2015 KIA SEDONA Complaints

The contact owns a 2015 Kia Sedona. The contact stated while driving at various speeds, the vehicle was bouncing. There was no warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic and the contact was informed that the shocks were defective. The vehicle was taken to an unknown local dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 89,000.

We bought our 2015 Kia Sedona earlier this year (2021) and are having issues with the left blinker, the sliding doors and the backup camera. With the blinker, it doesn't always activate when you plus the lever down. sometimes you have to push it real hard. Other times you push the lever down to turn left but the right blinker comes on instead. With the doors, the rear left door doesn't always click shut all the way. It makes a grinding sound and then the back of the door unhinges. Sometimes it closes all the way only to unhinge while I am driving, sometimes 55+mph in the middle of a highway. The rear right door will not always respond to any of the automatic button commands. Once in a while it will close or open with the buttons. Other times it will partially close before reopening again. And even other times it just beeps and will not move. We have checked numerous times to make sure there are no obstructions and there aren't. With the backup camera, it is just very blurry and you cannot really tell what you are looking at other than shadows. We have wiped it down and it has done nothing to fix the issue. KIA! PLEASE HELP WITH THESE ISSUES!!!!!

When pushing the turn signal down while the vehicle is in motion to go left, it either doesn’t blink or switches to the right blinker. This nearly caused an accident the other day when a car nearly hit the back of my van with my 6 kids in it, because the left blinker wouldn’t come on and then switched to blinking right. There are numerous other reports on here of similar incidents and unfortunately it looks like nothing will be done until it causes a fatality. My car is at the dealership now and I will forward the invoice if they fix it. You can go to the Kia Forum and find 34 different posts on the same issue.

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND PRESSURE OIL LIGHT KEEP ON AND OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN RECALLED ON THE KIA SPORTAGE. (NHTSA RECALL NUMBER: 19V101).

I HAVE BEEN HAVING ISSUES WITH ALL MY AUTOMATED POWER DOORS TO MY 2015 KIA SEDONA SXL. BOTH SLIDING DOORS HAVE BEEN STAYING UNLATCHED AND OPEN ON THEIR OWN WHILE IN VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND KIA EXTENDED MY WARRANTY TO FIX IT BUT MY PROBLEM IS THAT AT THE SAME TIME THIS ALL STARTED HAPPENING MY TAILGATE DOOR LATCH ALSO WENT BAD AND IT STAYS OPEN AND OPENS WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AS WELL. I'VE TRIED TO GET ANSWERS AND ALSO TRIED TO HAVE KIA HELP ME FIX THIS PROBLEM, BUT IT'S WAY TO BIG OF A COINCIDENCE THAT MY TAILGATE MALFUNCTIONED AT THE EXACT SAME TIME AS THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOORS. IT'S BEEN ONGOING SINCE FEBRUARY 2021. I HAVE READ IN THE KIA FORUMS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY KIA SEDONA OWNER THAT IS HAVING THE EXACT ISSUES. THIS IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS AND I'M NOT HAPPY AT ALL.

THE SLIDING DOORS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE VEHICLE APPEAR FAULTY. THEY ROUTINELY DO NOT FUNCTION WITH THE BUTTON AND I AM REQUIRED TO MANUALLY CLOSE THEM. THEY ALSO DO NOT AUTOMATICALLY STOP AND HAVE NEARLY CLOSED ON MY ARM BEFORE. THEY ARE VERY GLITCHY. THE DRIVERS SLIDING DOOR DOES NOT PROPERLY CLOSE ALL OF THE WAY APPROXIMATELY 10-15% OF THE TIME.

AS CONSISTENTLY AS MULTIPLE TIMES EACH DAY, WHEN USING THE BLINKER FUNCTION ON MY 2015 KIA SEDONA. THE HEADLIGHTS WILL TURN OFF COMPLETELY. I HAVE TO WIGGLE THE DEVICE TO RESTORE HEADLIGHT FUNCTION. IT APPEARS TO HAVE LOOSE CONNECTIVITY OR WIRE, BUT IS A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE WHEN DRIVING AT DARK.

