2005 Kia Sorento

THIS IS CONCERNING MY 2005 KIA SORENTO THAT I NEVER GOT THE RECALL LETTER FOR THE ICV SENSOR, IT JUST SO HAPPEN THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I CALLED THEM COMPLAINING AND THEY MADE IT SEEM AS IF THEY WERE DOING ME A FAVOR AND SAID BRING IT IN, IT IS COVERED AND I DISCOVERED ON THE COMPUTER THAT THERE WAS A RECALL. I THEN HAD TWO HEADLIGHTS BLOW OUT AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS BACK ON AND THEY TOLD ME TO BRING IT IN AND THEN SAID THAT IT WAS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE BUT IT WAS COVERED. MY CAR LATER WOULD NOT PICK UP SPEED AND I CALLED THEM AND TOLD THEM I COULD BE ON THE HIGHWAY ACCELERATING AND COULD NOT PICK UP SPEED , THE SUV WAS RETURNED FOR THE THROTTLE SENSOR. NOT MORE THAN A MONTH LATER MY SUV IS SLUGGISH AND NOT PICKING UP SPEED AGAIN AND THEY SAY BRING IT IN AND TELLS ME IT IS NOT THE SAME THING BUT THIS TIME IT IS A SENSOR IN THE GAS TANK THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED AND IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY ONE PERSON QUOTES ME $395.00 ANOTHER QUOTES $595.00 (I WILL BE WRITING THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU AFTER THIS). I JUST FEEL THAT THERE HAS BEEN SO MUCH GOING ON WITH 2005 KIAS SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET SERIOUSLY HURT IF THESE ISSUES ARE NOT LOOKED INTO. IT SHOULD NOT TAKE A LIFE OR MAJOR ACCIDENT FOR THESE ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED. A TRUCK OR TRAILER COULD HAVE HIT ME SEVERAL TIMES WHILE I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND COULD NOT PICK UP SPEED. I FEEL THAT RIGHT NOW THEY ARE PREYING ON DEFECTS THAT IS DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER AND PASSING THE COST ON TO CONSUMERS WHO HAVE PURCHASED THESE VEHICLES. I PURCHASED MY CAR IN 2006 WITH ONLY 115 MILES ON IT AND IT HAS GIVEN ME NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS. KIA IS BEING ALLOWED TO GET AWAY WITH THESE TACTICS BECAUSE NO ONE IS LOOKING OVER THEM BECAUSE SADLY THOSE WHO ARE PURCHASING THESE VEHICLES WITH PROBLEMS DO NOT KNOW WHERE OR WHO TO TURN TO FOR HELP ON THEM BEING CHEATED AND MISTREATED AT THE DEALERSHIPS. I PRAY THAT THIS MATTER GET THE LONG AWAITED ATTENTION IT DESERVES BEFORE SOMEONE IS SERIOUSLY HURT. *TR

MY KIA SORENTO HAS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS THAT CAUSE THE INTERIOR DASH AND DOOM LIGHTS TO BLINK OFF AND ON. THIS HAS BEEN HAPPENING FOR THE LAST FOURTEEN MONTHS. THE DASH LIGHTS STAY OFF MOST OF THE TIME NOW, MAKING IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MONITOR MY INSTRUMENT PANEL AT NIGHT. I HAVE ALSO HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHT A TOTAL OF SIX TIMES OVER THE LAST TWO PLUS YEARS. THERE IS ALSO A PROBLEM WITH THE HEAT. THE HOT AIR TURNS COLD ANYTIME THE VEHICLE COMES TO A STOP, MAKING IT NECESSARY FOR ME TO REV THE ENGINE TO STAY WARM. THIS MAKES A GAS GUZZLER EVEN MORE WASTEFUL IN COLD WEATHER. I CAN GET NO DEFINITIVE ANSWERS FROM THE DEALERSHIP FOR THESE PROBLEMS. I'M NOT AN ADVOCATE OF A LOT OF GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION, BUT SOMEONE WITH AUTHORITY NEED TO STEP IN AND REQUIRE KIA TO PROVIDE A ROOT CAUSE SOLUTION TO THESE ISSUES. *TR

