2007 Kia Sedona

CONSUMER HAD PROBLEMS WITH TWO LEASED KIA SEDONA AND WITH THE DEALERSHIP. *NJ THE CONSUMER HEARD AN AWFUL RATTLE NOT LONG AFTER HAVING AN OIL CHANGE. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE RESERVOIR AND OIL WAS ALL OVER THE VEHICLE. THE CONSUMER WAS ABLE TO GET TO A REPAIR SHOP AND THE MECHANIC INFORMED HIM THERE WAS NO OIL AND THE FILTER WAS NOT PROPERLY INSTALLED. THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHIMMY AND SHAKE. THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE CABLE, HOWEVER THE SHIMMY AND SHAKE RETURNED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE CONSUMER STATED THE SECOND SEDONA BLEW A FUSE WITHIN THE FIRST MONTH. THEN, TWO MONTHS LATER THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE DEALER REPLACED THE BATTERY AND THIS VEHICLE ALSO RATTLED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED, THE VEHICLE HESITATES AS IF IT WILL STALL. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THEY PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC, WHICH PRODUCED MISFIRE CODE NUMBERS P0305 AND P0300. THE VEHICLE WAS BEEN TO THE DEALER APPROXIMATELY 4 TIMES WITH NO RESOLUTION. IN ADDITION, BOTH SLIDING POWER DOORS WERE UNLOCKING AND SLIDING INTERMITTENTLY ON THEIR OWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 22,560 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 19,582.

THIS IS A BRAND NEW 2007 KIA SEDONA. I WAS MERGING ON A HIGHWAY AND PRESSED THE ACCELERATION PEDAL AS USUAL WHEN I NOTICED IMMEDIATELY THAT THE CAR WAS STUCK ON THE ACCELERATION MODE DESPITE THE FACT MY FOOT WAS NO LONGER ON THE GAS PEDAL. THE CAR WOULD NOT SLOW DOWN OR STOP DESPITE MY FOOT PRESSING FIRMING THEM SLAMMING THE BRAKES. IN FACT THE ENGINE/MOTOR KEPT RACING EVEN THOUGH NOW I WAS SLAMMING ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. ALTHOUGH I COULD NOT LOOK DOWN AT THE DASHBOARD, MY MINIVAN MUST HAVE BEEN GOING OVER 100MPH IN MODERATE TRAFFIC. THIS CONTINUED UNTIL I PASSED ANOTHER EXIT. THE ONLY RESOLUTION WAS TO SHIFT THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL WHICH SLOWED IT DOWN AND THEN I WAS ABLE TO PUT THE CAR INTO A NARROW SHOULDER AND PUT IT IN PARK THEN TURNED THE CAR OFF RIGHT AWAY. MY FAMILY AND I WERE ALMOST KILLED BECAUSE OF THIS VEHICLE FAILURE! *TR

SLIDING DOOR MALFUNCTION. HAD THREE PROBLEMS WITH DOORS NOT COMPLETELY SHUTTING AND REOPENING WHILE IN DRIVE. COULD BE A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR CONSUMER IS UPDATING INFORMATION. *NJ THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE COMPUTER MALFUNCTIONED. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN IN THE SHOP 4 TIMES DUE TO THE POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENING WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE CONSUMER STATED SHE DIDN'T HAVE THE ABILITY TO OVERRIDE THE POWER FUNCTION AS SHE SHOULD. UPDATED 05/13/09.*JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN. THE WARNING INDICATOR CHIMED AFTER THE DOOR OPENED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOUR TIMES FOR THE FAILURE. THE DEALER RESET THE SENSOR AND REPLACED THE LATCH; HOWEVER, THE DOOR CONTINUES TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER TOOK A REPORT, BUT HAS NOT PROVIDED ANY ASSISTANCE. THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THEY WOULD CALL HER BACK. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 400 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 17,000.

I AM AN EMPLOYEE OF KIA MOTORS AMERICA. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE. THE POWER SLIDING DOORS ON 2005-2008 KIA SEDONA MINI VANS OPEN BY THEMSELVES WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. THERE ARE MANY CASES REPORTED TO KIA CUSTOMER RELATIONS DEPARTMENT HOWEVER KIA HAS NOT MADE IT PUBLIC. KIA IS TESTING A FEW UPDATED PARTS TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE. MOST WITHOUT SUCCESS. KIA MOTORS HAS A LOT OF THESE CASES AND MAY BE ATTEMPTING TO COVER IT UP. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS ISSUE GIVEN THE FACT THAT A CHILD MAY FALL OUT OF THE VEHICLE WHILE THE CAR IS IN MOTION. THESE DEFECTIVE POWER SLIDING DOORS CAN OPEN AT ANY SPEEDS, ON THE FREEWAY AT 55 MPH OR DRIVING AROUND TOWN. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS! THIS IS NOT A JOKE OR A SCAM. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE THAT KIA MAY BE TRYING TO COVER UP DUE TO THE COST OF REPAIR AND OR NOT HAVING THE CORRECT COUNTERMEASURE. CUSTOMERS MUST BE WARNED AND THE POWER SLIDING DOORS MUST BE TURNED OFF AND A MANUFACTURE RECALL ISSUE. PLEASE ADDRESS THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. YOU DO NOT WANT TO READ ABOUT A CHILD FALLING OUT OF A SEDONA MINI VAN ON THE FREEWAY. THE VIN THAT I LISTED IS USED JUST TO GET THIS COMPLAINT INTO THE NHTSA HOWEVER ALL SEDONA VANS ARE AFFECTED.

THE ACCELERATOR ON MY MINIVAN WOULD GET STUCK AND NOT RELEASE. I HAD TO THROW THE GEARSHIFT INTO NEUTRAL ONCE TO DISENGAGE IT. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY LOOKED AT IT AND SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. SIMILAR EPISODES HAPPENED AT LEAST THREE OTHER TIMES. THE LASE TIME WAS AS I WAS DRIVING UP MY DRIVEWAY INTO THE GARAGE WITH MY ONE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE VAN. THE ACCELERATOR WOULD NOT RELEASE AND WE CRASHED INTO THE INTERIOR WALL OF MY HOUSE. WE, FORTUNATELY, WERE NOT HURT BUT THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO MY HOUSE AND THE VAN. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT FEELS A LARGE AMOUNT OF VIBRATION IN THE BRAKES AND BRAKE PEDAL WHEN DEPRESSED. THE VIBRATIONS ARE ESPECIALLY NOTICEABLE WHEN TRAVELING DOWNHILL. THE DEALER MACHINED THE ROTORS IN AUGUST AND DECEMBER OF 2007, AND ALSO ON FEBRUARY 21, 2008. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 10,600 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 4,600. UPDATED 03/10/08. *LJ

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AND BECAME STUCK AT APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH. THE CONTACT PLACED BOTH FEET ON THE BRAKE PEDAL IN AN ATTEMPT TO STOP THE VEHICLE, BUT NOTHING HAPPENED. SHE THEN PROCEEDED TO KICK THE SIDE OF THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL FOR APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE BEFORE THE PEDAL RELEASED. THERE WAS NO CRASH. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED AND CONFIRMED THAT THE PEDAL STICKS AND WILL REPLACE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE PEDAL IS CURRENTLY ON ORDER. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 3,434 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,300. UPDATED 3/11/08 *CN THE CONSUMER STATED THIS DEFECT HAPPENED TWICE. UPDATED 03/11/08 *TR