2006 Kia Sorento

I HAVE A 2006 KIA SORENTO. MY 16 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING HER BROTHERS TO PRACTICE AND THE CAR TOTALLY LOCKED UP, THE ENGINE FAILED, SHE HAD LOSS OF THE POWER STEERING, LOSS OF THE COOLING SYSTEM, ALL TOGETHER LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE WHILE SHE WAS DRIVING AND FORTUNATELY, FOR US, SHE WAS ABLE TO GET IT OFF THE ROAD SAFELY. THIS WAS AN EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS CONDITION NOT ONLY TO HER AND HER BROTHERS BUT TO OTHER DRIVERS ON THE ROAD AND THAT WERE AROUND. WE HAD THE CAR TOWED TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE BOLT SHEARED OFF IN THE ENGINE AND HE COULD NOT GET TO IT AND THE WHOLE ENGINE WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. HE SUGGESTED WE TOW IT TO THE LOCAL KIA MECHANICS. AFTER HAVING IT TOWED TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP, IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT BOLT SHEARED OFF CAUSING DAMAGE. I WAS FURTHER TOLD THIS HAS BEEN A RECURRING ISSUE WITH KIA SORENTOS AND THERE WAS EVEN A RECALL ON THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP TELLS ME MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. I AM AT A COMPLETE LOSS AS TO HOW THIS IS AN ON GOING DOCUMENTED PROBLEM WITH THE BOLT IN MODELS JUST PRIOR TO MY SORENTO BEING RECALLED AND THE SAME ISSUE EXISTING IN MY VEHICLE AND IT IS NOT INCLUDED WHEN IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT THE PROBLEM IS THE SAME. NOT ONLY DID THEY PUT MY CHILDREN IN A DANGEROUS SITUATION BY NOT DISCLOSING OR PROVIDING SOME SOLUTION TO A PROBLEM THAT THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF AND IS DOCUMENTED, THEY HAVE NOW CAUSED EXTREME DISTRESS. THERE IS A FLAW IN THE MANUFACTURING OF THEIR VEHICLES AND AN OBVIOUS BREAKDOWN IN THEIR RECALL PROCESS AND AS A RESULT THEIR CUSTOMERS ARE SUFFERING! THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE THAT SHOULD BE RESOLVED QUICKLY. THANK GOODNESS NO ONE WAS HURT, THIS TIME! THESE ARE PEOPLE'S LIVES THAT THEY ARE PUTTING AT RISK DAILY! *TR

VEHICLE'S BATTERY, BRAKE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS CAME ON WHILE PARKED AT HOME, OPENED HOOD, NOTICED BELT WAS SLIPPING, AND CRANKSHAFT PULLEY WAS SPINNING ALMOST FREE. CONTACTED MECHANIC WHO PERFORMED MOST RECENT MAINTENANCE, HE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR WORK UNDER ASSUMPTION WAS FAULTY. PROBLEM REOCCURRED 3 MONTHS LATER, MECHANIC NOW CONVINCED HE IS NOT THE CAUSE OF THIS. RESEARCH SHOWS COMMON ISSUE WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL. CRANKSHAFT BOLT APPEARS TO BREAK FREE OF PULLEY. WILL REQUIRE ENGINE BLOCK DISASSEMBLY TO DETERMINE IF CRANKSHAFT HAS BEEN DAMAGED. *TR

WITH ONLY 46000 MILES, I HEARD A SOUND, AND LIKE EVERYONE ELSE WHO HAS POSTED THIS PROBLEM, NO POWER STEERING, EVERYTHING LITE UP ON DASH PANEL. THE CRANK SHAFT PULLEY BOLT WAS BROKEN. I WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO A MECHANIC, HE REPLACED THE BOLT. THEN 3 DAYS AGO, THE SAME THING!!! I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BREAK LIGHTS BURNING OUT AT LEAST EVERY 3 MONTHS-CLOCK CHANGES TIME. THREE YEARS AGO THE AIR CONDITION FAILED, AFTER MUCH DEBATE, KIA FIXED IT. HOW CAN THIS NOT BE A RECALL?! IF I CAN GET THIS FIXED-NEVER WILL I BUY OR RECOMMEND A KIA OF ANY KIND!!!!! *TR

THE SAME THING HAS HAPPENED THREE TIMES NOW. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BRAKE LIGHTS COME ON, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AND NOW YOU HAVE NO POWER STEERING. WHEN POPPING YOUR HOOD, YOU FIND THE TWO OF THE THREE BELTS HAVE COME OFF AND THE CAM STABILIZER PULLEY HAS EITHER BROKE OFF AND THE CAR IS NO LONGER RUNNING OR IS WOBBLING AND ABOUT TO DETACH FROM THE ENGINE. WHAT HAS HAPPENED IS THE PIN HAS BROKE AND THE BOLT HAS BROKE OR IS ABOUT TO BREAK. THIS LAST TIME THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED, I WAS 80 MILES AWAY FROM HOME AND BY THE GRACE OF GOD MADE IT HOME WITH MY MOM AND CHILD RIDING PASSENGER IN THE CAR WITH ME. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND WILL END UP CAUSING A WRECK AND POSSIBLY DEATH. *TR

