2006 KIA SEDONA Complaints

WHEN DRIVING 2006 KIA SEDONA VAN, GAS PEDAL STICKS INSIDE THE RUBBER MAT CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO ACCELERATE. RUBBER MATS WERE PURCHASED FROM KIA. RUBBER MAT COMES OFF THE FLOOR POST WHICH CAUSES THE MAT TO SLIP FORWARD. I AM CONCERNED FOR THE SAFETY OF MYSELF AND FAMILY. OCCURS EVERY TIME ADJUSTABLE PEDALS ARE POSITIONED FARTHEST TO THE FLOOR WHEN HUSBAND DRIVES THE VEHICLE BECAUSE HE IS TALL. KIA DEALER OFFERED TO PUT A SCREW IN THE MAT BUT THAT WAS NOT SATISFACTORY TO ME AS THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW AND THE "SCREW" DOES NOT SEEM TO BE A PERMANENT FIX TO THIS PROBLEM. THIS DOES NOT OCCUR WITH THE CLOTH MATS BECAUSE THEY ARE THINNER. BUT THE RUBBER MATS ARE THICKER AND POST IS TOO SHORT WHICH CAUSED THE MAT TO SLIP OFF. *TR

IN EARLY OCT 2009 THE DRIVER SIDE REAR DOOR OF OUR 2006 KIA SEDONA WOULD NOT CLOSE. IT WAS AS IF THE LOCK WAS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION. WE HAD IT FIXED AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP. THEN IN DEC 2009 THE PASSENGER SIDE BACK DOOR HAD THE SAME ISSUE. WE AGAIN HAD IT FIXED AT THE KIA DEALERSHIP. *TR

2006 KIA SEDONA, SLIDING DOORS KEEP STICKING OR LOCKING SO YOU CAN NOT OPEN THEM, IN COLD WEATHER AND IN WARM WEATHER. AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN DOORS, IF CAR IS DRIVE OR EVEN SETTING AFTER NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN DOORS THE DOORS WILL THEN OPEN CAUSING LIGHTS & BELLS TO COME ON. IF DRIVING YOU MAY HAVE TO STOP TO SHUT DOOR, BUT IF CAR IS TURNED OFF AND SITTING, IF THE LIGHTS & BELLS COME ON YOU DO NOT HEAR THE WARNING AND I HAVE HAD MY BATTERY GO BAD. I HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY AND NOW BATTERY IS GOING DEAD OVER NIGHT. THIS AUTOMOBLIE IS THE WORST CAR I HAVE EVER OWNED. I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2008 AND HAVE NOT HAD IT 2 YRS AND HAVE REPLACED THE BATTERY, PUT 4 NEW TIRES ON AS TIRES KEEP LOOSING AIR PRESSURE AND HEAD LIGHTS HAVE BLOWN 3 DIFFERENT TIMES. AS FAR AS THE DOORS STICKING/LOCKING I HAVE REPORTED IT TO MY DEALER AND THEY STATED THEY KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM, BUT PUT SOME LUBURCATE AROUND THE DOORS, WLHICH I DO NOT THINK IS THE CAUSE OF THIS DEFECT, IT ACTS MORE LIKE LOCKING OF THE DOORS. IF I WERE TO HAVE A HEADON COLLISION WHERE BOTH FRONT DOORS WERE UNABLE TO OOPEN, AND THE CAR STARTED ON FIRE, NEITHER I NOR ANY PASSENGERSWOULD BE ALBLE TO ESCAPE. I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM, I HAVE A RELATIVE THAT BOUGHT HIS 2006 SEDONA IN THE STATE OF WASHINGTON DURING THE SUMMER OF 09 AND HIS DO THE SAME THING AND THIS PERSON HAS 3 CHILDREN THAT HE HAS IN HIS CAR. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED LONG AGO. THE DATE THAT I AM INCLUDING BELOW IS GOING TO BE THE LAST TIME THIS OCCURED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE OIL LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE ON THE INSTRUMENT CONTROL WHEN THE OIL LEVELS WERE LOW. A MECHANIC STATED THAT THE ENGINE WAS KNOCKING BECAUSE THE OIL WAS 3 QUARTS LOW. SHE HAD NOT SPOKEN WITH THE MANUFACTURER OR THE DEALERSHIP TO-DATE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED TO-DATE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 133,000.

2006 KIA SEDONA. HORN FAILED TO OPERATE. CLOCKSPRING AND HI HORN FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE AND REPLACED BY DEALER. *TR

THE BRAKES ON MY 2006 KIA SEDONA IS PULSING AND SHAKING. THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE WHEN GOING DOWN HILL AND APPLYING THE BRAKES. *TR

ESC (ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL) LIGHT COMES ON 2006 KIA SEDONA AND CAUSES A SUDDEN LACK OF THROTTLE RESPONSE CREATING A POTENTIALLY VERY SERIOUS SITUATION WHILE DRIVING. CAR WON'T RESPOND TO GAS PEDAL BECAUSE TCS HAS INTERVENED AND BELIEVES THERE IS WHEEL SPIN, EVEN THOUGH THERE ISN'T. KIA-FORUM.COM IS LOADED WITH REPORTS OF NEAR CRASHES BECAUSE OF THAT PROBLEM. *TR

STOP LAMP SWITCH DEFECTIVE. RECEIVED RECALL NOTICE. TRIED FOR 2 MONTHS TO HAVE DEFECT REPAIRED, BUT MANUFACTURER DOES NOT HAVE REPAIR PARTS AVAILABLE, SO NO REPAIR CAN TAKE PLACE. SAFETY RECALL STATES CAR IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND DEFECT MAY CAUSE A CRASH. GIVEN THE URGENCY OR THE RECALL THE NECESSARY PARTS NEED TO BE MADE AVAILABLE NOW. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE REAR PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE DOORS CLOSE WHEN EVER IT APPEARS SOMEONE OR SOMETHING IS ENTERING OR EXITING THE VEHICLE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ROLLING ARM AND SENSOR; HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAS STILL EXPERIENCED THE FAILURE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 43431 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS AT 30000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. APPROXIMATELY TWO WEEKS AGO, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE AND SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE LOCAL DEALER. THE DEALER INFORMED HIM THAT THE PARTS FOR THE REPAIR WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 35,527 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12.