2017 KIA SEDONA Complaints

THE REAR VIEW CAMERA SETTING ENGAGES WHENEVER THE CAR IS PUT INTO REVERSE. THE DRIVER COMES TO RELY ON THE BACKUP CAMERA. SEVERAL TIMES THE BACKUP CAMERA FAILS TO TURN ON AND CAN NOT BE MANUALLY TURNED ON. I FEEL THAT THERE IS A CORRELATION BETWEEN TURNING THE CAR ON AND PUTTING IT INTO REVERSE QUICKLY HOWEVER I CAN NOT REPRODUCE THIS AT WILL. THIS HAS HAPPENED 10+ TIMES. I HAVE ALSO NOTICED ON SOME BUT NOT ALL OCCASIONS THAT AFTER REVERSING, WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE, SUDDENLY THE BACKUP CAMERA DOES ENGAGE ALTHOUGH I'M NOW DRIVING FORWARD. I'M CONCERNED THAT PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ACCUSTOMED TO USING THE BACKUP CAMERA WILL GET IN A CRASH OR RUN INTO A PERSON WHEN THE BACKUP CAMERA INTERMITTENTLY FAILS.

WHILE USING THE VARIABLE CRUISE CONTROL I WAS FOLLOWING A CAR WHICH WAS TRAVELING 40MPH. I HAD MY VARIABLE CRUISE CONTROL SETTING AT 75MPH AND THE MAXIMUM DISTANCE SETTING. THEREFORE I WAS TRAVELING AT 40MPH. A MOTORCYCLE PASSED ME ON MY RIGHT GOING 50MPH+. AS MY CAR RECOGNIZED THE MOTORCYCLE IN FRONT OF ME IT SLOWED INITIALLY, AND THEN ACCELERATED TO FOLLOW THE MOTORCYCLE. THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED AFTER THE MOTORCYCLE HAD PASSED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. IT SEEMS THAT THE VARIABLE CRUISE CONTROL REMAINED FOCUSED ON THE MOTORCYCLE ALTHOUGH THERE WAS NOW A CAR BETWEEN ME AND THE MOTORCYCLE. THE ACCELERATION CONTINUED AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN ME AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME DECREASED UNTIL I INTERRUPTED THE CRUISE CONTROL AND SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES. THIS SCENARIO HAS OCCURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THIS ALL OCCURRED ON A HIGHWAY IN THE CARPOOL LANE WHILE GOING STRAIGHT.

2017 KIA SEDONA OEM TIRES KUMHO CRUGEN 235/65R17 104H X 4 ALL FACTORY INSTALLED TIRES REPLACED DUE TO VIBRATION/ SAFETY CONCERNS DUE TO BELT SEPARATION IN 2019 WITH 2 WITH LESS THAN 20K REMAINING 2 WITH LESS THAN 30K. REPLACED X 4 WITH IDENTICAL SIZE MAKE AND MODEL. 1/21/2020 EXPERIENCED NON REPAIRABLE TIRE FAILURE DUE TO BELT SEPARATION/ RUPTURE ON TREAD SURFACE. APPROX 40K MILES ON AFFECTED TIRE WITH USABLE TREAD LEFT. TRYING TO FILL OUT THIS FORM TO ENCOMPASS A HISTORY OF 5 TIRE FAILURES FOR BELT SEPARATION OVER AN 18 MONTH PERIOD FOR A LINE OF TIRES PRODUCED OVER THREE YEARS IS CONFUSING, THANKS

THE SIZE DOOR MAKES A GRINDING NOISE AND WILL NOT OPEN SOMETIMES. IT DOES THE SAME WHEN I TRY TO CLOSE IT. ON AVERAGE IT IS ABOUT 50/50 AND I AM CONCERNED THAT #1 IT WILL NOT SHUT ONE DAY WHEN WE NEED TO DRIVE IT, AND #2 SINCE THE DOOR DOES NOT OPEN AND CLOSE PROPERLY WHAT IF IT DOES NOT STOP IF SOMEONE IS IN THE WAY OF IT? THIS OF COURSE HAPPENS WHEN THE VAN IS STATIONARY. THIS HAPPENS OFTEN AND I NOTICED IT FIRST AT ABOUT 40K MILES. THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THIS IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY.

