2015 KIA SEDONA Complaints

PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR GRINDS WHEN ATTEMPTING ELECTRONIC CLOSURE. SOMETIMES IT DOESNT CLOSE COMPLETELY. ON THIS OCCASION, DOOR WAS COMPLETELY CLOSED, NO DOOR LIGHT ON, AND WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE DOOR ELECTRONICALLY OPENED WHILE AT SPEED. OUR 2 YEAR OLD CHILD WAS IN HIS CAR SEAT ON THAT SIDE PROVIDING A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION WITH THE OPEN DOOR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THE MOTOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, BUT EVEN IF THE MOTOR WAS FAULTY, UNDER NO CONDITIONS SHOULD THE DOOR OPEN WHILE AT SPEED. THE MANUAL SPECIFICALLY STATES THAT THE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN WHEN OPERATING OVER 5MPH, AND YET, IT DID.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA SEDONA. AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THREE OF THE TIRES WERE FAULTY AND THE AIR BAGS WERE DISABLED. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED AND SHOOK. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER FROM WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE COLLISION LIGHT BURNED OUT. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A KIA DEALER AND THEY WOULD REPAIR IT FOR FREE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HUDSON KIA (36 WATER ST, JERSEY CITY, NJ 07305, (201) 380-1220) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE AIR BAGS WERE DISABLED BECAUSE OF THE SENSOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER FURTHER STATED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE AND BOTH REAR TIRES WERE FAULTY AND THE BELT WAS SEPARATING FROM THE TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURES. THE TIRE INFORMATION WAS UNKNOWN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 64,073.

ABOUT 2 YEARS AGO I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT TO GET THE A/C HEATER CONTROL UNIT REPLACED UNDER FACTORY WARNING, THIS WAS AT 70,000 MILES, THEN AT ABOUT 130,000 I HAD TO GET IT REPLACED AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME IT WAS NOT UNDER A FACTORY WARRANTY THE REPLACEMENT PART COSTS FROM $1200 TO $1500. I ENDED UP REPLACING IT MYSELF AND AS I BEGAN TO REPLACE THE UNIT I NOTICED SOMETHING DISTURBING. THE A/C POWER BUTTON HAD MELTED AND BURNT, THE CONNECTORS WERE NEVER REPLACED THE FIRST TIME KIA REPAIRED THE A/C CONTROL UNIT UNDER WARRANTY. I THEN KNEW WHAT THE PLASTIC BURNING SMELL WAS WHEN MIGHT A/C WAS TURNED ON. I ASKED THE KIA SERVICE TECHNICIAN WHY DOES THIS KEEP HAPPENING HE TOLD ME IT WAS BECAUSE I USED THE CAR FOR UBER AND THE SYSTEM WAS NOT DESIGNED TO BE RAN AS MUCH AS I DRIVE THE CAR, THE PICTURES ARE ATTACHED. IN APRIL OF THIS YEAR AT ABOUT 201,232 MILES MY FRONT BLOWER MOTOR STOPPED WORKING AS I WENT TO GET IT REPLACED, I NOTICED THE SAME ISSUED WITH THE CONNECTOR. THE PLASTIC CONNECTOR BURNT OUT AND SHORTED THE BLOWER MOTOR, AND JUST WHEN I THOUGHT THAT WAS A COINCIDENT, I UNPLUGGED THE BLOWER MOTOR RESISTOR TO CHECK IT AND FOUND THAT CONNECTOR THERE TOO HAD BEEN MELTING AND BURNING. I AM INFORMING YOU, OF THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE IT KEEPS HAPPENING IT SEEMS ABOUT EVERY 70K TO 80K MILES ON THE A/C CONTROL UNIT BECAUSE I AM ABOUT TO PUT A 4TH A/C CONTROL IN MY VEHICLE, I AM FEARFUL OF FIRE HAZARD/POTENTIAL THIS MAY CAUSE. THIS IS GETTING EXPENSIVE TO CONTINUE TO HAVE TO REPLACE/REPAIR PARTS BECAUSE THE CAN'T WITHSTAND HEAT. THE FIRST FOUR PICTURES ARE FROM THE A/C CONTROL UNIT THE LAST PICTURE IS FROM THE BLOWER MOTOR.

BOTH SLIDING DOORS MAKE NOISES WHEN CLOSING AND DO NOT CLOSE ALL OF THE WAY. NOISE IS COMING FROM BACK OF CAR INSIDE PANEL. SOUNDS LIKE A MOTOR VIBRATION AND RUBBING NOISE. THE DOOR WILL STAY OPEN ABOUT A 1/4-1/2" WHEN LOOKING AT IT FROM THE REAR. DOOR LIGHT ON DASH IS ON, INTERIOR DOOR LIGHT WILL REMAIN ON AND AIR/NOISE COMES IN THROUGH THE DOOR. THIS STARTED WITH 60K MILES ON MY CAR. DEALER SAYS IT WILL COST ME $2200.

THIS IS THE THIRD KUMHO CRUGEN KL33 TIRE THAT HAS HAD RADIAL RUN-OUT OR TREAD SEPARATION IN LESS THEN 6 MONTHS. FIRST TWO WHERE ON THE FRONT AXLE AND MOST RECENT ONE IS ON THE PASS REAR. THE RECENT EVENT WAS ON A RETURN ROAD TRIP COVERING ABOUT 230 MILES IN I 10 BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND HOUSTON, THERE WAS NO ROAD DEBRIS OR OTHER ISSUES THAT WOULD HAVE CAUSED TIRE DAMAGE UNDER A ROAD HAZARD. SINCE THEN THE TIRE HAS DEVELOPED A WHEEL HOP AND VIBRATION TO THE REAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2015 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER NOTICED AN ABNORMAL TICKING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO ORLANDO KIA WEST (3407 W COLONIAL DR, ORLANDO, FL 32808) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.

AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON AND WONT GO OFF. IT USED TO COME ON OCCASIONALLY BUT IT JUST STARTED TO BE ON CONSTANTLY RECENTLY. ALSO THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS STUCK ON. ITS SUPPOSED TO LIGHT UP OFF WHEN NO ONE IS SEATED. NOW THE SEAT BELT LIGHT FLASHES AS IF SOMEONE IS SEATED THERE. THIS IS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY RISK.

REAR WINDOW BROKE WHILE I WAS TAKING THE TRAILER HITCH OFF THE CAR MY FACE WAS INCHES FROM THE GLASS.NOTHING CAUSED THIS,IT BROKE ON ITS OWN.I BELIEVE KIA IS TRYING TO COVER UP THE PROBLEM

MY AIR BAG INDICATOR LIGHT CAME ON AND DOES NOT RESET. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG LIGHT IN NOT SHOWING THE PASSENGER AIR BAG IS OFF. ACCORDING TO THE VEHICLES MANUEL THIS WE MAY HAVE A PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD BE OFF AND THE DRIVERS SIDE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY WHEN IT SHOULD. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND DURING MY RESEARCH FOUND AT LEAST 50+ KIA OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. PLEASE CHECK THIS OUT AND HAVE KIA REPAIR THESE VEHICLES UNDER A RECALL NOTICE. I BELIEVE MY WARRANTY IS STILL VALID BUT NOT SURE KIA WILL FIX THIS WITHOUT PRODDING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS IMPORTANT MATTER.

THE BACK SEAT WILL NOT CLIP DOWN AND THE MIDDLE SEAT BELT WILL NOT RETRACT BACK. YOU CANNOT SIT IN THE BACK SEAT BECAUSE IT WILL NOT CLAMP TO THE FLOOR