2003 KIA SORENTO Complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BOLT CRANKSHAFT SENSOR BOLT FAILED AND CAUSED THE BELTS TO FRACTURE AND THE POWER STEERING TO MALFUNCTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED YET THE FAILURE RECURRED SHORTLY AFTER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT FURTHER REPAIRED. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 106,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 78,000.

VEHICLE MODEL: KIA SORENTO EX; THE TRANSMISSION KEEPS FAILING AND THE AIRBAG MODULE KEEPS BREAKING AND DISPLAYING RED LIGHT EVEN AFTER FIXING AT A DEALER SHOP "BILL DODGE KIA , WESTBROOK, ME. THE SYMPTOMS ARE AS FOLLOWS: YOU PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE DOES NOT MOVE AND ONLY A GRINDING SOUND OCCURS, THEN YOU MOVE THE TRANSMISSION SHIFT UP AND DOWN AND AFTER A FEW MOMENTS IT GENERALLY GOES INTO GEAR.WE ALMOST HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS AND THE CAR IS BACK IN THE SHOP. THIS CAR IS A NIGHTMARE CAR -- PLEASE DO NOTIFY MANUFACTURER. *TR

I HAVE A 2003 KIA SORENTO AND ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO WHEN I WENT TO PUT GAS IN MY CAR THE GAS WAS SPEWING OUT ON MY CAR, THE GROUND, AND ON ME. AND IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME I PUT GAS IN IT NOW. I HAVE TO PUMP VERY SLOWLY SO IT DON'T SHOOT OUT AT ME. BUT THAT TAKES TWENTY MIN TO PUMP HALF A TANK OF GAS. THE KIA DEALERSHIP SAYS THEIR NOT SURE WHAT'S WRONG BUT WILL COST AROUND $600.00-%$800.00 TO FIX IT. *TR

SINCE THE FUEL PUMP OF MY KIA SORENTO 2003 WAS CHANGED ON JUNE 2010, EVERY TIME I FILLED UP THE TANK WITH GAS, IT COMES BACK, VOMITING ALL THE GAS AT THAT MOMENT. I HAVE TO SLOWLY FILL IT UP AND TAKES ME ABOUT 20 MINUTES TO FILL UP THE TANK. NONE OF THE MECHANICS CONSULTED CAN FIND A SOLUTION. *TR

2003 KIA SORENTO. CONSUMER STATES SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE *TGW THE CONSUMER STATED ON TWO OCCASIONS, THE PIN THAT HELD THE CRANKSHAFT TOGETHER BROKE LOOSE. THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR LOCATED BEHIND THE TIMING BELT FAILED. *JB

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 KIA SORENTO. THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT BOLT FAILED IN AUGUST OF 2008. THE DEALER REPLACED THE ENGINE CRANKSHAFT BOLT FOUR TIMES. THE REPAIRS DIDN'T CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE CONTINUOUS FAILURES WERE DEALER ERROR, AND THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,404 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 118,000.

WHEN FUELING THE VEHICLE FUEL HAS BEEN SPRAYING BACK OUT OF THE FUEL FILLER NECK IF THE FUEL IS PUMPED AT A NORMAL RATE. THIS HAS OCCURRED SINCE WELL BEFORE THE 1ST INCIDENT DATE. THE ONLY WAY TO KEEP THE FUEL FROM SPRAYING OUT IS TO PUMP THE FUEL VERY SLOWLY AND STOP. FUEL WOULD SPRAY ALL OVER ME, MY WIFE AND THE VEHICLE. WHILE TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE AND THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERS 3/4 FULL AND WHEN THE VEHICLE IS GOING UPHILL THE VEHICLE RPM'S WILL DROP, THE THROTTLE BECOMES UNRESPONSIVE AND THE VEHICLE LOSSES SPEED. THE VEHICLE WILL RECOVER AFTER REACHING LEVEL GROUND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA AND NO PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAYS ON 11/24/10 AND 11/28/10 THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN WHEN THE FUEL GAUGE REGISTERED 3/4 FULL AND IN HEAVY TRAFFIC ON I-65 ALMOST CAUSING VEHICLES TO RUN OVER ME DUE TO MY SPEED DROPPING ABRUPTLY. I REACHED THE NEAREST FUEL STATION AND FILLED THE TANK UP. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS ABOVE 3/4 FULL. THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN WHILE DRIVING AROUND TOWN. THE PROBLEM WITH FUELING THE VEHICLE IS ALL THE TIME.