OUR 2005 KIA SORENTO HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR OVER 185 DAYS DUE TO FRONT,REAR,BRAKE AND RUNNING LIGHT ISSUE. THE BRAKE LIGHTS GO OUT EVERY TWO OR THREE WEEKS AND THE OTHER ON A MONTHLY BASIS. THE THROTTLE CONTROL ALONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND RADIO HAVE BEEN REPAIRED AT LEAST FIVE TIMES EACH AND GOOD MOTOR COMPANY OF ROCKHILL SOUTH CAROLINA CANT SEEM TO FIND ANYTHING THAT WOULD CAUSE THE PROBLEM. KIA MOTORS IS NO HELP AND CANT SEEM TO PUT TWO AND TWO TOGETHER TO SEE THE OTHER 20 COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I'M STUCK WITH A 10 YEAR WARRANTY ON A LEMON. *TR

WE HAD ISSUES FROM THE BEGINNING WITH A FIRE IN THE CENTER CONSOLE OF OUR PRE-OWNED KIA. THEN WE NOTICED THE LIGHT FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAGS WAS INTERMITTENT ON PICKING UP WHETHER THERE WAS A PASSENGER IN THE SEAT. OUR CLOCK WOULD GO IN AND OUT ON THE LIGHTING ESPECIALLY OVER BUMPS. THEN WE WERE REAR ENDED ON THE HIGHWAY. NO AIR BAGS WENT OFF. THE SEAT BELT DID NOT ENGAGE AND HOLD EITHER ME OR MY HUSBAND BACK. THEN WHEN I FELL BACK AGAINST THE SEAT THE SEAT DID NOT STAY IN PLACE AND I FELL BACKWARDS. I WENT TO THE HOSPITAL FOR MUSCLE SPASMS. THE VEHICLE IS BEING REPAIRED FOR THE PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND THEN WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP. *NM

DT: 2005 KIA SORENTO. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYED ON. THEY HAVE REPLACED THE SEAT, T AND SENT THE SEAT OFF TO HAVE THE SENSOR REPLACED. THE DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE THEY COULD DO. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THIS HAPPENED TWICE IN ONE DAY. THE VEHICLE WILL RESTART AFTER WAITING A WHILE. ALSO, THE CLOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED TWICE. *AK

DT: THE CONSUMER OWNS A 2005 KIA SORENTO. THE CONSUMER COULD NOT GET THE KEYS OUT OF VEHICLE. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED. THE DOORS TO HIS VEHICLE WILL NOT LOCK WITH THE KEYS IN THE IGNITION. THE KEY WAS LOCKED IN THE IGNITION. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN AFTER DRIVING IN EXTREME HEAT. 11/15/2005 *JB

THE CLOCK DID NOT WORK PROPERLY, THERE WAS A NOISE WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS COLD OR STARTING COLD WHILE TURNING RIGHT OR BACKING AND PULLING FORWARD AND A SHUDDER FEELING WAS IN THE BRAKE PEDAL. THERE WAS A SUPPOSED SERVICE BULLETIN IN REFERENCE TO THE ABS/BRAKE PEDAL. ON FOUR OCCASIONS, THE PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR DASH LIGHT DID NOT ENGAGE PROPERLY WITH THREE DIFFERENT PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT HEIGHT A WEIGHT, THE POWER STEERING FAILED, THE DASH DISPLAY FAILED TO LIGHT UP WHEN THE PASSENGERS DID NOT HAVE THEIR SEAT BELTS ON, NOISE IN THE STEERING HAD WORSENED SINCE THE POWER STEERING PUMP REPLACEMENT, THERE WAS A WHINING AND OR WHISTLING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT BRAKES ON THE RIGHT SIDE OR IN THE AXLE AS THE WHEEL WAS BEING TURNED, AND THE POWER STEERING FAILED AGAIN. *SC