2006 Kia Sedona

WE OWN A 2006 KIA SEDONA, BOUGHT USED. THE POWER SLIDING DOORS HAVE MALFUNCTIONED NUMEROUS TIMES. ONCE ON THE DRIVER SIDE, AND NOW WE ARE ON THE THIRD REPAIR FOR THE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR IN LESS THAN A YEAR. THE OCCURRENCES ARE RANDOM. THE DOOR WILL NOT CLOSE OR LATCH WHETHER WE DO IT MANUALLY OR USE THE POWER BUTTONS. THERE IS NO WARNING; IT JUST STOPS WORKING. THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THIS IS VERY MUCH A SAFETY RELATED ISSUE, NOT JUST AN INCONVENIENCE. AT WHAT POINT DOES A COMPLAINT STOP BEING A SERVICE BULLETIN AND BECOME A PRODUCT RECALL? THE LAST REPAIRS WE HAD WERE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY, HOWEVER, WARRANTY DOES NOT LAST FOREVER AND IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE REPAIRS ARE WORKING FOR US OR OTHER CONSUMERS. THIS IS CLEARLY A PRODUCT DEFECT AND NOT AN ISSUE OF NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. CONSUMERS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS SAME PROBLEM SHOULD NOT BE OBLIGATED TO HAVE ANY OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES RELATED TO WHAT IS AN OBVIOUS PRODUCT DEFECT. THANKFULLY, THERE HAVE NOT BEEN ANY REPORTED INJURIES OR DEATHS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND. MY HOPE IS THAT KIA IS NOT WAITING FOR THAT TO OCCUR TO ISSUE A PRODUCT RECALL. *TR

WE HAVE A 2006 KIA SEDONA, WITH POWERED SLIDING SIDE DOORS. WE HAD OUR THREE GRAND KIDS WITH US, ALL UNDER 6 AND THE SIDE DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE. IT WOULD GO SHUT, AND THEN OPEN WITHOUT LOCKING. WE WERE TOLD BY THE DEALER THAT THERE WAS A BAD ELECTRONIC SWITCH. THE PROBLEM: THERE WAS NO MANUAL OVERIDE TO THIS PROBLEM. I HAD TO DRIVE IT IN THE SHOP BY JAMMING THE DOOR MANUALLY, AND EVEN THEN IT CAME OPEN SEVERAL TIMES ON MY TRIP TO THE DEALER. IF WE HAD BEEN IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM, OR A BLIZZARD, WE COULD HAVE BEEN IN REAL TROUBLE. THERE MUST BE AN OVERIDE FOR THIS. I PULLED THE FUSES, BUT THAT DID NOT HELP. THE DEALER IS DON SEALYE FORD, KALAMAZOO, MICHIGAN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 KIA SEDONA ON THE HIGHWAY THE REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED BY ITSELF WITH MY CHILD SEATED NEXT TO IT IN HER CAR SEAT. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR BY THE POWER SWITCHES, I HAD TO PUSH THE DOOR CLOSED MANUALLY. I GOT IN MY VEHICLE AND DROVE TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT TO MOVE MY CHILD'S CAR SEAT TO THE OTHER SIDE. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW I WAS ON MY WAY AND GAVE AN EXPLANATION OF THE ISSUE. I WAS ASKED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, THAT THEY WERE BUSY AND ALREADY HAD PEOPLE WAITING. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD MY CHILD IN THE CAR AND WAS TOLD PERHAPS I COULD USE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT HER IN THE CAR, BUT THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET A CHANCE TO FIX THE PROBLEM TODAY. I EXPRESSED MY DISAPPOINTMENT AND TOLD HIM I WOULD BE COMING NOW TO THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS I COULD GET THERE. THE DOOR CONTINUED TO OPEN THROUGHOUT MY 30 MINUTE DRIVE TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALERSHIP, LEAVING ME TO PULL OVER AND, AGAIN, MANUALLY TRY TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS OCCURRED 6 TIMES. ON PULLING INTO THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT, WHICH IS DOWN A SMALL HILL, THE DOOR AGAIN SLID OPEN AND CLOSED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE LATCH ON THE SLIDING DOOR. THAT THE VEHICLES COMPUTER SYSTEM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A BROKEN LATCH AS IT IS A MECHANICAL PART. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR LOOKS AT THE OPEN LATCH AS IF SOMEONE WANTS THE DOOR TO OPEN, NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD BE A DEFECT OF THE PART ITSELF. THE PART WAS REPLACED AND I PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THE EXPENSES, AS MY LIMITED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT WOULD NOT CALL THIS ISSUE COMMON. MY CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILD. MY CHOICE IN THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE BASED ON SAFETY. THIS DEFECT OF THE LATCH ON THE DOOR IS NOT SAFE. AND, COMMON OR NOT, MUST BE ADDRESSED. *TR

