2011 KIA SORENTO Complaints

LOUD NOISE COMING FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL WHILE VEHICLE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AND ONCE VEHICLE IS IN PARK ON SIDE OF ROAD. NO INDUCATOR LIGHTS LIGHTS SHOW IN DASH.

MY REAR CALIPER HAS FAILED SHORTLY AFTER REPLACING ALL 4 ROTARS, AND BRAKE PADS. NOW I AM FACING A RATHER EXPENSIVE BILL THAT I CANNOT AFFORD ON A LIMITTED INCOME AS I AM DISABLED. I AM ALSO LUCKY THAT THIS MALFUNCTION DID NOT CAUSE ME TO CRASH THE VEHICLE. I NOTICED MY GAS MILEAGE HAD SIGNIFICANTLY GONE DOWN, AND THE REAR OR THE VEHICLE WAS DRAGGING, AND I ALSO HEARD WHAT SOUNDED LIKE SOMETHING DRAGGING ON THE GROUND UND ERDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THAT'S WHEN I NOTICED A GROOVE BEING DUG INTO MY ROTAR BY THE BRAKE PADS LOCKED IN THE ON POSITION.

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT BULB WENT OUT. WENT TO REPLACE BULB AND THE CONNECTOR WAS MELTED

WENT TO GET IN VEHICLE AND DRIVER SIDE DOOR WON'T OPEN FROM OUTSIDE USING KEY FOB OR USING KEY ENTRY. I HAD TO CRAWL FROM PASSENGER SIDE TO ENTER VEHICLE. THIS IS A SAFTY HAZARD!

(1)TRANSMISSION GOT STUCK IN 2ND GEAR WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. TRANSMISSION WOULD "JUMP" EVERY TIME THE CAR HIT 50MHP. COULD NOT REPLICATE AFTER SITTING IN DRIVEWAY OVERNIGHT. (2)ABS LIGHT IS CONSTANTLY ON-TOLD IT IS A CLOCK SPRING. KIA NOT WORRIED ABOUT IT. (3) DOORS STICK-DRIVERS DOOR WILL LOCK ITSELF AND CANNOT OPEN FROM OUTSIDE. THIS HAPPENED 3X WHILE CAR IS RUNNING AND I EXITED TO GET MAIL. FRONT PASSENGER WILL NOT CLOSE- HAVE TO KNOCK HANDLE TO CLOSE. (4)BACKUP CAMERA INTERMITTENT. (5)BLUETOOTH DOES NOT PAIR WITH PHONE-INTERMITTENT. (6) GAS DOOR STICKS- MUST HIT RELEASE BUTTON DOZENS OF TIMES BEFORE IT OPENS. (7) TIRE PRESSURE GUAGES BROKEN.

WIRING IS BAD FOR HEADLIGHTS, MELTED THE HEADLIGHT ASSEMBLY. REPLACED THAT AND THEN IT MELTED THE WIRES CONNECTED TO THE HEADLIGHTS.

SINCE PURCHASE, ON THREE OCCASIONS DO REAR DOORORS LOCKED IN THE CLOSED POSITION. THE FRONT 2 DOORS AND THE REAR DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE. EACH FRONT DOOR WAS FIXED BY KIA WITH NO EXPENSE TO OWNER. THEY REFUSE TO REPAIR THIS REAR DOOR STATING IT WILL COST THE OWNER APX. $ 1,800. THIS IS A REAL DANGER SINCE PASSENGERS IN THE REAR SEATS CANNOT EXIT CAR IN AN EMERGENCY. DOOR CANNOT BE OPENED UNDER ANY CONDITIONS.

MY REAR DRIVER SIDE DOOR STOPPED OPENING FROM THE OUTSIDE A FEW MONTHS AGO - CHILD LOCK IS NOT ON. YESTERDAY, MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR STOPPED OPENING. APPARENTLY THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH THE KIA SORENTO. WHAT WOULD I DO IF I WAS IN ACCIDENT AND CAN'T PHYSICALLY GET IN CAR TO GET MY CHILD OUT. THIS IS BEYOND DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE. A RECALL NEEDS TO HAPPEN IMMEDIATELY.

RECALL!!!WHEN ACCELERATING MORE THAN 60-80 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ECO SENSOR LIGHT POPS ON AND MY SUV JERKS BACK THEN PICKS UP SPEED CAUSING THE BACK OF MY HEAD TO HIT YOUR HEAD RESTRAINT. IT IS VERY SCARY!!!!

AIR BAG LIGHT HAS BEEN ON FOR ABOUT A YEAR, DEALERSHIP DID NOT KNOW HOW TO FIX PROBLEM AND TOLD ME IT WAS A PART OF A RECALL ISSUE BUT WAS NEVER FIXED. LAST MONTH MY ENGINE LOCKED UP ON ME WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY, UPON MY HUSBAND AND POLICE GETTING THERE TO ASSIST, I WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO OIL IN MY RESERVOIR, MY HUSBAND BOUGHT OIL ONLY TO RETURN AND NOTICE THAT DRAIN PLUG WAS NOT IN PLACE, ENGINE IS BURNT UP AND MY INSURANCE NEITHER DEALERSHIP WHERE TRUCK WAS SERVICED WANTS TO ASSIST ME WITH COST! I DON'T HAVE $7,752 FOR A NEW ENGINE!