I BOUGHT A 2003 KIA SORENTO ABOUT 6 YEARS AGO AND I'VE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS. THE WORST AND MOST RECENT PROBLEM IS THE GAS SPEWS OUT OF THE TANK EVERY TIME I TRY TO FILL IT. IT RUNS DOWN THE SIDE OF THE CAR AND ON MY WHEEL. SOMETIMES IT GETS ON ME. THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW. IF YOU PUMP VERY SLOW AND STOP EVERY .80 CENTS IT LESSENS THE AMOUNT OF TIMES IT SPEWS OUT, BUT THIS IS SO VERY TIMELY. THE GAS GAUGE PERIODICALLY GOES OUT. THE HORN HAS NEVER WORKED. THE POWER STEERING PERIODICALLY GOES OUT. WHEN USING CRUISE CONTROL IT WILL PERIODICALLY GO OFF ON IT'S OWN. THE PAINT LOOKS HORRIBLE AND HAS PEELED OFF ON THE SIDE MIRRORS. THE LEATHER SEATS HAVE NOT HELD UP WELL. THE DOME LIGHT WILL NOT WORK WHEN YOU OPEN THE DOOR, BUT IF YOU PRESS THE DOME LIGHT BUTTON IT WILL COME ON. PERIODICALLY THE DASH LIGHTS HAVE FLICKERED AND I'M WONDERING IF THEY ARE ABOUT TO GO OUT. I'VE ALREADY HAD TO REPLACE THE AC COMPRESSOR AND THE DRIVE SHAFT, BOTH OF WHICH HAVE REALLY SET ME BACK FINANCIALLY. I REALLY WANT TO GET THE GAS TANK ISSUE FIXED AS IT IS THE WORST ISSUE AT HAND AND I FEAR IT COULD BE DANGEROUS. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2003 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FUEL TANK WAS DISPENSING THE GASOLINE BACK OUT TOWARDS HER AS SHE ADDED GASOLINE. WHEN THE CONTACT ENTERED THE VEHICLE THE FUEL GAUGE READS FULL WHEN IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY FULL. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED HER THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS IN REFERENCE TO THE FUEL SYSTEM. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 107,500.

I HAVE HAD MY 2003 KIA SORENTO SINCE MARCH 2010. IT WAS PURCHASED WITH 32,000 MILES ON IT, AND AS OF THE END OF OCTOBER 2010, IT HAD 36,000 MILES. SO FAR, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE COOLANT RESERVOIR, BECAUSE IT WAS CRACKED. I WAS DRIVING, AND IT OVERHEATED OUT OF NOWHERE. IT WAS IN THE SHOP FOR FOUR DAYS, BECAUSE THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM EVEN AFTER DOING SEVERAL PRESSURIZED SYSTEMS TESTS. AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2010, I HAD TO REPLACE THE OIL PUMP, BECAUSE IT HAD A CRACK IN IT. NO ONE ANYWHERE I CALLED COULD BELIEVE I HAD TO REPLACE AN OIL PUMP. ALL THE MECHANICS STATED THAT'S ONE OF THE FEW THINGS THEY NEVER HAVE TO REPLACE ON ANY VEHICLE, AND CERTAINLY NOT AT 36,000 MILES. ANYWAY, DUE TO OIL LEAKING ONTO THE TIMING BELT, THAT HAD TO BE REPLACED ALSO. THE TIMING BELT WAS IN FINE CONDITION OTHERWISE. CONSEQUENTLY, I NOW HAVE ENGINE PROBLEMS. I'M SURE THE ENGINE WILL HAVE TO BE REPLACED FROM OVERHEATING AND THEN HAVING NO OIL. AT HIGH RPMS, YOU CAN HEAR A SLIGHT TICK, WHICH I'M PRETTY SURE IS A LIFTER ISSUE. HEADLIGHTS BURN OUT QUICKLY. I WAS DRIVING ONE DAY, AND BOTH BURNT OUT AT THE SAME TIME. I HAD TO DRIVE ON HIGH BEAMS IN THE CITY. CONSTANT ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE DASH. DASH LIGHTS RARELY WORK, AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN ALL THE LIGHTS WILL START FLASHING HERE AND THERE - DASH LIGHTS FLASH ON/OFF, CEILING LIGHT FLASHES ON/OFF, ALL BACK AND FORTH WHILE I'M DRIVING IN THE DARK. VERY DISTRACTING, ESPECIALLY IN TRAFFIC. THE TRUCK ITSELF (SEATS, COMFORT, ETC.) IS AWESOME, BUT IT WAS DEFINITELY MANUFACTURED POORLY. WORST PURCHASE EVER. GLAD I BOUGHT THE 5 STAR WARRANTY OR I'D BE PAYING FOR A TRUCK I CAN'T DRIVE. *TR