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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE AND HEARD A STRANGE NOISE. HE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE AND IT STALLED AT 30 MPH. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BECAME LOOSE AND THE BOLT WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

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

REPEATED PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE. NOT SMALL PROBLEMS. LIFE THREATENING PROBLEMS. WHAT IS THE NHTSA DOING? WHY NOTHING, NO QUESTIONS, NO NOTHING. THOUSANDS UPON THOUSANDS OF CONSUMERS WITH NO HELP FROM THIS PUBLIC AGENCY. WHY? BRAKE PROBLEMS, WIDELY KNOWN. KIA REFUSES TO ADMIT THAT THE BRAKES DON'T WORK ON THEIR VEHICLES, THE ROTORS HAVE TO BE CHANGED EVERY 3 MONTHS. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I HAD MANY NEAR ACCIDENTS THINKING MY BRAKES WERE FINE AND THEN BRINGING MY CAR IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE ROTORS ARE GONE, THE GUYS ARE SAYING YOU ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. NOW AFTER REPEATED REPAIRS, WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON 6/13/14 I WAS ALMOST KILLED WHEN MY CAR NEARLY FLEW OUT OF A HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGE BECAUSE THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT SHEARED OFF CAUSING MY HARMONIC BALANCER TO COME OFF. THE RESULT NO BRAKES, NO STEERING WHILE IN A HIGH RISE PARKING GARAGE. WHAT WILL IT TAKE? SOMEONE NEEDS TO DIE? WHY? WHY NO ENFORCEMENT OF KIA? PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS. WHY WOULDN'T YOU? IF YOU JUST TAKE 5 MINUTES TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET, DON'T SEARCH REALLY HARD, JUST PUT IN KIA SORENTO OR ANY KIA AND YOU WILL SEE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS LIKE THIS. I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THIS AGENCY, THE AGENCY TASKED WITH LOOKING INTO THESE THINGS IS NOT LOOKING INTO THIS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE MADE COMPLAINTS ON YOUR OWN SITE BUT STILL NOTHING. DO THESE COMPANIES HAVE TO FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE USA OR NOT BECAUSE THIS IS A FOREIGN CAR MANUFACTURER. APPARENTLY NOT. AGAIN, THIS HAS HAPPENED REPEATEDLY, I AM AFRAID OF MY CAR. MY GRANDCHILDREN RIDE IN THIS CAR WITH ME. I CANNOT AFFORD ANOTHER REPAIR. IN JANUARY IT WAS A REPAIR OVER 1200.00. I WAS LAID OFF IN MAY AND NOW ANOTHER REPAIR OF AT LEAST 3000.00 TO 4000.00. I HAVE ONLY 53000 MILES ON MY CAR. WHAT WILL IT TAKE NHTSA? IS IT NOT WORTH YOUR ATTENTION YET? HOW MANY LIVES BEFORE IT IS WORTHY OF YOUR ATTENTION? *JS

I WAS DROPPING MY SON OFF AT DAYCARE. I ATTEMPTED TURN LEFT AND MY BATTERY, BRAKE, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. MY STEERING ALSO WENT OUT. I TURNED OFF THE CAR AND TURNED BACK IT ON. CAR WAS FINE UNTIL I TRIED TO TURN, SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND WALKED MY SON THE REST OF THE WAY TO DAYCARE. WHEN I RETURNED I STARTED THE CAR AND HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING SOUND. I DROVE IT LESS THAN A MILE BACK HOME AND OPENED THE HOOD TO SEE WHERE THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM. NONE OF MY BELTS WERE MOVING AND CHECKED MY LIQUIDS AND TOPPED EVERYTHING OFF. STILL NOTHING THEN I NOTICED THE PULLEY WAS WOBBLING. WHILE REMOVING THE RADIATOR FAN TO GET A CLOSER LOOK I REALIZED THE PLASTIC NIPPLE THAT CONNECTS TO THE HOSE HAD BEEN COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED AND BROKEN OFF. I BOUGHT A NEW RADIATOR AND TIGHTENED THE PULLEY BUT THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTED. NOW I'VE LEARNED THE THE CRANK PULLEY BOLT HAS BROKEN AND IS GOING TO COST ME 2000 SOME ODD DOLLARS TO FIX. AFTER READING THE KIA FORUM I SEE THAT HE RADIATOR AND BOLT IS MORE THAN A COMMON ISSUE FOR THE KIA. I'M ON PROBATION PERIOD AT MY JOB AND WILL MOST LIKELY LOSE MY JOB AND MY VEHICLE. I HOPE ENOUGH PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE AND THERE IS SOMETHING BEING DONE TO RESOLVE IT. *JS

25 MINUTE DRIVE TO TOWN. SQUEALING SOUND. PULLED OVER, THE CRANK SHAFT PULLEY WAS SO LOOSE THAT THE BOLT COULD BE HAND TIGHTENED. MECHANIC SAID PIN FELL OUT AND BOLT SHEERED. MAY NEED NEW ENGINE. COULD HAVE DESTROYED THE CRANK SHAFT. ALSO HAVE TRANSMISSION HESITATION, THE 4X4 LOW LIGHT ON DASH GOES ON AND THE TRANSMISSION KICKS IN LOW . HAVE TO SIT AND WAIT FOR IT TO GO OFF. THIS HAPPENS WITH OUT THE BUTTON BEING TURNED ON. THIS KIA ONLY HAS 79,000 HIGHWAY MILES. ITS AMESS. THIS CRANK SHAFT HARMONIC BALANCER SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OFF THE VEHICLE. SOME ONE IS GOING TO DIE OR GET SERIOUSLY INJURED BECAUSE WHEN THIS HAPPENED YOU COULD NOT STEER THE KIA OR USE BRAKES. *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