AFTER HEAVY RAIN OR PROLONGED RAIN PERIODS, THE CARGO AREA IN THE BACK OF THE VAN SATURATES (FLOODS) WITH WATER. THIS WAS FIRST NOTICED WHEN THE VAN WAS PARKED FOR THE FIRST TIME OUTSIDE THE GARAGE DURING THE STORM OF THE END OF 2008 IN THE SNOHOMISH, WASHINGTON AREA. SINCE THEN, THIS PROBLEM PRESISTED UNTIL NOW. THE KIA DEALER, WHERE THE VAN WAS BOUGHT FROM AS NEW VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE LEAK 4 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY SEALED BODY LEAKS AT THIRD BRAKE LIGHT AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL, BUT THE LEAK SHOWD UP AGAIN AT THE CARGO AREA DURING THE FOLLOWING RAIN EVENT. THE SECOND REPAIR ATTEMPT, THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY INSTALLED SOP REAR HATCH WEATHERSTRIP DUE TO DEFORMATION. AGAIN THE LEAK PRESISTED AND THE CARGO AREA WAS FLOODED LATER. THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE KIA DEALER FOUND THAT THE REAR HATCH SEAL WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY CLEANED, RESEALED, AND RECHECKED AND NO LEAK. AGAIN THE LEAK RETURNED AGIN FLOODING THE CARGO AREA. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY FOUND A LEAK IN THE ROOF SEAM, AND CLAIMED THAT THEY CLEANED THE SEAM AND SEALED THE SEAM AND SEALED THE REAR SEAT BOLT HOLES AS THE FOURTH REPAIR. STIL THE LEAK RETURNED. A FIFTH REPAIR BY THE DEALER WAS REPLACING THE REAR HATCH SEAL. STILL THE PROBLEM OF THE LEAK EXISTS SATURATING THE CARGO. IN ADDITION, MOLD STARTED GROWING VISIBLE AROUND THE CUP HOLDERS ON THE SECON AND THIRD ROW OF THE DRIVER SIDE, AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT IN THE AREA WHERE THE BELT SLIDES INTO IT'S COMPARTMENT. I FOUND IN THE LAST TWO MONTH A RUST STAIN IN THE DOME LIGHT COMPATMENT ABOVE THE FRONT SEATS. THE BATTERY DIES WITHIN SHORT PERIOGE OF TIME AS SHORT AS ABOUT 2 HOURS WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE HIGH MOISTURE IN THE VAN CAUSED ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT EXHAUSTED THE BATTERY. COLDER WEATHER OUTSIDE THE VAN TENDS TO FOG THE WINDOWS TO THE POINT OF IMPAIRING VISIBILITY DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE AND CONDENSATION ON THE WINDOWS