AFTER DOING PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE REPLACING TIMING BELT AT 60K THE DRIVE PULLEY BOLT LOOSENED (AFTER THREE HOURS OF DRIVING) AND THE DRIVE PULLEY POPPED OFF THE SHEAR PIN, LOOSING CONTROL TO THE STEERING, BREAKS THAT ARE RUN BY THE SERPENTINE BELT . MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO RECONNECT DRIVE PULLEY, PIN AND BOLT TO CRANK SHAFT. FIVE MONTHS LATER THE SAME HAPPEN. KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE IS NOT RETURNING CALLS. KIA DEALER SAY'S NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. MY VEHICLE WAS NOT ONE OF THE ONES ON THE DRIVE BOLT RECALL. THE INTERNET IS FULL OF PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS SPENDING THOUSANDS TO REPAIR. *TR

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET IN MY KIA SORENTO 2006 WHEN I HEARD A LOUD BANG. ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED TO BREAK DOWN. THE POWER STEERING WENT OUT, FOLLOWED BY MY BRAKES AND FINALLY, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AS THE REST OF THE CAR STARTED TO FALL APART ON THE ROAD. THE CAR COMPLETELY DIED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTERSECTION. MY CAR WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL BP WHERE AFTER INSPECTION I WAS INFORMED THAT MY ENGINE CRANK BOLT HAD BLOWN OFF, DESTROYING MY CRANK SHAFT, PISTONS, BELTS, ETC. MY ENGINE IS RUINED AND CANNOT BE FIXED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT HAD SEIZED IN THE CRANKSHAFT AND HAD BROKEN. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE CONSUMER STATED AS HER DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, AND THERE WAS A HORRIBLE NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE NEAREST SERVICE CENTER, ONE MILE DOWN THE ROAD FROM HER HOME, BUT THE VEHICLE BECAME MORE DIFFICULT TO STEER AND WHEN HER DAUGHTER PULLED IN THE PARKING LOT, SHE COULD NO LONGER STEER THE VEHICLE AND ALL OF THE INSTRUMENT PANELS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE MECHANIC STATED THE REPAIR WOULD REQUIRE THE ENGINE BEING PULLED AND TO REPAIR OR REPLACE THE CRANKSHAFT OR REPLACE THE ENGINE ENTIRELY. EITHER WAY, IT WOULD BE COSTLY. UPDATED 05/19/14 UPDATED 06/10/14*LJ UPDATED 06/13/2014 *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORRENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, SHE HEARD A LOUD BANGING AS THE POWER STEERING AND BRAKES FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A CERTIFIED MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE HARMONIC BALANCER WAS FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED A FEW MONTHS LATER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 56,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I GOT THIS CAR ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND 3 DAYS AFTER THE PURCHASE I COULD SMELL THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IT WAS EXTREMELY STRONG, THEN A RUMBLE SOUND UNDER THE CAR FROM THE EXHAUST. A DAY LATER I WAS DRIVING TO WORK AND THE A/C COMPRESSOR STARTED SQUEALING EXTREMELY LOUD AND THERE WAS A TICKING SOUND. TOOK IT TO THE AUTO DEALER I GOT IT FROM AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE COMPRESSOR BELT, DEALER REPLACED BELT AND THERE IS STILL A NOISE OF TICKING AND A FAINT SCREECHING NOISE.. THEY ALSO SAID THEY FIXED THE EXHAUST BUT I AM STILL HAVING ISSUES WITH THE SMELL . THIS WEEKEND I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND I WAS AT 65 MPH, THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND THE ENGINE BOGGED DOWN AND SOUNDED LIKE IT DIED AND CAME BACK ON. I MADE IT HOME WITHOUT ANYMORE PROBLEMS. TODAY I WAS DRIVING 40 MPH AND THE ENGINE MADE A NOISE AND THE CAR BOGGED AGAIN. I WAS STOPPED AT A LIGHT AND GOT UP TO 40 MPH AGAIN AND THE ENGINE DID THE SAME THING. THIS IS GOING TO CAUSE SERIOUS INJURIES TO SOMEBODY. MY CAR IS GOING INTO THE SHOP THURSDAY BUT AFTER READING ALL THE REVIEWS IT LOOKS LIKE I JUST WASTED ALL THIS MONEY ON A PIECE OF JUNK. SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEBODY GETS KILLED. I'LL CONTACT HELP ME HANK AS WELL . *TR