2008 Kia Sedona

MY 2008 KIA SEDONA (STILL UNDER WARRANTY SINCE PURCHASED IN JANUARY 2009) CONTINUES TO HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENING AND CLOSING. SOMETIMES THE DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN/CLOSE ENTIRELY, WOULD STOP AS IT OPEN/CLOSES, OR WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL ELECTRONICALLY, ONLY MANUALLY. KIA SERVICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY DILIGENT IN ATTEMPTING TO FIX THE ISSUE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE FIRST OCCASION, THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT COULD NOT REPLICATE THE ISSUE. I WENT TO PICK THE VEHICLE UP AND RIGHT AWAY WAS ABLE TO SHOW THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT THE ISSUE. THEY WITNESSED THE ISSUE AND ORDERED A REPLACEMENT PART OF WHICH DEALERSHIP REPLACED. APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH LATER, THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME DOOR SURFACED AGAIN. THIS SECOND TIME THE DEALERSHIP KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR ONE WEEK (MONDAY ' FRIDAY, 9/23-9/27/2013) AND REPLACED TWO MORE PARTS ON THE DOOR. THE ISSUE STILL REMAINS AFTER THREE COMPONENT REPLACEMENTS/REPAIRS. FURTHERMORE, THE INSIDE WALL/CASING FROM PREVIOUS WORK ON THE DRIVER SLIDING DOOR IS NOW COMING APART AND NEEDS TO BE FIXED. ADDITIONALLY, THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR SHOWED ONE SYMPTOM OF THE SAME ISSUE AS THE DRIVER SLIDING DOOR WITH OPENING AND CLOSING AS WELL AS VERY DIFFICULT TO OPEN WHEN THE PWR IS TURNED OFF IN THE OVERHEAD CONSOLE (MORE DIFFICULT THAN USUAL). THEREFORE THERE IS CONCERN THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR IS GOING TO START EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUE AS THE DRIVER SLIDING DOOR. I HAVE CONTACTED KIA CUSTOMER ASSISTANCE CENTER REQUESTING KIA FIX THE ISSUE TO 100% OPERATIONAL AND WARRANTY THE WORK/PARTS PAST THE ORIGINAL VEHICLE WARRANTY PERIOD AT NO COST TO ME. THIS ISSUE IS NOT ISOLATED AS THE NATIONAL HIGHWAY TRAFFIC SAFETY ADMINISTRATION (NHTSA) ' HTTP://WWW.SAFERCAR.GOV HAS RECORD OF AT LEAST 7 CASES FOR KIA SEDONA 2008 VEHICLES EXPERIENCING IDENTICAL OR SIMILAR ISSUES WITH SLIDING DOORS JUST LIKE MY VEHICLE. *TR

I REPLACED A BLOWN 10 AMP FUSE ON A DEALER INSTALLED TRAILER WIRING HARNESS ADAPTER. 15-20 MINUTES LATER I NOTICED A FIRE COMING FROM DRIVER'S SIDE REAR LIGHT ASSEMBLY. REMOVED FUSE, REMOVED LIGHTING ASSEMBLY, PUT OUT FIRE. IN LOOKING AT DAMAGE, TRAILER HARNESS ADAPTER WAS MELTED ALONG WITH SEVERAL WIRES ATTACHED TO IT. FOAM BUMPER PADDING CAUGHT FIRE AND WAS MELTED. NO VISIBLE BODY DAMAGE. *TR

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

IT STARTED WITH THE FUSES FOR THE POWER PLUG IN THE FRONT BLEW SEVERAL TIMES AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. ABOUT 2 MONTHS AFTER THAT THE TURN SIGNAL BULB KEPT GOING OUT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE, WE THOUGHT AT FIRST THAT THE BULB KEPT BLOWING OUT. THIS KEPT HAPPENING EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS UNTIL ABOUT 10 MONTHS AGO NOW EVERY COUPLE OF WEEKS THE BULB BLOWS AGAIN AND WE HAVE TO KEEP BUYING BULBS AND PAYING TO HAVE THEM REPLACED. ONE OF THE PEOPLE WHO INSPECTED OUR CAR THIS MONTH WAS GOING TO REPLACE ANOTHER BULB BUT HE TOLD US THAT AS SOON AS HE TOUCHED THE BULB IT STARTED WORKING AGAIN. THAT THERE MUST BE A SHORT OF SOME KIND BUT HE PASSED THE INSPECTION SINCE THE BULB WORKED NOW. AFTER THAT WE KEPT NOTICING THAT EVERY TIME WE WENT OUT AND IT STARTED TO GET DARK WE DIDN'T HAVE OUR HEADLIGHTS ON, WE DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING ABOUT IT THE FIRST TIME BECAUSE IT WAS RIGHT AFTER THE INSPECTION AND ASSUMED THE INSPECTOR HAD TURNED THEM OFF. BUT IT HAS KEPT HAPPENING IT HAS NOW HAPPENED AT LEAST 5 DIFFERENT TIMES AND I KNOW I DIDN'T CUT THEM OFF AND I AM THE ONLY ONE DRIVING THE CAR. I HAVE ALSO IN THE LAST 6 MONTHS HAD THE MOTOR TO THE FLUID DISPENSER FOR THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS STOP WORKING IT WORKED ONE DAY AND THE NEXT I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO CLEAN THE WINDSHIELD AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I HAVE SEEN DOZENS OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND WORSE WITH THEIR KIA SEDONAS KIA NEEDS TO FIX ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS OR REPLACE THE CARS. *TR

