2007 KIA SEDONA Complaints

I HAVE CONCERNS OF SAFETY CONCERNS ON SEAT BELTS AND ELECTRICAL WIRING 1.THE SEAT BELT SHOULDER STRAP AND THAT IS IT DOESN'T RETRACT BACK TO ITS RETRACTABLE POSITION. IT SEEMS TO BE SEIZING UP. IT HAS BEEN LUBRICATED A NUMBER OF TIMES BUT KEEPS RETURNING. LAP BELT WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AND THIS ONE IS DOING THE SAME THING. MY CONCERN IS THAT IF THE SHOULDER BELT DOES SEIZE THEN HOW THE FORWARD FORCES WILL ALLOW THE LOCK MECHANISM TO ENGAGE ITSELF TO STOP YOUR BODY FROM BEING EXERTED FORWARD. 2.THE WIRING I HAVE FOUND THAT ONE OF THE CIGARETTE LIGHT POWER OUTLETS HAS UNDER THE PROPER GAUGE OF WIRE FOR THE AMPERAGE THAT WILL COVER THE DEMAND. ONE OF THINGS I HAVE OBSERVED IS THAT CHECKING OUT THE OUTLET THE WIRES THAT POWER THE OUTLET IS 22 GAUGES WHICH ARE RATED FOR LESS THEN 1 AMP DRAW. THE COOLER THAT I AM USING REQUIRES AN ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT 3 AMPS AND NEEDS TO BE RATED FOR 15 AMPS. WHAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IS THE WIRES BEHIND THE PANELS ARE WARMING UP, THIS IS THE WIRE THE MANUFACTURER USES HEATS UP AND IT COULD LEAD TO A FIRE BEHIND THE PANEL. THE HEAD OFFICE OF THIS VEHICLE HAS NO INFORMATION TO KNOW IF THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE ABOVE CONCERNS AND FEEL THIS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE THERE IS A DEATH BECAUSE THESE ARE NOT PROPER ITEMS INSTALLED. *TR

SUB FRAME BUSHINGS ON MY 2007 KIA SEDONA ,ARE ACCORDING TO MY KIA DEALERSHIP "TOAST". NOISE STARTED AT 70000 MILES. THEY ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY. THIS IS WAY TO EARLY FOR THIS TYPE OF BUSHING TO FAIL, UNDER VERY AVERAGE DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL FIX. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH AND TRYING TO SLOW DOWN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO THRUST THE VEHICLE INTO NEUTRAL AND THE RPMS KEPT INCREASING. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED AT LEAST THREE TIMES AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO STATED THAT IF THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE, THEY COULD NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 44,609.

SUBFRAME BUSHINGS AROUND THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION HAVE GONE BAD AND MY WARRANTY WAS UP AT 60,000. I HAVE HAD OTHER CARS LONGER WITHOUT THIS PROBLEM. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR ALMOST 3 YEARS. I HAVE READ OTHER REVIEWS OF THIS PROBLEM WITH KIA SEDONA'S SUBFRAME AND WAS WONDERING IF THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. IT IS CURRENTLY AT THE SERVICE STATION AND THE MECHANIC HAS TOLD ME AT NO POINT THEY WOULD HAVE NOT CHECKED THIS FOR ANY SERVICE, ONLY IF WE MADE THEM AWARE OF THE PROBLEM.

REAR LIFTGATE LOCK FAILURE . LOCK WILL NOT ENGAGE . HAVE TRIED SLAMMING WITH NO RESULTS CURRENTLY BEING HELD CLOSED WITH A TIE DOWN. GATE COULD LIFT IF I HIT A BUMP OR COULD COME OPEN IN A ACCIDENT . *TR