WHILE DRIVING AROUND A CORNER DOING 25 MPH, ON A BACK ROAD THAT WAS DRY, I CORRECTED THE STEERING TO THE LEFT OUT OF THE CURVE AND THE STEERING CONTINUED TO PULL TO THE RIGHT AND WOULD NOT CORRECT. VEHICLE WENT DOWN A 20 FOOT EMBANKMENT AND STRUCK A TREE HEAD ON. THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY IN THE COLLISION AND THE ENGINE DID NOT SHUT OFF. I SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, RESULTING IN 4 MONTHS OF MISSED WORK AND A DOUBLE DISCECTOMY TO REPAIR TWO SEVERELY HERNIATED DISCS. UNTIL MY SURGERY I WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR FROM THESE INJURIES, AS MY SPINAL CORD WAS COMPRESSED BY THE DISCS IN MY NECK. THE KIA SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THE CUSTOMER RELATIONS HOTLINE WILL NOT SPEAK TO ME REGARDING THE SAFETY FEATURES OTHER THAN TO SAY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE AIRBAGS SHOULD DEPLOY FROM A FULL FRONT IMPACT GOING A SPEED OF AT LEAST 25MPH (AS THERE WAS DOWNWARD MOMENTUM AT THAT POINT) HOWEVER THE AUTO BODY REPAIR SHOP THAT OUR INSURANCE COMPANY ASSIGNED US TO SAYS THE AIRBAGS ARE NOT DESIGNED TO DEPLOY IN SUCH AN ACCIDENT. AS I CANNOT GET AN ANSWER FROM KIA AS TO WHETHER THIS HAS MERIT, I AM LEFT DRIVING A VEHICLE THAT I AM UNSURE IS SAFE.

MY HEADLIGHTS HAVE BLOWN 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST 3 MONTHS. IT WAS HAPPEN ON BOTH DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS SIDE 3 TINES EACH. SO I REPLACED A TOTAL OF 6 LIGHT BULBS.

SLIDING DOORS HAVE BEEN MALFUNCTIONING AND OPENING WHILE THE CAR IS IN DRIVE AND MOVING THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR DOES NOT STOP IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE. SLIDING DOORS FAILED TO CLOSE.

TODAY (DECEMBER 1, 2018) AT ABOUT 12:45 PM-MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING IN OUR 2017 KIA SEDONA NORTHBOUND ON INTERSTATE 75 AND SUDDENLY HEARD A LOUD EXPLOSION. I WAS TERRIFIED, THEN HEARD MY CHILDREN START SCREAMING AND CRYING. MY HUSBAND WAS SITTING IN THE PASSENGER SEAT TURNED BACK AND SAW OUR YOUNGEST BABY (SEATED ON THE DRIVER SIDE) COVERED IN SHARDS OF GLASS. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD TO CALM OUR CHILDREN. THERE WERE SHARDS OF GLASS COVERING THE BACK OF THE VAN. WE THEN CALLED KIA AND EXPLAINED THE PROBLEM AND WAS ADVISED THAT "KIA CORPORATE" WOULD NEED TO BE CONTACTED ON MONDAY (12/3/2018) BEFORE ANYTHING COULD BE AUTHORIZED.

KEYLESS PUSH BUTTON ON/OFF BUTTON FAILED TO TURN OFF ON OUR 2017 KIA SEDONA AND THE VEHICLE HAD NO ALARM TO WARN US. OUR HOME FILLED TO TOXIC LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE AND I AM UNDERGOING CONTINUATION OF MEDICAL TREATMENT. OUR HOME FILLED TO A LEVEL OF 190 AND DEATH OCCURS AT 200 PER THE HAZMET TEAM WHO RESCUED US.THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN OUR GARAGE.

THE DRIVER SIDE BACK DOOR DOES NOT STOP IF THERE IS SOMETHING THERE. IT ALMOST CLOSED ON MY SON WHO HAD TO GET OUT OF THE WAY FAST BECAUSE IT CLOSED AND DIDN'T SENSE HE WAS THERE.