WENT WITH MY FAMILY TO DINNER AND VEHICLE WORKED FINE AS USUAL. WHEN WE GOT BACK INTO THE VEHICLE AFTER DINNER AND I STARTED IT, I NOTICED THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON, THE A/C WAS ON FULL BLAST AND INTERIOR LIGHTS STOPPED WORKING. TURNED VEHICLE OFF, WAITED A MINUTE AND TRIED AGAIN WITH SAME RESULTS. WENT HOME, DISCONNECTED THE BATTERY TERMINALS, WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND RECONNECTED THEM AND STILL THE PROBLEM. HAVE LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND NOTICED OTHER OWNERS WITH SAME PROBLEM AND NO SOLUTION. *TR

AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE DO NOT WORK PROPERLY. AT TIMES THEY DO NOT OPEN USING THE BACK SEAT BUTTON AND/OR USING THE CONSOLE BUTTON. AT OTHER TIMES THE DOORS DO NOT LOCK INTO PLACE AND CAUSED THE OPEN DOOR ALARM TO SOUND. IN ADDITION, THE PLASTIC CASING ON THE WIRES IN THE DOOR CRACKED AND THE WIRES WERE DAMAGED DURING NORMAL OPENING/CLOSING OF THE DOORS. BOTH THE WIRING AND THE CASING HAD TO BE REPLACED ON BOTH DOORS WITH NO COVERAGE BY KIA. *TR

THE POWER SLIDING DOOR ON THIS VEHICLE HAS FAILED TO OPERATE, THUS SLAMMING SHUT AND ALMOST CRUSHING MY DAUGHTERS HAND IN THE DOOR. THIS CAR HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO BE FIXED AT LEAST 7 TIMES, AND IT STILL FAILS TO OPERATE AS IT SHOULD. THEY CLAIMED TO HAVE FIXED IT, BUT THE PROBLEM CONTINUES. NOW I AM OUT OF WARRANTY AND BASICALLY STUCK WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

PURCHASED A 2008 KIA SEDONA USED WITH A 3YR 36K EXTENDED WARRANTY. ON THE WAY HOME I TESTED TO SEE IF THE CIG LIGHTER WORKED IN THE DASH. THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THE INTERIOR LIGHTS NO LONGER WORK. ALSO THE A/C FAN IN THE CABIN IS NOW STUCK ON HIGH WHEN IN USE. THIS IS AN ANNOYANCE HOWEVER THE MAJOR CONCERN IS THE AIR BAGS WILL NOW NOT FUNCTION. AFTER EXTENSIVE ONLINE RESEARCH THIS IS MORE THAN A COMMON OCCURRENCE. KIA SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL EVERY ELECTRICALLY FAULTY VEHICLE THEY PUT OUT. THE ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WHICH ARE NUMEROUS ALWAYS SEEM TO DISABLE THE AIR BAGS AND CAUSE OTHER ISSUES. THIS IS NOT SAFE AND IS A HAZARD TO THE PUBLIC. *TR

WHILE DRIVING FROM THE BABYSITTER TO MY HOUSE ON 07/19/2011 MY CAR SHUT DOWN WHILE I WAS TURNING IN A BUSY INTERSECTION. I WAS ALONE WITH MY KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD WHILE CARS TRY TO GO AROUND ME AFTER 3 MINUTES MY CAR TURNED BACK ON WHEN I GOT HOME MY STEREO SHUT DOWN AND ENGINE STARTED MAKING NOSE. I CALLED THE DEALER SPOKE TO A SALES PERSON WHO WANTED ME TO COME IN FOR A TRADE IN, SPOKE TO JEFF FROM THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND HE WILL CALL ME BACK TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME IN. THIS IS NOT THE FIST TIME I HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VAN STEREO IT'S BEEN CHANGED BEFORE, DOOR HANDLES AND OTHER MISCELLANIES WORK HAVE BEEN DONE, THE GRIP FROM THE BACK DOOR IS COMING OFF. *KB

IN 18 MONTHS MY 2008 KIA SEDONA HAS CONTINUOUS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, WITH THIS COMPLAINT FOCUSING ON THE FACT MY VEHICLE HAS BLOWN THE 200 AMP MAIN FUSE 4 TIMES IN 18 MONTHS, INCLUDING WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE 2 OF THE 4 TIMES, CAUSING COMPLETE LOSS OF POWER AND A SAFETY ISSUE AS BOTH TIMES IT HAPPEN WHILE HIGHWAY DRIVING, WITH THE DEALER NOT BEING TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM EACH AND EVERY TIME. THEY REPLACE THE FUSE, RUN TESTS, AND GIVE THE CAR BACK, AT WHICH POINT ANYWHERE FROM 10 DAYS TO 6 MONTHS THE FUSE BLOWS AGAIN. NOTE THIS SAME VEHICLE WAS IN AND OUT OF THE DEALER REPAIR FOR A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEY WERE UNABLE TO TURN OFF FOR MORE THAN 48 HOURS AT A TIME (COMPUTER RESET) FOR 9 MONTHS WHICH I SUED UNDER LEMON LAW FOR. *TR