2014 KIA SORENTO Complaints

MY KIA PEARL WHITE PAINT HAS BEEN BUBBLING AND COMING OFF FOR OVER A YEAR AND A HALF. I ONLY HAVE 40K MILES ON MY CAR AND I AM DEVASTATED. I DO NOT DRIVE MUCH SO THIS HAS HAPPENED SITTING IN MY GARAGE. I HAVE GOTTEN QUOTES AND HAVE BEEN TOLD THE ENTIRE THING NEEDS TO BE REPAINTED WHICH WILL COST WELL OVER $5K AND TAKE OVER 3 WEEKS WITHOUT MY CAR. MY CONCERNS OVER THE YEARS TO KIA HAVE BEEN BRUSHED OFF THAT IT IS MY PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP.

I'VE ONLY HAD MY 2014 KIA SORENTO FOR A YEAR, FROM 2020-2021. I'VE NOTICED THESE PROBLEMS IN THE BEGINNING AND ASSUMED THEY WOULD WORK ITSELF OUT BECAUSE THE DEALER MENTIONED THAT THE CONDITIONS WERE MINOR BUT THEY ONLY PROGRESSED. I'M PUTTING OIL IN THIS VEHICLE EVERY THREE TO FOUR DAYS BECAUSE THE OIL STICK IS CLEAN ( INDICATING NO OIL). THE ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON. I'VE TAKEN IT TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, INCLUDING THE MECHANIC THAT WORKS DIRECTLY WITH THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH I PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE. THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL COME BACK AND WHENEVER IT STARTED TO BLINK IT WOULD CAUSE MY VEHICLE TO JERK EXCESSIVELY AND FORCEFULLY WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AND MAIN HIGHWAYS EACH TIME CAUSING THE SPEED TO DECREASE . SAME THING WITH THE AIRBAG INDICATOR LIGHT, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ON AND I WAS TOLD TO IGNORE IT. AND THE DRIVER SEAT DOES NOT MOVE, I WAS TOLD A SIMPLE SMALL GREEN FUSE (30) WOULD FIX THAT AND I PURCHASED SEVERAL AND EACH TIME THE MECHANIC WOULD INSERT ONE OF THE FUSES, YOU COULD HEAR A POP. I WAS TOLD NOT TO TOUCH IT OR IT COULD START A FIRE (THE FUSE BOX AREA). AS OF TODAY (APRIL 20, 2021) MY 2014 KIA SORENTO STILL HAVE THESE DANGEROUS ISSUES. VERY DANGEROUS AND SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY NOT RIGHT UNDER THE HOOD.

OUT OF NO WHERE PAINT STARTED CHIPPING THEN PEELING OFF ON DRIVER SIDE UPPER PANEL ABOVE WINDOW . THEN IT STARTED TO PEEL OFF ON FRONT END DRIVER SIDE. THE CAR HAS RUST SPOTS AND CHIPS. LOOKS LIKE THE ROOF WILL BE NEXT. THE PAINT IN CONTINUING TO PEEL. IT'S EXTREMELY THIN PAINT AND SEEMS VERY DRY. THE CAR ALSO MOLDS EASILY IN THE TRUNK AREA.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE HEADLIGHTS APPEARED DIM, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO DRIVE WITH THE HI-BEAMS ACTIVATED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE HEADLIGHT BULBS WOULD BURN OUT EVERY 4-6 MONTHS. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO JOE MYERS KIA (16484 NORTHWEST FWY, HOUSTON, TX 77040) TO BE DIAGNOSED. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE HEADLIGHTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 55 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD SOUND AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED NO WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO KIA CHULA VISTA (540 AUTO PARK DR, CHULA VISTA, CA 91911) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH THE ENGINE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT YET REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE CONSUMER STATED DURING THE INITIAL INSPECTION THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE POWERTRAIN.

PAINT ON OUR 2014 WHITE SORENTO PEELED OFF BOTH A PILLARS AND THE ROOF AND WE HAD TO GET THE TOP HALF OF THE CAR REPAINTED. PAINT PEELED ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BARE METAL PICTURE I PROVIDED ONLY GOT WORSE FROM THERE AND PEELED ALL THE WAY UP.

VEHICLE HAS LARGE CHUNKS OF PAINT THAT FALL OFF AND MAY CAUSE A DRIVING HAZARD FOR OTHERS. THERE ARE MANY REPORTS OF PAINT FALLING OFF PEARL WHITE SORENTO VEHICLES. WHILE THIS IS MAINLY A COSMETIC ISSUE, DEBRIS CAN BE AN ISSUE AS PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED LARGE PAINT CHUNKS BECOMING AIRBORNE FROM THE HOOD AREA.

THE PAINT IS PEALING OFF OF THE BODY OF THE CAR IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS, MOST NOTABLY ON EITHER SIDE OF THE WINDSHIELD. THIS IS CAUSING THE THE BODY TO RUST IN THOSE LOCATIONS WHICH COMPROMISES THE INTEGRITY OF THE VEHICLE.

WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AND MAKING A RIGHT HAND TURN MY STEERING WENT OUT IN THE CAR. I COULD NOT TURN THE VEHICLE AT ALL AND COULD ONLY PROCEED STRAIGHT. I CAME REALLY CLOSE TO A HEAD ON COLLISION. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OFF THE ROAD AND STOP THE CAR AND WAIT FOR HELP. THE VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AS IT RANDOMLY DOES THIS WITH THE STEERING. OUR MECHANIC STATES THAT IT IS THE ELECTRICAL STEERING THAT HAS TO BE REPLACED IN THE CAR WHICH IS $2,000 +/-. I RESEARCHED AND DO NOT FIND ANY RECALLS CONCERNING THE ELECTRICAL STEERING.

AROUND FEBRUARY 5TH THE PAINT ON MY PEARLE WHITE 2014 KIA SORENTO STARTED PEELING. AS TIME WENT ON THE PAINT CONTINUED TO FLAKE OFF OF MY CAR ON BOTH PILLARS AND THE HOOD OF MY VEHICLE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE BASE OF THE CAR. AS I RESEARCHED THIS DEFECT I CAME ACROSS MANY OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND IN THE EXACT SAME AREAS ON THEIR KIA SORENTO SPECIFICALLY THE 2014 MODEL. THE PAINT CONTINUES TO COME OFF IN THE RAIN, WIND, AND EVEN A SIMPLE CAR WASH.