2006 KIA SEDONA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 65-70 MPH, THE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED FOLLOWED BY A DECEASE OF ENGINE POWER. THE VEHICLE SPEED RATE WOULD NOT EXCEED 20 MPH. THE VEHICLE WAS MANEUVERED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND THE ENGINE WAS TURNED OFF. THE VEHICLE RESTARTED AFTER WAITING A PERIOD OF TWENTY MINUTES AND RESUMED NORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR (APS) SENSOR WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS FOR THE IDENTICAL FAILURES. THE TOTAL COMPONENTS REPLACED ON THE VEHICLE CONSISTED OF THE APS MODULE POOR PIN CONNECTION, THROTTLE BODY, AND GAS PEDAL ASSEMBLY. THE CONTACT NO LONGER OWNS THE VEHICLE DUE TO THE SAFETY HAZARD. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 34,099. JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT HOOD UNLATCHED AND FELL FROM OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE MUST HAVE LEFT THE HOOD OPEN IN ORDER FOR THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE HOOD WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000.

KIA SEDONA 2006. I WAS PARKED. I WENT TO BACK UP AND IT STARTED FORWARD. I NEVER STEPPED ON ACCELERATOR ONLY THE BRAKE. IT CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE FASTER AND FASTER ALL THE WHILE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE. THERE WERE SKID MARK TO SHOW THAT I HAD MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. A CINDER BLOCK WALL STOPPED ME. *TR

2006 KIA SEDONA-ENGINE ACCELERATES WHEN COMING TO A STOP, OR DRIVING SLOWLY. HAVE TO KEEP THE BRAKE PEDAL PRESSED VERY HARD TO AVOID THE VEHICLE LURCHING AND RUNNING INTO OR OVER SOME THING, OR SOMEONE. THIS HAS HAPPENED AT TRAFFIC INTERSECTIONS WHILE SLOWING FOR A RED LIGHT, AND IN A PARKING LOT AT A COLLEGE CAMPUS WITH PEDESTRIANS WHO COULD HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY THE VAN. THE PROBLEM OCCURS RANDOMLY, YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN TO EXPECT IT. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED INVOLUNTARILY. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT TOOK TWO PEOPLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE LATEST REPAIR WAS MAY 13, 2010 BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

HEADLAMPS BLOWING OUT WE HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLAMPS ABOUT EVERY 4-6 WEEKS AND HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER 4 TIMES ON THE HEAD LIGHT PROBLEM AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG. SO WHY DO THEY KEEP BLOWING OUT. WE HAVE HAD BOTH LOW BEAMS BLOW OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND HAVE HAD TO DRIVE WITH THE HIGH BEAMS WHICH IS UNSAFE TO ON COMING TRAFFIC LET ALONG UNSAFE FOR US NOT TO HAVE ANY LOW BEAMS. THE SECOND PROBLEM IS A STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION THAT WE HAVE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM SINCE WE PURCHASED THE VAN. THE DEALER HAD IT FOR THE 1ST MONTH WE OWNED IT AND STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM TO THIS DAY AND WE ARE REALLY FEELING UNSAFE DRIVING IT DUE TO THE VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. MY WIFE IS TERRIFIED TO EVEN TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY WITH OUR THREE PRECIOUS CHILDREN. SO IF I COULD GET SOME FEEDBACK ON THESE ISSUES I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE IT. AFTER DOING SOME INTERNET RESEARCH THERE ARE ALOT OF THE SAME PROBLEMS OTHER PEOPLE ARE HAVING. I AM WRITING THIS COMPLAINT SO SOMEONE DOES NOT HAVE TO DIE DUE TO HEADLIGHTS BLOWING OUT, OR THE STEERING FALLS APART OR A PART FAILS DUE TO THE VIBRATION. *TR

I PURCHASED MY KIA SEDONA IN APRIL 2006. ON AVERAGE, FOUR TIMES A YEAR I WILL PRESS THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND THE RPM'S WILL GO UP BUT THE VEHICLE WILL NOT MOVE FORWARD. I HAVE TO THEN RELEASE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL AND PRESS IT AGAIN FOR IT TO "CATCH" AND MOVE FORWARD. THE 1ST TIME WAS WHILE ON VACATION IN SAN DIEGO IN 2006. ON 4-5 OCCASIONS THE PROBLEM ALMOST CAUSED A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HAVE REPORTED IT SEVERAL TIMES, BUT SINCE KIA CANNOT FIND A "CODE" THEY CLAIM THAT THEY CANNOT FIX THE PROBLEM.

