2015 KIA SORENTO Complaints

THE ENGINE BURNS OIL FAST. REGULAR DRIVING AFTER WE BOUGHT IT WAS OK. WE STARTED HEARING A MYSTERY CRUNCH NOISE, BUT IT WAS A ROAD TRIP THAT MADE THE OIL PROBLEM APPARENT. WE TOOK A TRIP OF 300 MILES. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE TRIP THE OIL WAS FULL, WHEN WE GOT THERE IT WAS ALMOST DRY. THE CRUNCH NOISE INCREASED. WE TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AT OUR DESTINATION AND HE FILLED IT UP AGAIN. THR CRUNCHY NOISE WAS GONE. WHEN WE GOT BACK HOME AFTER DRIVING 300 MILES AGAIN THE OIL WAS AT LOW LEVEL. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR WITH MY KIDS IN IT. I WILL CHECK MY OIL EVERYTIME I DRIVE BUT THAY IS NOT SUSTAINABLE. I WORRY WHAT ELSE IS WRONG WITH THIS ENGINE

WAS DRIVING DOWN INTERSTATE AT 65 AND FELT LIKE HIT A WALL ME AND MY 2 CHILDREN'S HEAD FLEW FORWARD CAR WENT DOWN TO 15 MPH AND RPMS SKYROCKETED WOULD NOT GO OVER 15 PULLED OVER TO SIDE OF ROAD SHUT OFF CAR AND LET SIT RESTARTED CAR WOULD NOT GO OVER 15 MPH OR SHIFT NO LIGHTS EVER ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD AND STILL HAVE NOT WILL BE GETTING TOWED MONDAY AS THIS HAPPENED ON SATURDAY NIGHT

VEHICLE STOPPED ENGINE RUNNING BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOORBOARD. DEALER STATES THIS HAPPENS AND DEMONSTRATED 3 SIMILAR VEHICLES BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO FLOOR. MY EXPERIENCE AND TRAINING INDICATES THIS CONDITION IS UNSAFE AND MASTER OR WHEEL CYLINDER OR DISK BRAKE PISTON MAY BE LEAKING. ANOTHER AREA CAN BE MASTER CYLINDER INTERNALLY LEAKING OR ABS INTERNALLY LEAKING. I CALLED KIA CORPORATE CUSTOMER SERVICE AND AFTER LISTENING TO MY CONCERN HE SAID HE HAS NO TECHNICAL SUPPORT TO ADDRESS MY CONCERN AND TO GO BACK TO DEALER. HOWEVER, I HAD EARLIER GONE TO DEALER FOR A BRAKE INSPECTION 'BRAKE PEDAL TRAVELS TOO LOW'. I WAS CHARGED 70$ AND TOLD EVERYTHING IS FINE! I FEEL I AM CHASING MY TAIL HERE. IS THERE NO STANDARD THAT SAYS PEALE PEDAL CANNOT GO SO LOW THAT GAS PEDAL IS ALSO ENGAGED IF FOOT OVERLAPS ACCELERATOR PEDAL? PRETTY SCARY IF YOU PUSH BRAKE PEDAL AND IT CREEPS LOW ENOUGH THAT GAS IS APPLIED AND THEY ARE FIGHTING! TWO MONTHS AGO I WAS TOLD THAT IF GAS AND BRAKE WERE OBSERVED BY COMPUTER THE DEFAULT WAS TO SHUT OFF ENGINE TO IDLE. YES THIS WAS HAPPENING SEVERAL TIMES TRYING TO GET ONTO FREEWAY. HIT GAS ENGINE DIES IF BRAKE PEDAL TOUCHED WHEN TRYING TO MERGE ONTO TRAFFIC! NOW I CAN HIT GAS AND BRAKE AT SAME TIME AND THEY FIGHT EACH OTHER. HELP!

DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 75 IN THE FAST LANE WHEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME FLASHING ON AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN TO 60 WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AT ALL WAS ABLE TO GET IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. ON THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP I NOTICED SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND IT DID NOT WANT TO GO. I WAS TOLD THE CAR WAS IN LIMP MODE AND THEN GOT TOLD THE ENGINE HAD TO BE REPLACE. ESTIMATED TIME FOR MY CAR TO BE RETURNED TO ME 2 MONTHS. WHEN WE FIRST GOT THE CAR WAS MARCH 2019, A FEW DAYS INTO DRIVING IT I NOTICED THAT IT WAS SHIFTING WEIRD FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND HAD A HARD TIME DOWN SHIFTING. WE TOOK THE CAR BACK THEY SAID IT'S JUST A NEWER CAR TO YOU AND EVERYTHING IS FINE. I SAID FINE WHATEVER. NOW IT'S MAY AND IT NEEDS A NEW ENGINE. THIS IS RIDICULOUSLY DANGEROUS WE HAVE 3 KIDS AND WHAT IF WE ALL WERE IN THE CAR AND IT JUST SHUT DOWN A HIGH SPEED.

WAS DRIVING MY KIA AND THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN, NO POWER AT ALL. I DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO GET OFF OF THE ROAD. THE CAR IS BEING TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP IN THE MORNING. I'M SO DISAPPOINTED / MAD WITH KIA MANUFACTURER. I WAS DRIVING IN 6 LANES OF TRAFFIC IN DOWNTOWN ATLANTA EARLIER, WHAT WOULD OF HAPPENED IF IT WOULD HAVE STALLED OUT ON THAT BUSY INTERSTATE .. GOD IS GOOD..... DO NOT BUY A KIA ' REPEAT DO NOT BUY A KIA '

APPROXIMATELY 1 MONTH AGO MY CAR SOUNDED ROUGH SO I CHECKED THE OIL AND NOTHING SHOWED ON THE DIPSTICK. I PUT OIL IN IT AND SINCE HAVE HAD TO ADD MORE, ALSO NOW MY MECHANIC HAS DIAGNOSED THE ALTERNATOR IS GOING. OIL SHOWS UP IN THE TAILPIPE WHICH MEANS THE ENGINE IS USING OIL, IT IS NOT A LEAK. I AM SO DISAPPOINTED AS I BOUGHT IT ONLY ONE YEAR AGO AND I USE IT FOR MY LIVING. I AM EXPECTING MORE PROBLEMS AND DON'T KNOW HOW TO PROCEED.

THE VEHICLES ENGINE JUST STALLS OUT AND SHUTS COMPLETELY DOWN. KIA KEEPS SAYING CAMSHAFT SENSOR BUT YET THEY HAVE REPLACED IT THREE TIMES IN THE PAST 2 MONTHS. IT'S THE ENGINE AND IT'S NOT SAFE!! I'VE READ MANY REPORTS ON THIS HAPPENING TO OTHERS. I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND IT JUST STALLED OUT. I HAD TO SHUT THE CAR OFF AND RESTART IT AND IT KEPT HAPPENING. THIS IS NOT SAFE! I HAVE THREE CHILDREN WITH ME AND I JUST ABOUT GOT HIT BY A SEMI. LAWSUIT IN THE MAKING. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED ASAP!

THIS VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED DEC 1 2018 AND THE KNOCK SENSOR FAILED ON THE TRIP BACK FROM THE DEALERSHIP. IT WAS REPLACED AND NOW APRIL 22ND 2019 LESS THAN 5 MONTHS LATER IT HAS FAILED AGAIN AND LEFT ME STRANDED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE IS STUCK IN LIMP MODE. THIS MODEL IS KNOWN FOR THIS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE RECALL LIST.

NIGHT TIME DRIVING IS DIFFICULT WITH THE HEAD LIGHTS. BRIGHTS ARE VERY BRIGHT AND WILL LIGHT UP 300+ FEET. NORMAL LIGHTS WILL LIGHT UP MAYBE 20FT. IT IS MAINLY CHALLENGING TO SEE WHEN THERE ARE NO STREET LIGHTS OR OTHER VEHICLES ON THE ROAD.

WHILE DRIVING ON THE EXPRESSWAY AT NIGHT, MY CAR LOST ACCELERATION. NO WARNING AT ALL !!! THE CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED BEFORE MAKING IT COMPLETELY TO THE SHOULDER. I HAD TO GET MY CAR PUSHED BY ANOTHER CAR TO AVOID A MAJOR ACCIDENT OR FATALITY. I LEARNED AFTER TOWING MY CAR TO A REPAIR SHOP THAT THERE WAS A RECALL THAT I WASN'T INFORMED OF AND MY MOTOR HAS TO BE REPLACED. THANK GOD HE SENT ANGEL'S TO PROTECT US.