2006 KIA SEDONA Complaints

DATE AND MILEAGE ARE APPROXIMATE. AIR BAG LIGHT ON DASH LIT UP AND STAYED ON CONTINUOUSLY. BECAUSE I WAS ILL AT THE TIME I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE VEHICLE INTO THE DEALER UNTIL AFTER THE 100,000 MILE MARK. THEY THEN TOLD ME THAT A SENSOR IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SEAT WAS BAD, AND THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE WHOLE SEAT AT A PRICE OF $2,000 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. IN THE MEANTIME, THEY TOLD ME THAT UNTIL THAT SENSOR WAS REPLACED THE WHOLE AIRBAG SYSTEM WAS NON-FUNCTIONAL. THIS IS A TRAVESTY THAT A WHOLE SAFETY SYSTEM CAN BE DISABLED FOR WANT OF A 25 CENT SENSOR, AND THAT THEY CAN DICTATE THAT I NEED TO REPLACE THE SEAT AT A PRICE OF $2,000 TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. WHERE THE REDUNDANCY IN THE SYSTEM? WHERE'S THE ABILITY TO JUST REPLACE THE SENSOR? MY CAR IS BARELY WORTH $6,000. I CANNOT AFFORD A $2,000 SEAT, BUT I ALSO CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WITHOUT AN AIRBAG SYSTEM, WHICH I PAID DEARLY FOR WHEN I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. I THINK KIA IS GREATLY AT FAULT FOR SELLING SUCH A POOR SYSTEM, AND FOR FAILING TO CORRECT IT. I CONTACTED KIA. THEY DID NOT WISH TO HEAR ABOUT MY PROBLEM. *JS

SIDE SLIDING DOOR OPENS WHILE CAR IS IN DRIVE. LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER AND PUSH IT CLOSED, BUT IT SCARES ME WHEN I'M DRIVING AND MY SON IS IN HIS CAR SEAT AND THE DOOR CHIME WILL GO OFF BECAUSE THE DOOR IS OPENING. THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED ASAP. AIR BAG LIGHT IS ON QUITE OFTEN AND HAD TO TAKE TO MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT WAS WRONG. *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NOT SHUT OFF. DEALER SAID THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE SEAT BELT BUCKLE REPLACED AT A COST OFF $400. ARE YOU KIDDING ME? *TR

AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN DASH AND WILL NOT GO OFF, KIA SAID WAS PROBLEM IN ONE OF SEAT BELT SENSORS, 500.00 TO FIX. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE UNDER RECALL FOR SAFETY ISSUE.

MY FIANCE' DROPPED OUR OLDEST DAUGHTER OFF AT SCHOOL. WHILE DRIVING HOME SHE HEARD A LOUD CLUNK BUT EVERYTHING FELT FINE. SHE THEN WENT TO DROP OFF OUR YOUNGEST AT THE BABYSITTERS. SHE THEN WENT TO TURN AROUND IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HEARD A LOUD POP AND FELT THE FRONT END OF THE VAN FALL. SHE GOT OUT TO FIND THE DRIVER'S FRONT TIRE COMPLETELY FLAT AND THE SWAY BAR SHOVED INTO THE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION WE FOUND BOTH SWAY BAR END LINKS HAD COMPLETELY FAILED. THE BALLS HAD COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT OF THEIR SOCKETS AND ALLOWED THE SWAY BAR TO FALL IN A WAY THAT ALLOWED IT TO RUPTURE THE TIRE. KIA HAS A PROBLEM WITH FRONT SUSPENSION COMPONENTS RUSTING OUT AND FAILING. WE WERE GOING TO TAKE THE VAN IN FOR THE LOWER CONTROL ARM RECALL BECAUSE THEY ARE BREAKING DUE TO RUST. I CONTACTED MY DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE TIRE AND SWAY BAR WOULD NOT BE COVERED BY THE CONTROL ARM RECALL. I AM CURRENTLY WORKING WITH KIA MOTORS TO SEE IF THEY WILL RESOLVE THIS ISSUE. HAD THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELLING DOWN THE ROAD AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS, THE OUTCOME WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE AND POSSIBLY TRAGIC. I DO HAVE PICTURES OF THE DAMAGE IF NEEDED. *TT