WHILE DRIVING MY 2006 KIA SEDONA ON THE HIGHWAY THE REAR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR OPENED BY ITSELF WITH MY CHILD SEATED NEXT TO IT IN HER CAR SEAT. AFTER NUMEROUS ATTEMPTS AT TRYING TO CLOSE THE DOOR BY THE POWER SWITCHES, I HAD TO PUSH THE DOOR CLOSED MANUALLY. I GOT IN MY VEHICLE AND DROVE TO A NEARBY PARKING LOT TO MOVE MY CHILD'S CAR SEAT TO THE OTHER SIDE. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW I WAS ON MY WAY AND GAVE AN EXPLANATION OF THE ISSUE. I WAS ASKED TO WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY, THAT THEY WERE BUSY AND ALREADY HAD PEOPLE WAITING. I EXPLAINED THAT I HAD MY CHILD IN THE CAR AND WAS TOLD PERHAPS I COULD USE THE VEHICLE WITHOUT HER IN THE CAR, BUT THAT THEY PROBABLY WOULD NOT GET A CHANCE TO FIX THE PROBLEM TODAY. I EXPRESSED MY DISAPPOINTMENT AND TOLD HIM I WOULD BE COMING NOW TO THE DEALERSHIP AS SOON AS I COULD GET THERE. THE DOOR CONTINUED TO OPEN THROUGHOUT MY 30 MINUTE DRIVE TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALERSHIP, LEAVING ME TO PULL OVER AND, AGAIN, MANUALLY TRY TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THIS OCCURRED 6 TIMES. ON PULLING INTO THE DEALERSHIP PARKING LOT, WHICH IS DOWN A SMALL HILL, THE DOOR AGAIN SLID OPEN AND CLOSED. I WAS TOLD BY THE MECHANIC THAT IT WAS A MECHANICAL PROBLEM WITH THE LATCH ON THE SLIDING DOOR. THAT THE VEHICLES COMPUTER SYSTEM DOES NOT RECOGNIZE A BROKEN LATCH AS IT IS A MECHANICAL PART. I WAS TOLD THAT THE CAR LOOKS AT THE OPEN LATCH AS IF SOMEONE WANTS THE DOOR TO OPEN, NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT IT COULD BE A DEFECT OF THE PART ITSELF. THE PART WAS REPLACED AND I PAID OUT OF POCKET FOR THE EXPENSES, AS MY LIMITED WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALERSHIP IF THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY HAD SEEN IT BEFORE, BUT WOULD NOT CALL THIS ISSUE COMMON. MY CONCERN IS FOR THE SAFETY OF MY CHILD. MY CHOICE IN THIS VEHICLE WAS MADE BASED ON SAFETY. THIS DEFECT OF THE LATCH ON THE DOOR IS NOT SAFE. AND, COMMON OR NOT, MUST BE ADDRESSED. *TR

