2014 KIA SORENTO Complaints

A LARGE PORTION OF PAINT ON THE A PILLAR BUBBLED AND CAME OFF. PAINT IS CHIPPING IN OTHER PLACES.

WHEN DRIVING HOME I PULLED INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND STARTED TO SMELL SLIGHT GAS, WHEN I GET TO MY HOUSE A PULLED INTO THE DRIVEWAY SMOKE STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. IN AN ATTEMPT TO OPEN THE HOOD I NOTICED FLAMES COMING FROM UNDER THE CAR. I CALLED 911 AND MY FRIEND WENT TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. THE FIRE EXTINGUISHER DID NOT WORK AS THE FIRE GREW BIG AND FAST. WHEN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED THE FRONT OF THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ON FIRE. NO RECENT WORK HAS BEEN DONE OF THE CAR BESIDES REGULAR OIL CHANGES. THE CAR WAS DRIVING PERFECTLY FINE AND NO WARNING LIGHTS OR WEIRD NOISES BEFORE IT CAUGHT FIRE.

I'M THE FIRST AND ONLY OWNER OF A WHITE 2014 KIA SORENTO. THE PAINT IS CHIPPING OFF ON THE HOOD, BUMPER AND DOOR RAIL/COLUMN. AFTER DOING PLENTY OF RESEARCH THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH WHITE KIA SORENTOS. ON SOCIAL MEDIA THERE'S A FACEBOOK GROUP (KIA SORENTO PEARL WHITE PAINT PEELING CHIPPING AND DELAMINATION). THIS GROUP IS FILLED WITH HUNDREDS OF KIA OWNERS WHO HAVE THIS ISSUE.

I HAVE BEEN LOCKED OUT OF CAR DUE TO KEYFOB NOT WORKING. I HAVE HAD TROUBLE OOENING THE HATCH AND SUNROOF. PRESET COMFORT SETTINGS IE SEAT, MIRROR, DOOR AND WINDOW LOCKS HAVE REVERTED TO ONES PREVIOUS TO WHAT I PUT IN FOR MYSELF. THE GPS KEPT GETTING STUCK ON THE DEALERDSHIP ADDRESS. I HAD STARTING ISSUES. NOW I OFTEN HAVE STOPPING (TURNING OFF EVERYTHING) ISSUES SO THEN HAVE TO KEEP TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF TO FINALLY GET THE ELECTRICAL THINGS (LIGHTS, RADIO) TO TURN OFF. ITS SCARY. I ALSO HAVE THE WORST GAS MILEAGE. I STARTED IFF AT 12 MILES. AFTER SERVICING, IT WENT DOWN TO 8MI PER GALLON. IF IT GETS TO 14MI AND I GET THE CAR SERVICED, IT IMMEDIATELY DROPS BACK DOWN. THERE ARE SERIOUS ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THESE SORENTOS. THIS IS A 2014 AND I JUST GOT A RECALL. THE RECALL WORK WSS DONE AND I EXPERIENCED THE WHOKE ELECTRICAL CRAZINESS AGAIN WITH THE TRUNCK, LIGHTS, AND CLOCK. EVENTUALLY ALL THE LIGHTS EXCEPT ONE CAME ON. DEALERSHIP SWEARS IT IS JUST A COINCIDENCE. THEY AKSO HAVE NO ANSWER FOR THE CLOCK BEING 2 HOURS BEHIND EHEN THD CAR WAS RETURNED. THEY SSID THAT CHECKING THE HECU HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE LIGHTS, OR THE CLOCK. I SUSPECT NO RECALLS ON THE EKECTRICAL SYSTEM OR POOR MILEAGE WILL COME OUT UNTIL THE CAR IS 10 YEARX OLD. VEHICLE IS STATIONARY MOST OF THE TIME. I DO NOT DRIVE THAT MUCH

LOUD KNOCKING IN THE ENGINE,LOST OF POWER,STALLING.STALLED ON THE THE ROAD,WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK INTO DRIVE.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS, AND TAIL LIGHTS, BURNING OUT FREQUENTLY, AND AT THE SAME TIME! THIS HAPPENS AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR, AND BOTH HEADLIGHTS GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME, LEAVING MY FAMILY AND I DRIVING IN THE DARK. THIS SEEMS TO HAPPEN WHEN YOU START THE VEHICLE. IT'S BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE FOR 3+ YEARS. IT'S VERY SCARY AND A SIGNIFICANT SAFETY ISSUE, RENDERING THE VEHICLE USELESS UNTIL REPAIRED. I SEE ONLINE THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHERS WHO HAVE THIS SAME ISSUE. KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE (EVEN THOUGH THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP DID) AND BOTH KIA AND THE DEALERSHIP AGREE THAT THIS PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY BECAUSE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THIS IS A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION AND KIA NEEDS TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF IT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. CARS NEED FUNCTIONING HEADLIGHTS AND BREAK LIGHTS.

