2012 KIA SEDONA Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2012 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH, HE NOTICED BLACK SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT PULLED OFF THE ROAD TO A PARKING LOT, WHERE FLAMES WERE SEEN COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONTACT EXITED, STOOD A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE VEHICLE AND CALLED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. THE ENTIRE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AREA WAS BURNT AND DESTROYED BY THE FIRE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT THE VEHICLE SINCE THEY SAID THEY DID NOT COVER FIRES. THERE WERE NO INJURIES SUSTAINED AND A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 170,000.

GAS SMELL IN CAR 11/2017 WHILE IN MOTION. EXPERIENCING A SORT OF 'HESITATION', LIKE WANTING TO STALL. BROUGHT TO DEALER. DEALER IDENTIFIED ISSUE- CRACK IN FUEL RAIL, LEAKING ON ENGINE. ITEM WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND QUOTED AT JUST UNDER $1K TO REPAIR. THE DEALERSHIP WANTED ME TO SIGN A WAIVER SAYING I KNEW MY CAR WAS A FIRE HAZARD SINCE I COULDN'T AFFORD TO PAY THEIR RATES FOR THE REPAIR. TOLD ME I WOULD END UP IN THE NEWS IF I DIDN'T GET IT FIXED THERE. I REFUSED, AND TOOK MY CAR TO MY LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE I PAID FOR THE REPAIR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE ENGINE CEASED WITH SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO DELAND KIA 2322 S WOODLAND BLVD, DELAND, FL 32720-2322 (386) 734-7800, WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS NOT OFFERED FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

TWICE, THE VEHICLE HAS STALLED AND COME TO A COMPLETE, UNEXPECTED STOP WITH NO WARNING: IN OCTOBER 2019 AND JANUARY 2020. IN BOTH CASES, THE VEHICLE WAS TRAVELING AT A SPEED OF APPROX. 30-40 MPH. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DID NOT ILLUMINATE, NOR DID ANY OTHER LIGHT. WE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. VERY DANGEROUS, BUT FORTUNATELY WE WERE ABLE TO PULL OVER SAFELY,

THE DOOR ACTUATOR WENT OUT. THE DOOR WORKED FINE WHEN WE WENT TO THE STORE. ON THE DRIVE HOME THE SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN. THE DOOR LATCH IS STUCK IN THE LOCKED POSITION AND WILL NOT UNLOCK. I HAVE MY DOORS BUNGEE CORDED TOGETHER.

TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP FOR RECALL, WIRING HARNESS. WHEN DONE, THE HORN, LEFT REAR DOOR LOCK SWITCH AND THE RADIATOR FANS STOPPED WORKING. ALL THESE WORKED PRIOR TO THE RECALL WORK. AND THESE ITEMS DO WORK WHEN BYPASSING WITH A BATTERY, HOOKING THEM DIRECTLY TO POWER.

WE DISCOVERED A FUEL LEAKAGE AFTER GETTING GAS, BUT DID NOT DISCOVER THIS LEAK UNTIL AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM THE GAS STATION. THERE WAS A STRONG SMELL OF GASOLINE AND WE NOTICED THAT THE FUEL GAUGE WENT DOWN RATHER QUICKLY. AFTER GETTING HOME FROM THE GAS STATION, WE NOTICED THE SMELL OF GAS WAS STILL VERY STRONG AND THAT WAS WHEN WE NOTICED THE LEAK, ON OUR DRIVEWAY. IN THE TIME THAT WE WERE DRIVING, WE HAD BEEN LEAKING GASOLINE THE WHOLE TIME, AND COULD HAVE LOST OUR LIVES ON OUR WAY HOME. WE TOOK OUR KIA TO BE INSPECTED AND REPAIRED AND THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE FUEL RAIL WAS DAMAGED: IT HAD A CRACK ALONG ONE SIDE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE BOTH THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WOULD ERRONEOUSLY OPENED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT YET DETERMINED. ALSO, WHILE DRIVING SMOKE WAS PRESENT INSIDE THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE. AFTER STOPPING THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES COMING FROM THE BLOWER MOTOR WIRE HARNESS LOCATED UNDER THE GLOVE BOX. ALSO THE FRONT LOW BEAM HEAD LIGHTS HAD FAILED ON MULTIPLE OCCASION AND HAD TO BE REPLACED AND THE BACKUP CAMERA WAS INOPERABLE. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT YET DETERMINED. THE LOCAL DEALER A & B KIA DEALER (100 MARSHALL ST. N, BENWOOD, WV 26031) WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 130,000.

DRIVING ON RT 19 PITTSBURGH PA THE PASSENGER POWER SLIDING DOOR OPENED MY GRANDCHILDREN WERE IN CAR SEATS. THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR AS IT WAS KNOWN IN NEWER MODELS RECALL I MENTION TO DEALER AND HE STATED WELL NO ONE GOT HURT?

OIL PRESSURE WARNING LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY, TOOK IT TO MY DEALER. THEY ARE SAYING THE OIL PRESSURE SENSOR IS BAD AT ONLY 74,000 MILES. WAS QUOTED A PRICE OF $800 NOT COVERED UNDER THE POWER TRAIN WARRANTY