AFTER HEAVY RAIN OR PROLONGED RAIN PERIODS, THE CARGO AREA IN THE BACK OF THE VAN SATURATES (FLOODS) WITH WATER. THIS WAS FIRST NOTICED WHEN THE VAN WAS PARKED FOR THE FIRST TIME OUTSIDE THE GARAGE DURING THE STORM OF THE END OF 2008 IN THE SNOHOMISH, WASHINGTON AREA. SINCE THEN, THIS PROBLEM PRESISTED UNTIL NOW. THE KIA DEALER, WHERE THE VAN WAS BOUGHT FROM AS NEW VEHICLE, ATTEMPTED TO FIX THE LEAK 4 TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY SEALED BODY LEAKS AT THIRD BRAKE LIGHT AND LEFT REAR WHEEL WELL, BUT THE LEAK SHOWD UP AGAIN AT THE CARGO AREA DURING THE FOLLOWING RAIN EVENT. THE SECOND REPAIR ATTEMPT, THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY INSTALLED SOP REAR HATCH WEATHERSTRIP DUE TO DEFORMATION. AGAIN THE LEAK PRESISTED AND THE CARGO AREA WAS FLOODED LATER. THE THIRD ATTEMPT, THE KIA DEALER FOUND THAT THE REAR HATCH SEAL WAS NOT INSTALLED CORRECTLY, AND THEY CLAIMED THAT THEY CLEANED, RESEALED, AND RECHECKED AND NO LEAK. AGAIN THE LEAK RETURNED AGIN FLOODING THE CARGO AREA. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY FOUND A LEAK IN THE ROOF SEAM, AND CLAIMED THAT THEY CLEANED THE SEAM AND SEALED THE SEAM AND SEALED THE REAR SEAT BOLT HOLES AS THE FOURTH REPAIR. STIL THE LEAK RETURNED. A FIFTH REPAIR BY THE DEALER WAS REPLACING THE REAR HATCH SEAL. STILL THE PROBLEM OF THE LEAK EXISTS SATURATING THE CARGO. IN ADDITION, MOLD STARTED GROWING VISIBLE AROUND THE CUP HOLDERS ON THE SECON AND THIRD ROW OF THE DRIVER SIDE, AND THE DRIVER SEAT BELT IN THE AREA WHERE THE BELT SLIDES INTO IT'S COMPARTMENT. I FOUND IN THE LAST TWO MONTH A RUST STAIN IN THE DOME LIGHT COMPATMENT ABOVE THE FRONT SEATS. THE BATTERY DIES WITHIN SHORT PERIOGE OF TIME AS SHORT AS ABOUT 2 HOURS WHICH LEADS ME TO BELIEVE THAT THE HIGH MOISTURE IN THE VAN CAUSED ELECTRICAL PROBLEM THAT EXHAUSTED THE BATTERY. COLDER WEATHER OUTSIDE THE VAN TENDS TO FOG THE WINDOWS TO THE POINT OF IMPAIRING VISIBILITY DUE TO THE HIGH MOISTURE AND CONDENSATION ON THE WINDOWS

THE FOLLOWING IS COPY OF A COMPLAINT I FILED ON 3/13 WITH KIA REGARDING MY 2006 KIA SEDONA MINIVAN, WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW ON JAN. 11, 2007. "THIS PAST WEEK I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VAN SLIDING DOORS CLOSING ALL THE WAY. ON 3/9 THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN WHEN I MADE A SHARP TURN WHILE MY SONS WERE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEATS. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE BUT ON 3/12 AS I WAS DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR ON THE HIGH WAY AND HIT A BUMP, THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEAT. I FREAKED OUT COMPLETELY AT THE HORROR OF IT AND THEN PULLED OVER, SHUT THE DOOR, AND HELD IT AS I DROVE STRAIGHT TO MY KIA DEALER. I WAS RELIEVED THE NIGHTMARE WAS OVER AND THAT WE MADE IT SAFELY UNTIL I WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES (I AM AT 71,000) AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME 423.67$ TO HAVE MY VAN SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN AGAIN. I EXPRESSED MY ANGER TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO EXPLAINED THAT HIS HANDS WERE TIED BY THE WARRANTY. I TRIED TO CALL KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT IT WAS CLOSED. I AM ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED THAT INSTEAD OF BEING GRATEFUL THAT WE MADE IT SAFELY AND THAT I AM NOT SUING KIA IF THE UNTHINKABLE HAD HAPPENED, THAT KIA HAS TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHARGE ME TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE LATCH IS FAULTY BECAUSE LATCHES DON'T JUST WEAR AFTER 3 YEARS, AND THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE LATCH. IT IS A CHEAP AND FAULTY LATCH, AND KIA MADE ME PAY FOR THEIR INCOMPETENCE. FURTHERMORE, I JUST CO-SIGNED FOR MY SON TO BUY HIS 1ST NEW VEHICLE FROM THIS SAME KIA DEALERSHIP AND I AM NOW HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT I DIDN'T SIGN HIM INTO A DEATH TRAP! IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD THAT A CUSTOMER WITH A BARELY OVER 3-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE THIS ISSUE. I HAVE HAD OTHER MINIVANS WITH 100,000 MILES AND NEVER DID A DOOR FLY OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *TR