2012 KIA SEDONA Complaints

LAST SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2018, SEDONA WAS ALMOST CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVER WAS WITH HER CHILDREN. ONWER SAW A HUGE SMOKE AFTER SHE LOOKED AT DASHBOARD TEMPATURE GUAGE THAT REACHED OVERHEAT, QUICKLY PARKED, TURNED IT OFF, AND OPENED THE HOOD. SHE SMELLED STRONG BURNED. MECHANIC TOOK A LOOK AT ENGINE AND FOUND A LOT OF MOTOR OIL THAT WAS LEAKING THROUGH THE HEAD GASKET AND SPILLING OVER ONTO EXHAUST PIPE UNDER ENGINE BLOCK. OIL SPILLING ONTO EXHAUST PIPE COULD CAUSE FIRE. RESPONSE OF MECHANIC DIAGNOSIS, ORIGINAL ALTERNATOR WAS AT FAULT FOR STOPPING GENERATE POWER SUPPLY TO THE RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY. THEN RADIATOR FAN ASSEMBLY STOPPED OPERATING, RESULTING IN ENGINE OVERHEAT TO BREAK THE HEAD GASKET, LEAKING A LOT OF MOTOR OIL. FOLLOWING OVERHEAT ISSUE, TRANSMISSION WAS ALSO AFFECTED. MECHANIC NOTICED THAT ALARM WAS NOT BUILT IN FOR COOLANT FLUID LEVEL LOW AFTER HALF LOW IN RADIATOR FOUND. WHY WAS NOT A COOLANT FLUID LEVEL LOW ALARM BUILT IN BEFORE FIRST TIME VEHICLE WAS SOLD? WITHOUT A COOLANT FLUID LEVEL LOW ALARM COULD LEAD VEHICLE INTO FIRE.

DROVE HOME FROM CHURCH AND TRIED TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THE VAN IS STUCK IN PARK. WILL NOT SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR WHEN YOU PUSH IN ON THE BUTTON. MADE SURE MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL. BEEN RUNNING GREAT JUST CRAZY HOW THIS HAPPENED.

WIRING HARNESS CONNECTIONS ARE MELTED AT THE BLOWER MOTOR AND RESISTOR. ALSO DID ON MY 06 SEDONA. WORRIED ABOUT A FIRE. THE CIRCUIT IS NOT SIZED RIGHT. THERE ARE A LOT OF COMPLAINTS ON LINE ABOUT THIS.

ENGINE OIL SENSOR LEAKING OIL AND ENGINE OIL LIGHT GOES OFF AND ON. ANY TIME ENGINE IS RUNNING.

2012 KIA SEDONA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO DOOR LOCK MALFUNCTION. *LD THE CONSUMER STATED ONCE THE KEYS WERE INSERTED INTO THE IGNITION THE LOCKS WOULD RANDOMLY LOCK AND UNLOCK THEMSELVES. THE DASHBOARD WOULD ALERT THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SLIDING DOOR WAS AJAR, BUT IT WAS NOT. THE SLIDING DOOR WOULD OPEN WHILE THE VEHICLE WOULD WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. *JS

2012 KIA SEDONA HEATER WIRE HARNESS ON DRIVE SIDE FAILED AND MELTED ALL THE WIRES UNDER THE DASH. MECHANIC STATED IT COULD HAVE CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE HEATER CONTROL FOR THE FRONT STOPPED WORKING WHICH SENT US TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION WHEN THE HEATER CONTROL FAILED. IT WAS VERY GOOD THIS HAPPENED DURING THE WINTER OTHERWISE THE VEHICLE MAY HAVE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE DRIVING BECAUSE WE WOULD NOT NEED HEAT.

REAR DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT ALWAYS CLOSE COMPLETELY AND SOMETIMES OPENS WHILE DRIVING. MY THREE YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER SITS IN THAT SEAT AND I'M WORRIED THAT THE DOOR IS ACTUALLY GOING TO COME OPEN WHILE WE'RE DRIVING THE CAR. I'VE READ OF PREVIOUS YEARS FOR THIS SAME VEHICLE HAVING THIS PROBLEM. I'VE PAID TO HAVE IT REPAIRED ONCE, BUT I FEEL THAT KIA SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS KNOWN ISSUE. ALSO, THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. IT SOMETIMES MAKES A GRINDING SOUND WHEN I'M SLOWING DOWN - NOT NECESSARILY WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE. SOMETIMES IT'S DIFFICULT TO STOP THE VEHICLE AND I'M AFRAID I'M GOING TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT.

PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WILL NOT LATCH WITH POWER MOTOR. I SWITCHED THE DOOR TO MANUAL MODE AND THE DOOR APPEARED TO LATCH. THE DOOR THEN POPPED OPEN WHEN VEHICLE WAS MOVING.

ONE THREE SEPARATE OCCASIONS WITHIN A ONE WEEK PERIOD, THE KIA SEDONA STALLED RANDOMLY WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THIS OCCURRED ONCE ON A GRAVEL ROAD, ONCE IN TOWN, AND ONCE ON WHILE MERGING ONTO A HIGHWAY. THE VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO THE DEALER WHERE WE WERE TOLD THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON, BUT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. WHEN WE EXPRESSED THIS SAFETY CONCERN TO KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE, WE HAVE BE COMPLETELY STONEWALLED AND CANNOT EVEN RECEIVE A RETURNED PHONE CALL FROM THE CASE MANAGER. I WISH I COULD SUPPLY MORE INFORMATION BUT THE DEALERSHIP AND KIA SEEM UNWILLING OR UNABLE TO DISCUSS THIS MATTER WITH US.

THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH THE REAR DOOR NOT OPENING. IT WILL OPENS INTERMITTENLY. LOCKED OR UNLOCKED IT DOESN'T MATTER, SAME WITH THE RIGHT REAR SLIDING DOOR, YOU CANNOT OPEN IT FROM THE INSIDE OR OUT LOCKED OR UNLOCKED, CHILD SAFETY LOCKS HAVE BEEN CHECKED AND RECHECKED. THIS CAUSES A SAFETY HAZARD.