2006 KIA SEDONA Complaints

BULBS CONSTANTLY GOING OUT. LOTS OF FRONT END ISSUES WITH NOISES, CLUNKING MOSTLY. DIFFICULTY SEEING DUE TO BLIND SPOT WHERE FRONT WINDOW AND DOORS MEET AND WHERE FRONT DOORS AND BACK SLIDING DOOR MEETS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED IN A PARKING LOT, THE LOWER CONTROL ARM FRACTURED AS THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO MAKE A TURN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE LOWER CONTROL ARM WAS RUSTED, FRACTURED, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

OIL LEAKS FROM VALVE COVER GASKET AND TIMING COVER GASKET CAUSE OIL TO DROP ON THE ALTERNATOR. THIS OIL RESIDUE CAUSES THE ALTERNATOR TO STOP WORKING AND IN TURN THE BATTERY DIES. MY VEHICLE HAS STOPPED ABRUPTLY ON THE FREEWAY THREE TIMES DUE TO THIS ISSUE, WHEN ALL ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE VEHICLE IS ABRUPTLY DISABLED WITH VERY LESS WARNING AND REACTION TIME. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION AND IF NOT FOR MY ALERTNESS AND QUICK REACTION, MY FAMILY WOULD HAVE BEEN A TRAFFIC HAZARD AND ACCIDENT PRONE. THIS A MANUFACTURING OR PART RELATED DEFECT ON KIA SEDONAS. MY MECHANICS HAVE CONFIRMED SEEING THIS ON OTHER KIA SEDONAS. MY VEHICLE CURRENTLY STILL HAS THIS PROBLEM AND I AM TRYING TO GET KIA TO ADDRESS IT.

JANUARY 2007 WE PURCHASED A KIA SEDONA BECAUSE OF THE SAFETY FEATURES FOR ALL PASSENGERS, AN IMPORTANT FEATURE BECAUSE I TRANSPORT CHILDREN. IN APRIL OF 2007 WE WERE HIT BY A MINI VAN IN THE FRONT PASSENGER QUARTER PANEL. THE ACCIDENT CAUSED THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF DAMAGE AND NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED, WHICH WAS A CONCERN. 2016 WE WERE IN ANOTHER ACCIDENT WHILE TURNING A CORNER. THIS TIME WE WERE HIT IN THE REAR (3RD ROW) PASSENGER QUARTER PANEL BY A PICK UP. WE WERE HIT HARD ENOUGH TO PUSH OUR VAN INTO THE OTHER LANE, ENDING UP JUMPING A CURB & LANDING IN THE GRASS. NO AIR BAGS DEPLOYED, WHICH REALLY UPSET ME! THE REAR HATCH LOOKED LIKE SOMEONE HAD OPENED IT THEN SHUT IT WITH A LIGHT POLE LAYING ACROSS IT. OUR INSURANCE COMPANY TOTALED THE VAN AND ASKED US TO GO AND GET OUR THINGS OUT. I PUT TOWELS ON ALL THE SEATS TO KEEP IT CLEAN. THE 3RD ROW SEAT BACK (WHERE IT WAS HIT) WOULD NOT MOVE AT ALL AND I COULD NOT REMOVE THE TOWEL FROM IT. THE FRAME OF THE VAN HAD BEEN PUSHED INTO THE SEAT! THE CURTAIN AIR BAG HAD NOT DEPLOYED! I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE I PURCHASED IT AND THE MANAGER TOLD ME THERE WAS NOT A CURTAIN AIR BAG IN MY VAN! AFTER SEARCHING THE PAPERWORK I RECEIVED WITH IT, I FOUND THAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THE CURTAIN AIR BAG COVERING 2ND & 3RD ROW SEATS. I AM COMPLETELY CONFUSED AND VERY UPSET BECAUSE I NORMALLY TRANSPORT A 18 MONTH OLD IN THE 3RD ROW SEAT ON PASSENGER SIDE! IF SHE HAD BEEN IN HER CAR SEAT, SHE WOULD HAVE BEEN HURT BADLY. NOT ONLY BECAUSE OF AN AIR BAG FAILURE BUT GLASS SPLINTERS. I GOT AT LEAST A DOZEN PIECES OF GLASS IN MY HANDS, AND ONE TOOK 2 DAYS TO GET OUT! I RESEARCHED TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANYMORE COMPLAINTS A OUT AIRBAG FAILURE AND FOUND SEVERAL. WE REPLACED OUR VEHICLE WITH ANOTHER MAKE. I SURE WISH THAT THE KIA SEDONA WOULD HAVE DONE WHAT IT WAS SUPPOSED TO DO. AND I AM HOPING THAT KIA CORRECTED THE ISSUES.