2007 KIA SEDONA. ATTORNEY WRITES ON BEHALF OF CONSUMERS REGARDING SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER WAS DRIVING, WHEN SUDDENLY THE VEHICLE LOST ALL POWER AND DANGEROUSLY DROPPED DOWN FROM THE POSTED SPEED OF 60 MPH TO 10 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. ELEVEN DAYS LATER, THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. THE REPAIR CONSISTED OF REPLACING THE OXYGEN SENSOR, ALTHOUGH THE TECHNICIAN COULDN'T EXPLAIN WHY IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. AS THE CONSUMER WAS RETURNING HOME, THE LOSS OF POWER OCCURRED AGAIN AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER THEN STATED THE PROBLEM WAS WITH THE FUEL PUMP, SO THAT WAS REPLACED. ON JULY 31, 2009 THE CONSUMER RETRIEVED THE VEHICLE FROM THE DEALER AND THREE HOURS LATER, THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN. THE DEALER KEPT THE VEHICLE FOR TEN DAYS. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN FOR A WEEK WITH NO PROBLEMS. HOWEVER, WHEN THE CONSUMER ATTEMPTED TO PASS A TRUCK, THE LOSS OF POWER RETURNED. THE VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY SLOWED DOWN FROM 60 MPH TO 20 MPH. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE DEALER AND ON SEPTEMBER 1, 2009 THE DEALER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD BAD GASOLINE AND THEREFORE REPLACED THE FUEL PUMP AND FILTER. THE CONSUMER KEPT THE OLD FUEL PUMP AND FILTER AND HAD IT TESTED, WHICH WAS LATER DETERMINED THERE WAS NO SIGN OF BAD GASOLINE. INSTEAD, THE LABORATORY INDICATED THE FILTER WAS CLOGGED WITH AN UNKNOWN CLAY SUBSTANCE. NEARLY A YEAR HAD PASSED WITH NO INCIDENT. THEN, ONCE AGAIN WHILE DRIVING ON AUGUST 20,2010, THE VEHICLE BEGAN EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM OF SUDDENLY LOSING ALL POWER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DIFFERENT DEALER. THEY REPLACED THE THROTTLE SENSORS AND UPGRADED THE COMPUTER. HOWEVER, AN HOUR AFTER PICKING UP THE VEHICLE, THE PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE OLD DEALER AND WHEN THEY REMOVED THE FUEL FILTER, THEY DISCOVERED IT WAS CLOGGED WITH A FOREIGN COLORED MATERIAL THAT LOOKED THE SAME AS BEFORE. THE CONSUMER HAD TO PAY FOR ANOTHER FUEL FILTER AND THE DEALER COULD NOT EXPLAIN WHY IT CONTINUED TO HAPPEN. *JB

ONLY OWNER OF 2007 KIA SEDONA, I WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DRIVER WHILE DRIVING THAT MY BRAKE LIGHTS DID NOT WORK. I HAD NOTICED THAT THE "ESC" LIGHT WAS ON MY DASH AND DID NOT GO OUT. I CALLED KIA MOTORS TO INFORM THEM OF THIS AFTER I SAW ONLINE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL AND THEY ADVISED THAT MY VEHICLE WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE RECALL AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. I DID AND IT WAS THE SAME FAULTY BRAKE SWITCH THAT WAS ON THE RECALL BUT SINCE KIA SAID MY UNIT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL I HAVE TO PAY FOR THE PART AND REPAIR BY THE DEALER. I REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FROM KIA MOTORS IN GOOD FAITH AS WHAT HAPPENED TO MY VEHICLE WAS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO OWNERS IN THE RECALL BUT THEY DENIED MY GOOD FAITH REQUEST. *TR

2007 KIA SEDONA [XXX]NORMAL VEHICLE USAGE. WHILE DRIVING THE PASSENGER SIDE POWER SLIDING DOOR WILL OPEN WITHOUT OPERATOR INTERACTION, RESULTING IN AN UNSAFE CONDITION. TYPICALLY THE POWER SIDING DOOR IS CLOSED USING ONE OF TWO POWER BUTTONS, FIRST IN OVERHEAD CONSOLE FOR DRIVER THE SECOND IS LOCATED NEXT TO THE PASSENGER ON THE BODY FRAME. WITHOUT NOTICE THE DOOR WILL OPEN WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD. OCCASIONALLY THE NON-LATCHED DOOR WARNING WILL LIGHT UP FOLLOWED BY THE WARNING ELL AND THEN THE DOOR IS OPEN. THE POWER BUTTON IS DISABLED TO ALLOW THE DOOR TO BE CLOSED MANUALLY AND THE SAME SCENARIO WILL OCCUR. VEHICLE TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, INDICATING THAT DIDN'T HAVE CORRECT PARTS, AND NEED TO ORDER. MUST STILL OPERATE VEHICLE IN THIS CONDITION. SIMILAR INCIDENT WITHIN THE PAST YEAR WITH DOOR ON OTHER SIDE OF VEHICLE, DON'T RECALL EXACT DATE OR FIX PERFORMED BY DEALERSHIP. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

VEHICLE WOULD NOT MOVE, WENT FROM SPEED OF 70 ON HIGHWAY TO NOT GOING AT ALL. MASH ACCELERATOR AND VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO. BOUGHT GOT HIT IN THE REAR BY ONCOMING VEHICLES. COULD NOT EVEN ACCELERATE CAR ENOUGH TO GET TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CALLED KIA DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT IS THROTTLE BODY WIRE AND CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER RESEARCHING ON INTERNET THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS SAME THING. KIA SAID IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN JUST CUT CAR OFF AND BACK ON. EASY SAID WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SEDONA. WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN RECALL 09V130000 EXTERIOR LIGHTING: BRAKE LIGHTS: SWITCH. THE CONTACT NOTICED PRIOR THAT THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE WOULD NO LONGER FUNCTION AND THE ESC LIGHT HAD APPEARED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WAS 68000.