NIGHTTIME DRIVING WITH THIS VEHICLE IS HORRIBLE. WHILE A WELL-LIT INTERSTATE MAY NOT NECESSARILY BE AN ISSUE, DARK ROADWAYS (RURAL, DARK INTERSTATES, SOME URBAN STREETS) ARE. THE HEADLIGHTS WILL BLOW RANDOMLY BLOW WITHIN AS FEW AS SOME DAYS AFTER REPLACEMENT TO A MONTH AFTER REPLACEMENT. THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY USES PROJECTOR LENSES. HOWEVER, THE LIGHT DOES NOT PROJECT. I HAVE TRIED ADJUSTING THE HEADLIGHTS AND THE HEADLIGHTS RESPOND BY PROJECTING A SCATTERED BEAM THAT BARELY ILLUMINATES THE ROADWAY. CHEAP WALMART FLOOD LIGHTS DO A BETTER JOB THAN THESE PROJECTOR LENSES. I TRIED USING LEDS TO GET MORE LIGHT. WHILE THE MISSION WAS TECHNICALLY ACCOMPLISHED, THE BEAM PATTERN IS STILL SCATTERED. I DETAIL CARS AND THE PLASTIC COVER IS NOT THE ISSUE. MY STATE LAW TELLS ME THAT MY HEADLIGHTS SHOULD ILLUMINATE A PEDESTRIAN 400 FEET AWAY DURING NIGHTTIME HOURS. THESE LIGHTS DO NOT DO THIS. MY FUNCTION AS A POLICE OFFICER IS THAT OF A TRAFFIC CRASH INVESTIGATOR (WITH EXTENSIVE NHTSA TRAINING SPANNING FROM SFST THROUGH ADVANCED TRAFFIC CRASH) AS WELL AND THESE HEADLIGHTS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO ANIMAL/PEDESTRIAN STRIKES AS THEY DO NOT PROJECT THE LIGHT WHERE IT IS NEEDED. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF KIA FORUMS TALKING ABOUT THE SAME THING ACROSS MANY DIFFERENT MODELS. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL THAT REPLACES THE GROUND WIRE AND THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY TO PROJECT THE LIGHT WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE. THESE LIGHTS ARE DANGEROUS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF ELECTRICAL ISSUES WITH THESE VEHICLES (SUCH AS THE BRAKE LIGHTS GOING OUT COMPLETELY FOR NO RANDOM REASON OR THE BRAKE LIGHTS REMAINING ILLUMINATED WITHOUT APPLICATION OF THE BRAKE) BUT THIS ONE TAKES THE CAKE. THIS HAS BEEN AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH THIS VEHICLE SINCE WE PURCHASED IT IN 2016. THIS VEHICLE HAS A POOR IIHS RATING FOR SMALL OVERLAP CRASHES. THE LIGHTS DON'T ILLUMINATE THE ROADWAY WELL ENOUGH WHEN PASSING ANOTHER CAR ON A TWO-LANE HIGHWAY.

I HAVE PAINT PEELING OFF OF MY CAR, I TOOK IT TO KIA & WAS I FORMED MY CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY SO THEY ARE NOT RELIABLE

THE WHITE PAINT ON MY KIA SORENTO IS CHIPPING. THERE WAS NOTHING THAT HIT MY VEHICLE, IT JUST STARTED CHIPPING ALL ACROSS RIGHT ABOVE THE FRONT WINDSHIELD. IT LOOKS VERY UNSIGHTLY AND THIS IS A RELATIVELY NEW VEHICLE.

MY 2014 KIA SORENTO, WITH PEARL WHITE PAINT, STARTED HAVING PAINT CHIP ABOVE WINDSHIELD IN SUMMER OF 2019, WE WERE GIVEN A TUBE OF PAINT TO STOP FURTHER SPREADING, THEN IN DECEMBER 2020, AREA ABOVE WINDSHIELD STARTED TO SPREAD, AND AREA ON LEFT SIDE OF CAR STARTED TO CHIP