TAKATA RECALL MY AIR BAG LIGHT STAYS ON ALL THE TIME.. SAW A SHOW LAST NIGHT ABOUT THE TAKATA AIR BAGS EXPLODING NOT AT ALL SURE HOW LONG IT HAS BEEN THIS WAY SO THE DATE BELOW IS NOT ACCURATE IT HAS BEEN A COUPLE YEARS I THINK. I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY MILES BUT IT IS 140,000 NOW.

THE STRUTS MOUNTS HAD RUSTED APART. SO HAD TO HAVE STRUT, SPRINGS, MOUNTS, SWAY BAR LINK PINS,FRONT STRUTS,PLATES HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHATEVER HAPPENED SUDDENLY LOOSENED MY STEERING WHEEL ALSO SO COULD NOT TURN WELL. THE WHEEL HAD TO BE TURNED ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND TO TURN A CORNER. WHAT HAPPENED I WAS TURNING AND A LOUD POP HAPPENED THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. ON MY VEHICLE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAD A FAILURE SUDDENLY. KIA DID REPAIR THE CONTROL ARMS LAST YEAR WHEN THEY FAILED. THE CORROSION IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE IF I HAD BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED I WOULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS

CAR RANDOMLY WILL NOT START, PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. LET CAR SIT FOR 15 OR SO MINUTES AND WILL START, BATTERY FINE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED. TOOK TO KIA MOTORS AND COULD NOT DETECT PROBLEM. RECENTLY TOOK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO DETECT A PROBLEM (AFTER INVESTIGATING KIA WEBSITE) WITH THE INTERMITTENT CRANK. THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATES THAT THIS IS PROBLEM IN 2006 AND 2007 SEDONA. I HAVE A COPY OF THE BULLETIN IN MY POSSESSION. THE MECHANIC DID NOT REPLACE THE PART BUT HE REMOVED, CLEANED IT AND REINSTALLED. I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM (HAS ONLY BEEN ONE DAY) BUT WILL SEE HOW IF RUNS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ISSUE AND COVERED BY KIA. I HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL AND FOR THE SERVICE OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN A HARDSHIP FOR ME. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN DEPENDABLE OR SAFE. CAN YOU HELP ME 1. REQUEST A REFUND ON MY EXPENSES AND 2. GET THIS PART REPLACED AS A RECALL ITEM? THANK YOU *TR

DRIVING MY KIA IN FREEWAY ABOUT 55 MPH AND UNEXPECTEDLY HOOD OPEN AND CRASH MY WINDSHIELD, I TRY TO DRIVE TO FREEWAY SIDE WITH THE LITTLE VISIBLE SPACE BETWEEN DASHBOARD AND HOOD, A GUY DRIVING BESIDES ME HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC SO I REDUCE SPEED AND HIT GUARDRAIL, I DAMAGE MY BUMPER AND ALL RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY KIA, I WAS THINKING THAT WAS MY BAD LUCK OR THAT I DIDN'T CLOSE HOOD PROPERLY. I TRIED TO PUT HOOD IN PLACE AND USING AN ETHERNET CABLE TO SECURE HOOD AND DRIVE AT 10-20 MPH TO HOME. NEXT DAY I CALL A GUY FROM CRAIGSLIST TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD, I REMOVE HOOD AND TRIED TO UNBEND IT, FIX LATCHES AND TRIED IT TO PUT IT IN PLACE I BUY ONE USED AND REPLACE OLD ONE, I AM STILL USING MY VEHICLE BECAUSE WANT TO AVOID FINES AND I WAS NOT PHYSICALLY AFFECTED, JUST THE SCARE AND VEHICLE DAMAGE, I DIDN'T REPORT INCIDENT TO POLICE. I JUST READ ABOUT LATCH KIA PROBLEM, KIA'S RECALL NUMBER SC134, I AM STILL USING MY KIA BECAUSE CANNOT BUY ANOTHER CAR FOR THE MOMENT, ALL MY KIA IS MESSED UP IN THE BODY(BUMPER/RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE, ETC. BUT MOTOR/TRANS WORKED LIKE A CHAMP BUT COSMETICALLY LOOKS VERY UGLY BECAUSE THAT INCIDENT WITH OPEN HOOD. CAN KIA PAY FOR MY REPAIRS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. HOURS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE HAD COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS WERE RUSTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,599.

WENT TO AUTO PARTS STORE FOR OIL FILTER - PARKED CAR. AFTER FILTER PURCHASE LEFT STORE, TOSSED OIL FILTER (FRAM TG9999) ON PASSENGER SEAT AND STARTED CAR; AIR BAG LIGHT LIT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER; NO AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE (2006 SEDONA) HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS 150052 MILES ON IT AND RUNS WELL. CONTACTED KIA ABOUT ISSUE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AIR BAG ISSUES - WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND TOLD THAT VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY HAVING MORE THAN 100K MILES, SO I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THIS SERVICED BY A KIA DEALER. DATE BELOW APPROX.