2007 KIA SORENTO Complaints

MY 07 KIA SORENTO WHEN TRYING TO ENTER THE STATE HIGHWAY. WHEN YOU PUSH DOWN ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL. THE VIECHEL STATE TO ACCELERATE AND THEN ALL OF A SUDDEN THE ESC. LIGHT COMES ON AND THE SUV. GOES INTO SAFE LIMP MODE. WHERE IT WILL NOT ACCELERATE AND WILL NOT CLIMB OVER 20MPH. FOR A VERY LONG PERIOD. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE BEEN IN A FEW SITUATIONS WHERE WE WERE ALMOST HIT. LOOKING ONLINE I CAN SEE THAT THIS IS FAR FROM BEING A ISOLATED ORDEAL. AND THAT BECAUSE OF THE AGE OF THE VIECHEL . I AM READING WHERE MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME ISSUE BUT NOT GOING TO THE DEALER BECAUSE OF THE COST INVOLVED. WITH THE NUMBER OF THE VIECHELS SOLD THERE HAVE TO BE QUITE A FEW THAT HAVE RESULTED IN A ACCIDENT THAT INVOLVES BODILY INJURY. IF NOT GOD FORBID EVEN DEATH. I JUST HOPE THIS REACHES THE DESK OR SCREEN OF SOMEONE WHO CAN INVESTIGATE THIS MATTER. A LOT BETTER THAN WHAT I AM CAPABLE OF DOING.

THE RIGHT REAR PASSENGER DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE. I HAVE MADE EVERY ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE DOOR SHORT OF CUTTING THE INTERIOR PANEL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE NOT MENTION A MAJOR INCONVENIENCE. WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET I FOUND THAT THIS LOCKING DOOR ISSUE SEEMS TO BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH MANY OWNERS AND SEVERAL KIA MODELS COVERING YEARS FROM 2004 TO 2011. THERE WERE THIRD PARTY REPORTS OF A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT. THE ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE OCCURRED AFTER RETURNING TO OUR VEHICLE AFTER SHOPPING AT LOWE'S. THE DOOR WORKED WHEN WE ARRIVED AT THE STORE. WE HAD OPENED THE DOOR TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM TO RETURN TO THE STORE. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO NOTE THAT I HAVE HAD TO HAVE THE DRIVERS DOOR AND FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCHES REPAIRED FOR A SIMILAR PROBLEM WHERE THEY WOULD NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE DUE TO A PLASTIC PART BREAKING. IT HAPPENED A THIRD TIME ON THE DRIVERS DOOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND I FIXED IT WITH MY OWN, STRONGER HOME MADE PARTS. I HAVE A 1972 CHEVELLE AND A 1967 CAMARO AND THOSE, ORIGINAL, DOOR LATCHES WORK FLAWLESSLY. THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS!

WHEN CAR IS IN MOTION EVEN WHEN CRUISE CONTROL IS ON GOING OVER 30 MILES AN HOUR, THERE WILL BE A HESITATION IN FORWARD MOTION. ITS NOT A TRANSMISSION JERK. ITS A PAUSE WHILE IN MOTION. THE HEADLIGHTS ALSO DO THE SAME WHEN ON. THEY WILL BE ON NORMAL THEN GO DIM WHILE IN MOTION. WE HAVE TROUBLE SHOOTED AND NO CODES COME UP. WE BELIEVE IT IS AN ELECTRICAL ISSUE. WE HAVE ONLY HAD VEHICHLE FOR 2 YRS AND ITS DONE THIS EVERY SINCE WE HAD IT BUT ITS GOTTEN WORSE. WASNT AS NOTICABLE WHEN WE PURCHASED BUT IT WASNT BEING DRIVEN FOR LONG DISTANCES. NOW IT HAS BEEN DROVE ON LONG TRIPS AND IS VERY NOTICEABLE. FEELS LIKE THE CAR WILL JUST STOP/SHUT DOWN IN MOTION.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND SEVERAL WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED AGAIN AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS ONCE AGAIN REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED APPROXIMATELY A MONTH LATER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED A TOTAL OF EIGHT TIMES SINCE APRIL OF 2016. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. . ..UPDATED 12/12/16 *BF

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE DOOR WAS JAMMED AND THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 90,000.

MY ESC LIGHT WILL COME ON AND MY CAR WILL LOSE ALL POWER,STEP ON GAS AND NOTHING HAPPENS, HAVE TO PULL OVER, STOP ENGINE AND RESTART, THEN CAR RUNS NORMAL, THIS SEEMS TO BE VERY DANGEROUS IF HAPPENS ON FREEWAY

I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE ON MY 2007 KIA SORENTO TO HAVE THE CLOCK SPRING REPLACED. PRIOR TO TAKING THE CARTO THE DEALER THE AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE FRANKLIN TN DEALERSHIP ASSUMING THE LIGHT WAS CAUSED BY THE CLOCK SPRING RECALL. THE TECH INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY THE OCS MAT IN THE PASSENGER SEAT AND IT COULD BE FIXED FOR $2,200+. HE ALSO SAID THAT I DID NOT NEED A CLOCK SPRING. WHEN I CHECKED ON THE CLOCK SPRING RECALL I SEE MY CAR NOW HAS NO RECALLS ACTIVE. WITH THE SAME OCS MAT PROBLEM BEING COVERED ON THE SPECTRA MODEL I FEEL THE SORENTO SHOULD ALSO BE INCLUDED IN THE EXTENDED COVERAGE.

THE BRAKE LAMP SWITCH CONTINUES TO BE FAULTY. IN SOME CASES THE BRAKE LIGHTS DO NOT ILLUMINATE AT ALL AND OTHER TIMES THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAIN ON AND DRAIN THE BATTERY. THIS OCCURS WHILE DRIVING OR STATIONARY. (THIS HAS BEEN A RECALL AND FIXED 4 TIMES AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR).

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED CONSTANTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SENSOR MAT FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000.

DAUGHTER WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN THE TURN SIGNALS STARTED FLASHING. AS SHE PULLED TO A STOP, SOMEONE CAME UP TO HER WINDOW AND TOLD HER THERE WAS SMOKE COMING FROM THE BACK OF THE VEHICLE. SHE PULLED IN TO A PARKING LOT TO CALL ME. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE VEHICLE THERE WAS A SMALL FIRE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE RIGHT REAR OF THE VEHICLE. FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED AND FIRE WAS OUT BY THE TIME THEY ARRIVED. FIRE DEPARTMENT LOOKED UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE AND FOUND THAT THE TRAILER HITCH WIRING HARNESS SHORTED OUT AND STARTED ON FIRE. MY DAUGHTER WAS NOT TOWING ANYTHING AT THE TIME. WIRING HARNESS IS OEM