2006 KIA SEDONA, SLIDING DOORS KEEP STICKING OR LOCKING SO YOU CAN NOT OPEN THEM, IN COLD WEATHER AND IN WARM WEATHER. AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN DOORS, IF CAR IS DRIVE OR EVEN SETTING AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN DOORS THE DOORS WILL THEN OPEN CAUSING LIGHTS & BELLS TO COME ON. IF DRIVING YOU MAY HAVE TO STOP TO SHUT DOOR, BUT IF CAR IS TURNED OFF AND SITTING, IF THE LIGHTS & BELLS COME ON YOU DO NOT HEAR THE WARNING AND I HAVE HAD MY BATTERY GO BAD. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND NOW BATTERY IS GOING DEAD OVER NIGHT. THIS AUTOMOBLIE IS THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2008 AND HAVE NOT HAD IT 2 YRS AND HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, PUT 4 NEW TIRES ON AS TIRES KEEP LOOSING AIR PRESSURE AND HEAD LIGHTS HAVE BLOWN 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. AS FAR AS THE DOORS STICKING/LOCKING I HAVE REPORTED IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT PUT SOME LUBURCATE AROUND THE DOORS, WLHICH I DO NOT THINK IS THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, IT ACTS MORE LIKE LOCKING OF THE DOORS. IF I WERE TO HAVE A HEADON COLLISION WHERE BOTH FRONT DOORS WERE UNABLE TO OOPEN, AND THE CAR STARTED ON FIRE, NEITHER I NOR ANY PASSENGERSWOULD BE ALBLE TO ESCAPE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT BOUGHT HIS 2006 SEDONA IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DURING THE SUMMER OF 09 AND HIS DO THE SAME THING AND THIS PERSON HAS 3 CHILDREN THAT HE HAS IN HIS CAR. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED LONG AGO. THE DATE THAT I AM INCLUDING BELOW IS GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURED. *TR

AUGUST 12, 2008 AFTER PICKING MY CHILDREN, 8YRS OLD AND 4 YEARS OLD UP FROM THE BABYSITTER BOTH SLIDING DOORS WOULD SHUT AND REOPEN ON THEIR OWN. I WAS ABLE TO GET TO FINALLY GET BOTH DOORS SHUT BY SHUTTING OFF THE ELECTRONICS OF THE DOOR. HOWEVER WHEN I LEFT MY BABYSITTERS AND THE FIRST RIGHT TURN I MADE THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN, WHILE MY SON WAS SITTING THERE. I CALLED KIA IN FORT WAYNE, MY CAR WAS TOWED THE NEXT DAY AND RETURNED TO ME ON THE 13TH WITH THE PASSENGER SIDE CONTROL MODULE REPLACE. THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. ON SEPT. 3, 2008 MY DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR CONTROL MODULE WAS REPLACED. HERE IT IS SEPTEMBER 8, 2008 AND THE DRIVER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR IS DOING THIS AGAIN. I CALLED KIA IN FORT WAYNE AND THEY CAN GET MAR CAR IN ON WEDNESDAY. KIA FORT WAYNE I FEEL HAS DONE EVERYTHING THEY CAN AS FAR AS REPLACING THE PART, BUT THIS DOOR IS COMING OPEN WHILE I'M DRIVING, BECAUSE SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG. I HAVE VIDEO RECORDED THIS DOOR NO LATCHING AT THE TIME IT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 8TH. I HOPE THAT KIA SERIOUSLY LOOKS INTO THIS MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. I WORK IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND CAN HONESTLY I AM DISGUSTED IN HOW KIA IS HANDLING THIS SAFETY ISSUE. IS KIA WAITING FOR A DEATH TO TAKE PLACE? I FOUND 4 OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SAME MAKE/MODEL ON - WWW.MOTORPITS.COM THAT STATES THEY GET THE INFORMATION FROM THIS WEBSITE. *TR

POWER SIDE PASSENGER DOOR OPENS WITHOUT WARNING WHEN IN MOTION. DOES NOT DO THIS ALL THE TIME JUST OUT OF THE BLUE NO WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE DOORS AND AS WELL AS OTHER PROBLEMS. MY MAIN CONCERN IS THE DOORS. I HAVE 3 CHILDREN 3, 7 AND 10 AND USE THE VEHICLE AS LITTLE A POSSIBLE AND NO LONGER TAKE THEIR FRIENDS AS WELL AS OUR DOG IN THIS VEHICLE. I PURCHASED THE KIA SEDONA EX IN JULY 14,2006 AND IT HAS ONLY 15,165.00 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND I DON'T BELIEVE THEY UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF MY PROBLEM. I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE REGARDING SIMILAR COMPLAINTS IN CHAT ROOMS, IS ANYTHING BEING DONE ABOUT THIS ISSUE? I AM CURRENTLY WORKING ON A CASE THROUGH THE LEMON LAW. *TR