2006 SEDONA AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT IN DASH STAYS ON. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE NEW AND THIS IS ABOUT THE 6TH TIME THE LIGHT STAY ON AND THIS WAS AFTER A SEVERE WINTER WITH A LOT OF SALT ON THE ROAD. IT HAPPENED WITH IN A WEEK AFTER THE DEALER PERFORMED 3 RECALLS, 2 TO CORRECT METAL PARTS FROM RUST FROM SALT AND A FAILING REAR HEATER HOSE USUALLY THE LIGHT STAYS ON FOR 2 TO 3 DAYS BUT THIS TIME IT HAS BEEN ON FOR 3 WEEKS. ONE TIME WHEN IT WAS ON I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID IT WAS A GROUND PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AFTER THE DEALER TOOK APART THE HEAD LINER FOR THE 2ND TIME TO REPAIR A LEAK. WHEN THEY PUT THE HEADLINER BACK THERE WERE OVER 10 THINGS THEY DID NOT PUT BACK CORRECTLY. FROM THAT TIME ON I SAID I HAD NO FAITH IN THE AIR BAGS DEPLOYING IF I WOULD BE IN A CRASH. NOW THAT THE LIGHT IS ON FOR OVER 3 WEEKS I HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED AS IT IS NOW OUT OF WARRANTY. THIS PROBLEM IS REPORTED MANY TIMES ON THE INTERNET AND KIA NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM!

I TOOK MY KIA INTO THE DEALER FOR A RECALL CHECK ON MY CONTROL ARMS. THE DEALER FOUND OUT MY FRONT LEFT COIL SPRING WAS IN PIECES ALONG WITH THE BEARING. THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS BUT I NEVER RECEIVED ONE. I READ WHERE THE VAN HAD TO BE MADE BETWEEN DEC.20, 2005 AND MARCH 20, 2006. IF MY VAN WAS MADE LATER THEN THAT THEN THEY STILL DID NOT FIX THE CORROSION PROBLEM. I HAD TO PAY FOR ALL REPAIRS. I CAN'T BE THE ONLY ONE THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ON A LATER MADE VAN. *TR

FOR NO REASON WHAT SO EVER, MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON TODAY AND THE PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF LIGHT STAYS ON, REGARDLESS OF IF THERE IS SOMEONE IN THE SEAT. I DID HAVE TO REPLACE THE BATTERY BACK IN JANUARY, BUT I DID NOTICE THAT IT DID THIS ONCE BEFORE, HOWEVER SHUTTING IT OFF AND RESTARTING IT ALWAYS FIXED THE PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS, FROM WHAT I'M READING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *TR

HAVING AN ISSUE WITH REPEAT PROBLEMS WITH LEFT FRONT TURN SIGNAL. BULB HAS BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES (TWICE IN THE LAST 2 MONTHS. DEALER REPLACED BULB, LEFT TURN SIGNAL FUNCTIONED FOR 3 WEEKS. THEN, THE FRONT LAMP DOES NOT FUNCTION. TOOK VAN TO GOODYEAR STORE - THEIR TECH REPLACED THE BULB (AGAIN) AND SAID HE HAD SEEN MANY SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH L FRONT INDICATORS ON KIA AND HYUNDAI ENTOURAGE. TECH SAID THE SOCKET IS BAD, AND TO CONTACT KIA. KIA SAID TO MAKE AN APPOINTMENT AT A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSIS. REALLY??? *TR

AFTER PARKING VEHICLE, WENT TO EXIT AND COULD NOT REMOVE IGNITION KEY. KEY TURNED OFF VEHICLE BUT WOULD ONLY GO AS FAR ACCS, WHICH MEANS WHILE MOTOR WAS NOT RUNNING, POWER WAS STILL ON. MADE SURE DASH INDICATOR WAS IN PARK, YET COULD NOT REMOVE KEY. SPOKE TO A LOCKSMITH AND ADDED LUBE TO AROUND IGNITION KEY WITHOUT ANY RESULTS. LEFT INSIDE SEMI-HEATED GARAGE OVERNIGHT IN CASE OF FROZEN COMPONENTS WITHOUT RESULTS. WHILE DASH INDICATOR SEEMED TO SHOW PROPER GEAR SELECTIONS, WHILE IN PARK, KEY COULD NOT REMOVED, STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT LOCK, AND VEHICLE COULD BE MOVED FORWARD AND BACKWARD BY MANUAL PUSHING, IN THE MEANTIME IT WAS USING UP THE BATTERY. KIA DEALERSHIP DETERMINED "SHIFTER ASSEMBLY FAILURE", AND AFTER $600+ AND 6 DAYS FOR THE SPECIAL ORDERED PART, VEHICLE WAS RETURNED, BUT THE FAILED PART WAS RETURNED TO THE SUPPLIER FOR A CORE CHARGE. SO IF VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN A PARKING LOT AND IGNITION KEY CANNOT BE REMOVED THE CAR COULD BE STOLEN, IF PARKED ON AN INCLINE CAR COULD ROLL AWAY BECAUSE IT'S TRULY NOT IN PARK, AND OR YOUR BATTERY IS DEAD. THERE WAS PRIOR WARNING OF ANY FAILURE AND OWNED SINCE NEW. *TR