OUR 2015 KIA SECOND MINIVAN OVERHEATED REPEATEDLY IN 2020 FOR UNKNOWN REASONS RESULTING IN A TOTAL ENGINE FAILURE AND COMPLETE LOSS OF VALUE. AFTER LEAVING A HIGHWAY, THE MINIVAN OVERHEATED, RESULTING IN A BLINKING ENGINE LIGHT. IT WAS QUICKLY PARKED AND LATER DRIVEN TO A MECHANIC, WHO COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM. AFTER A PERIOD OF OPERATION AT NORMAL TEMPERATURES, IT BEGAN TO MISFIRE. NO WARNING LIGHTS APPEARED PRIOR TO OR DURING THESE MISFIRES. NONETHELESS, WE HAD THE STARTER COILS REPLACED BASED ON A REPAIR CODE. AFTER ANOTHER PERIOD OF NORMAL OPERATION, IT AGAIN BEGAN TO MISFIRE AND OVERHEATED WITHOUT TRIGGERING ANY WARNING LIGHTS. WE DROVE IT IMMEDIATELY TO OUR MECHANIC, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE HEAD GASKET WAS BLOWN. A KIA DEALER TO WHICH WE TOWED THE CAR CONFIRMED THIS ASSESSMENT AND REPORTED IT NEEDED A $6K NEW ENGINE THAT WOULD COST $3K TO INSTALL. (NEITHER WE NOR OUR INDEPENDENT MECHANIC COULD LOCATE A USED ENGINE FOR LESS THAN $4K.) IN ITS CURRENT STATE, THE DEALER ESTIMATES THAT THE 5 YEAR OLD MINIVAN'S TRADE-IN VALUE IS $500. KIA REGIONAL IS UNABLE TO CONFIRM THAT A REPLACEMENT ENGINE IS AVAILABLE AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVE REPORTED THAT IT IS REMANUFACTURING THESE ENGINES AND MAY NEED TO WAIT FOR PARTS TO BE CREATED AND SHIPPED FROM SOUTH KOREA. THE 2015 SEDONA ENGINE IS OF THE SAME TYPE (KIA LAMBDA II 3.3L V6 GASOLINE DIRECT INJECTION) INCLUDED IN VEHICLES THAT WERE THE SUBJECT OF THE RECENT ENGINE FIRE LAWSUIT (ANDREA SMOLEK V. HYUNDAI MOTORS AMERICA AND KIA MOTORS AMERICA). HOWEVER, THE SEDONA WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE SETTLEMENT OF THAT CASE OR THE RELATED RECALL.

BLINKER MALFUNCTION. WHEN BLINKER SWITCH TO LEFT TURN INDICATOR, IT WILL INTERMITTENTLY FLASH TO THE RIGHT WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION AND STOPPED. THIS HAS NUMEROUSLY TIMES CAUSED PEOPLE AROUND ME TO MOVE IN WRONG DIRECTION. IT IS COMMONLY REPORTED ONLINE. PLEASE FORCE RECALL.

ON 2015 MODEL KIA SEDONAS THE SLIDING DOOR MOTORS MAY BECOME FAULTY AND CAUSE THE SLIDING DOORS TO NOT CLOSE ALL THE WAY. WHEN YOU PUSH THE BUTTON TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT GETS ALMOST CLOSED AND THEN MAKES A LOUD GRINDING NOISE FOLLOWED BY A BEEP IN THE CABIN AND A NOTIFICATION ON THE INSTRUMENT CLUSTER LETTING YOU KNOW THAT THE DOOR DID NOT FULLY CLOSE. IF YOU DRIVE WITH THE DOOR IN THIS STATE IT IS NOT FULLY LATCHED AND PRESENTS A SAFETY ISSUE AS THE DOOR COULD OPEN WHILE DRIVING OR IN THE CASE OF IMPACT. THE TSB IS ATTACHED TO THIS CASE.