2009 KIA SEDONA Complaints

PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR ON MY 2009 KIA SEDONA IS VERY HARD TO OPEN. IT HAS BEEN SINCE WE GOT IT. SOMETIMES THE DOOR GETS STUCK AND WILL NOT OPEN AT ALL FROM THE INSIDE. SOMEONE HAS TO GET OUT ANOTHER DOOR AND OPEN IT FROM THE OUTSIDE. ON ONE OCCASION THE DEALER'S MECHANIC TOLD US TO OPEN THE DOOR SLOWER - IT STILL GOT STUCK. ON ANOTHER OCCASION THE MANAGER OF THE DEALERSHIP SAT IN THE VAN AND AFTER PLAYING WITH THE DOOR SHOWED US HOW TO OPEN IT BY PULLING ON THE HANDLE TWO TIMES AND PUSHING VERY HARD ON IT. THE DEALER WOULDN'T DO ANY WORK TO THE DOOR. IT CONTINUED TO GET STUCK FREQUENTLY AND WHEN IT DOES OPEN IT IS ONLY AFTER WE PUSH ON IT VERY HARD. WE TOOK IT TO ANOTHER DEALER WHO AT LEAST TRIED TO LUBRICATE THE DOORS. IT SEEMS TO GET STUCK LESS FREQUENTLY BUT IS STILL HARD TO OPEN AND STICKS ONCE IN A WHILE. THE 2ND DEALER WROTE ON INVOICE "DOOR WOULD NOT OPEN EVEN WITH EXCESSIVE FORCE". I FEEL THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS MY CHILDREN MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET THE DOOR OPEN IN AN EMERGENCY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THIS IN JULY. *TR

2009 KIA SEDONA BOUGHT NEW IN DECEMBER OF 2009. IN MARCH ENGINE STARTED TO SEEM VERY LOUD. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN EARLY APRIL. TAKEN TO DEALER AND THEY REPLACED THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND WAS IN SHOP 3 MORE TIMES BEFORE THEY UPDATED THE SOFTWARE IN AUGUST. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOESN'T COME ON BUT THE ENGINE STILL SEEMS VERY LOUD AND VAN VIBRATES AND RUMBLES WHEN FIRST STARTED - ESPECIALLY AFTER SITTING FOR SEVERAL HOURS OR OVERNIGHT. ENGINE SOUNDS LOUD WHILE DRIVING AND SOMETIMES REVS LOUDLY WHEN ACCELERATING. *TR

THE LIGHTS HAVE TO BE SHUT OFF MANUALLY EVERY TIME WE USE THE LIGHTS AND IF WE FORGET, THE LIGHTS COME BACK ON A FEW HOURS LATER BY THEMSELVES AND SOMEONE WILL CALL TO INFORM US THE LIGHTS ARE ON. WE WENT ON A WET GRAVEL ROAD AND GRAVEL STUCK IN THE BRAKE DRUM AND MAKING A GRINDING NOISE. I BACKED UP FAST, HIT THE BRAKES HARD A COUPLE OF TIMES TO CLEAR THE GRAVEL FROM THE BRAKE DRUMS. ANOTHER PROBLEM IS THE KEY WILL NOT TURN AND THE STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND HAVE TO PLAY WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AND TRY TO WIGGLE IT UNTIL THE KEY CAN BE TURNED TO START THE VAN. *TR

ON 6/23/2010 AT 3:45PM, I WAS DRIVING A 2009 KIA SEDONA VAN AND ENTERED A BANK PARKING LOT AT A VERY LOW SPEED WHEN THE VEHICLE STARTED TO ACCELERATE RAPIDLY. I WAS UNABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND HIT THE WALL OF THE BANK. THE AIR BAG DEPLOYED, AND I SUFFERED INJURIES TO MY RIGHT ARM FROM THE DEPLOYMENT OF THE AIR BAG. I WAS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE CAR, AND THERE WERE NO INJURIES TO ANY OTHER PERSON. PROPERTY DAMAGE WAS ONLY INCURRED TO THE VEHICLE AND THE BANK BUILDING WALL. THERE WERE NO FIRES. THE ACCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO THE POLICE. THERE WAS NO CITATION GIVEN TO ME BY THE POLICE. THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED NEW IN NOVEMBER OF 2009. THIS WAS THE FIRST FAILURE OF THIS KIND. THE VEHICLE IS CURRENTLY BEING REPAIRED, AND WHEN COMPLETED, KIA WILL CONDUCT DIAGNOSTIC TESTS TO DETERMINE WHAT HAPPENED. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS OF 5 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE AND ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC) LIGHTS ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE FAILURE WAS COMMON IN HER MODEL VEHICLE. THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED AND THE PMC WAS UPGRADED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 21,441 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS NOT UNKNOWN. UPDATED 7/16/10 *CN UPDATED 07/22/10.*JB

HE SLIDING DOORS ON THE 2009 KIA SEDONA FREEZE SHUT. LEADING TO PULLING AND YANKING ON THE HANDLES TO GET THE DOORS TO OPEN. THIS HAPPENS ON A VERY REGULAR BASIS AND HAS SINCE THE FIRST FREEZE OF PURCHASING THE VAN IN OCTOBER OF 2009. AFTER NOTICING THAT TWO OTHER VANS IN THE AREA HAVE THE SAME ISSUE, I HAVE DECIDED TO MAKE A COMPLAINT. AT TIMES WE HAVE LOADED OUR CHILDREN THROUGH THE FRONT DOORS TO ALLOW THEM GETTING IN THE VAN. ANOTHER TIME WE HAD TO DRIVE OUR OTHER VEHICLE. IT WILL EVENTUALLY CAUSE THE HANDLES TO BREAK OFF THE VAN WITH THE AMOUNT OF FORCE WE NEED TO USE TO OPEN THE DOORS. *CN