ESC WARNING INDICATOR FLASHED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT IN AND OUT OF GEAR, AND THE BRAKE LIGHTS FREQUENTLY FAILED TO TURN OFF. THE MANUFACTURER INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM A MANUFACTURER RECALL, AND PROVIDED NO SOLUTION OTHER THAN TAKING THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER (UNIVERSITY KIA, 6519 UNIVERSITY DR NW, HUNTSVILLE, AL 35806, (256) 217-1700) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING AND REPAIR. THE CONTACT WAS TO ORDER THE PART AND DETERMINE WHO MAY REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

MY ESC LIGHT AND ABS LIGHT CAME ON AS I WAS PULLING OUT OF THE MOVIE THEATER AND MY VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY TURNED OFF SO I RESTARTED IT AND PULLED OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY WHERE IT TURNED OFF AGAIN AND WOULDN'T RESTART FOR 15-20 MINUTES ONCE I GOT IT RESTARTED MY ENGINE STARTED MAKING A WEIRD SOUND AND I COULD NOT ACCELERATE IT KEPT JERKING LIKE I WAS RUNNING OUT OF GAS WHEN I HAD A FULL TANK LUCKILY I MADE IT HOME WITH MY 3 KIDS BEFORE IT SHUT OFF AGAIN. NOT SAFE AT ALL.

ONE OF THE CONTROL ARMS RUSTED COMPLETELY AND BROKE WHILE DRIVING. BECAUSE OF THIS WE HAVE INSPECTED THE OTHER CONTROL ARMS AND THEY WERE ALL RUSTED TO THE POINT THAT IT MADE THE CAR UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED. NOW THE CAR WILL NOT START PERIODICALLY. I HAVE RESEARCHED AND MANY OTHER OWNER OF THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL ARE HAVING THIS SAME ISSUE DUE TO THE ANTI THEFT DEVICE.