2014 KIA SORENTO Complaints

SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL NOT START. YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE TRANSMISSION OUT OF PARK AND PLACE INTO NEUTRAL, THEN PLACE BACK INTO PARK AGAIN IN ORDER FOR CAR TO START. I HAVE TAKEN VEHICLE TO FAIRFAX KIA MULTIPLE TIMES, BUT THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. I AM ALSO ABLE TO PLACE CAR IN NEUTRAL WITHOUT PRESSING ON BRAKE.

RAPID PAINT PEEL DUE TO DELAMINATION. IT STARTED AS A TINY DO THEN RAPIDLY BEGIN TO PEEL ON THE PANEL NEXT TO THE WINDSHIELD ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE.

MY WHITE 2014 KIA SORENTO STARTED SHEDDING PAINT IN HUGE SECTIONS. DELAMINATION AND PEELING EVERYWHERE. IT WASN'T CAUSED BY A ROCK CHIP. IT'S HUGE BUBBLES UNDER THE SURFACE AND IT COMES OFF IN MASSIVE PIECES. THE WHOLE CAR WILL HAVE TO BE SANDED TO METAL AND REPAINTED!!

MY CAR JUST SHUTS OFF DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD .WAS ON INTERSTATE 81 WHEN IT JUST CUT OFF LOST ALL CONTROLS THANK GOODNESS I WAS IN RIGHT LANE AN DRIFT TO SIDE THIS INTERSTATE IS VERY BUSY WITH TRACTOR TRAILERS. IT STARTED BACK UP AN MADE TO A EXIT AN IT DID IT AGAIN .HAVE SENT TO GARAGE AN FIXED A CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR HOPING THAT WAS THE PROBLEM BUT IT WASN'T. STILL DOING IT. VERY DANGEROUS THIS CAN CAUSE A VERY BAD ACCIDENT I WAS LUCKY THAT I COULD GET OUT OF WAY OF TRAFFIC .I JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE.ALSO WHEN THIS HAPPENS THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON

ON MARCH 1, 2020, I WENT OUT TO GET IN MY CAR AND NOTICED A 10" SWATCH OF PAINT MISSING ON THE DRIVERS SIDE OF MY CAR BETWEEN THE WINDSHIELD AND DRIVERS SIDE WINDOW. APROXIMATELY 4 DAYS LATER, I NOTICED THE SAME THING ON THE PASSENGER SIDE.I WAS VERY UPSET AS IT IS ONLY A 2014, I HAVE BABIED IT AND LOVE IT. TO HAVE IT LOOK LIKE THIS IS VERY DISTRESSING AND I HAVE NOT HAD THIS HAPPEN TO ANY OTHER CAR I HAVE OWNED.

LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS ARE DANGEROUSLY DIM. THEY HAVE ALREADY BEEN REPLACED ONCE, I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS THE BULB AS IIHS HAS RATED THESE LIGHTS ON THIS MODEL AS POOR AS WELL. WHILE DRIVING ON ANY ROAD WITHOUT REFLECTORS OR OVERHEAD LIGHTS IN THE EVENING IT IS VERY HARD TO SEE THE PAINTED LINES. I FEEL VERY UNSAFE ON PAVED COUNTRY ROADS, EVEN ONES THAT ARE STRAIGHT FOR MILES. TURNS FEEL MORE DANGEROUS, AND THIS IS EVEN A PROBLEM ON THE HIGHWAY IN MAJOR CITIES WHERE NO OVERHEAD ILLUMINATION IS PRESENT ON THE ROADWAY.

I AM HAVING AN ISSUE WITH MY LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. THE BULB HAS TO BE REPLACED AT LEAST EVERY THREE MONTHS. WHEN I TURN THE LIGHTS OFF SOMETIMES THEY DO NOT COME BACK ON SO BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE I AM FORCED TO LEAVE HEADLIGHTS ON AT ALL TIMES AND THEY STILL GO OUT AFTER A COUPLE MONTHS. OWNING THE CAR FOR 2 YEARS I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED TAIL LIGHTS TWICE AND HEADLIGHTS 7 TIMES. THERE IS SOMETHING VERY WRONG HERE, NO CAR FROM 2014 SHOULD HAVE REPLACED HEADLIGHTS 7 TIMES MUCH LESS 7 TIMES SINCE 2018!! ON JULY 22, 2020 WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM WORK AT NIGHT, BOTH HEADLIGHTS BURNT OUT AT THE SAME TIME AND I WAS FORCED TO DRIVE HOME WITH MY HIGH BEAMS ON.

MY VEHICLE KEEPS HAVING ISSUES WITH OIL. I GET REGULAR OIL CHANGES AN I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN IT EITHER EVERY 2WEEKS EVEN AFTER AN OIL CHANGE. I HAVE HAD AN OIL COMPSUMPTION TEST AN HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. THERE ARE NO OIL LEAKS AT ALL. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY IN CRUISE CONTROL WHEN IT ALL OF SUDDEN CAME OUT OF CRUISE CONTROL THEN I NOTICED MY RPM GAUGE WASN'T WORKING ALSO. I THEN CAME TO A LIGHT AN WHEN I STARTED TO GO I NOTICED MY CAR BEING SLUGGISH TO REACH 60MPH. I AT ONE TIME HAD MY PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. IT ALSO ACTED LIKE IT WANTED TO STALL ON ME. I MADE IT HOME AN INTO MY DRIVEWAY WHERE I TURNED IT OFF AN BACK ON WHICH AT THAT POINT MY RMP GAUGE STARTED WORKING AN THE CAR ACTED NORMAL. I HAVE ASKED KIA ABOUT THIS PROBLEM NUMEROUS OF TIMES AN I GET NO WHERE. THEY SAY WELL WE SEE THAT THE CONSUMPTION TEST CAME BACK IN THE STANDARD RANGE. I HAVE NO LEAKS AN I HAVE TO PUT OIL IN MY CAR ON A REGULAR BASES. I CAN BE ONLY 4,000 AFTER AN OIL CHANGE AN FEEL IT ACTIING UP AN THEN I CK MY OIL AN MY DIP STICK IS CLEAN NO OIL SO THEN I HAVE TO ADD MORE OIL. I AM CONCERNED THAT I WILL BE ON THE HIGHWAY AN MY CAR WILL JUST SHUT DOWN. MY CAR IS ALWAYS MOVING WHEN I HAVE THESE PROBLEMS. I KEEP GETTING THE RUN AROUND ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

WHEN BRAKING, BRAKES GIVE OUT AND CAR SKIDS. ON TURNS, I HAVE TO PUMP BRAKES TO TRY AND REGAIN CONTROL.

IN MAY. MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WON'T GO OFF. I'M NOT SURE IF THE AIRBAGS ARE DEFECTIVE OR NOT, BUT I'M SCARED TO DRIVE AROUND WITH THE LIGHT ON. THEN ON JULY 16,2020, MY VEHICLE STARTED CUTTING OFF ON MY IN THE MIDST OF MOVING TRAFFIC. I HAVE TO THROW MY HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND COAST TO A SAFE PLACE TO LET THE TRUCK SIT. IT'S CUT OFF ABOUT 7 TIMES NOW WITH MY 3 KIDS IN THE CAR.