2011 KIA SORENTO Complaints

2011 KIA SORENTO. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO RECALL FOR ENGINE MALFUNCTION. *AS *TR

AT 106,000 MILES, THE AIRBAG ALERT LIGHT CAME ON. TOOK IT TO BE LOOKED AT. CODE READER STATED THAT THE OCS MAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WAS BAD. QUOTES $2,000 TO COMPLETELY REPLACE SEAT.

ABS LIGHT CAME ON AROUND 120,000 MILES. BELIEVE IT IS CAUSING ISSUES FOR STEERING WHEEL CONTROLS. LIGHT WILL NOT TURN OFF. CLOCK SPRING SENSOR BAD. REPAIRS ESTIMATED AT $2,000. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, WILL AIR BAGS DEPLOY AT ALL???? WHY IS THIS NOT RECALLED??? READ MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE.

WHEN DRIVING BETWEEN 35-45 MPH THE TACHOMETER WILL DROP TO 0 AND THE SORENTO WILL LUNGE OR BUCK, HESITATE AND WILL NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION. THE ENGINE LIGHT FLASHES AND SOMETIMES STAYS ON. ONE TIME I ACCELERATED TO PASS, IT RESPONDED BUT STOPPED MIDWAY THRU THE PASS, DECELLED BACK TO 20 MPH. I COULD NOT COMPLETE MY PASS AND HAD TO FALL BACK BEHIND THE SLOWER VEHICLE. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN BY KIA # SC106 BUT NO DEALERSHIP ACKNOWLEDGES IT. THERE IS 130,000 MILES ON THE VEHICLE.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY GOING STRAIGHT WITHOUT ANY OBSTRUCTIONS (BRIDGE, ETC.) IN SIGHT. WITHOUT WARNING THE FRONT SUNROOF OF MY CAR EXPLODED, SHATTERING THE GLASS. NO DEBRIS HIT THE CAR TO CAUSE THE DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO CHANGE IN TEMPERATURE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO CAUSE TEMPERATURE STRESS ON THE GLASS. IT EXPLODED WITHOUT CAUSE. HAD THE CLOTH COVER NOT BEEN COVERING IT AT THAT MOMENT, THE GLASS WOULD HAVE FALLEN DIRECTLY ON TOP OF ME.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KIA SORENTO. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO RETRIEVE SOME PACKAGES FROM THE REAR SEAT OF THE VEHICLE, THE EXTERIOR HANDLE WAS PULLED AND A PIECE OF THE HANDLE ASSEMBLY DETACHED. THE CONTACT ALSO STATED THAT THE SAME FAILURE OCCURRED TO THE REAR PASSENGER DOOR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 103,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE LOWER RADIATOR HOSE FRACTURED AND ALSO NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED A COST ESTIMATE TO REPLACE THE ENGINE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

ALL ACCESSORIES ON STEERING WHEEL HAVE GONE OUT: RADIO CONTROLS NO LONGER WORK, CRUISE CONTROL DOES NOT WORK, BLUETOOTH CAPABILITY(ANSWERING/ENDING PHONE CALLS) NO LONGER WORKS, AND NOW THE HORN DOES NOT WORK. HAVING A WORKING HORN IS PART OF THE SAFETY EQUIPMENT ON A VEHICLE. ONE DAY WHILE PARKED, I HONKED THE HORN TO GET MY SONS ATTENTION AND IT DID NOT WORK.THE HORN JUST STOPPED WORKING. ANOTHER TIME I WAS MAKING A LEFT TURN AND SOME IDIOT NOT PAYING ATTENTION ALMOST DID NOT STOP, AS I WAS TURNING I HONKED THE HORN(FORGETTING IT HAD NOT BEEN WORKING PREVIOUSLY) AND IT WORKED JUST THAT ONE TIME. IT HAS NOT WORKED SINCE! HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN? ALSO, THE HEAD REST ON FRONT SEATS ARE POORLY DESIGNED, BOTH HAVE COME OFF COMPLETELY.

THE FRONT DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WILL NOT OPEN FROM THE OUTSIDE, AND THEN THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR IS TRYING TO DO THE SAME AT TIMES. I BABYSIT AND THIS COULD BE A SAFETY HAZARD FOR PEOPLE WITH SMALL CHILDREN. ALSO WHAT IF SOMETHING MAJOR WAS WRONG AND I NEEDED TO IMMEDIATELY GET INTO MY CAR, FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM A F WILL PROBABLY RESULT IN THE DOOR EVENTUALLY NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN AT ALL. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE.

DASHBOARD CONTINUOUSLY ILLUMINATES THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLES AIR BAGS. LIGHT IS ON WHEN THE IGNITION IS ON OR THE ENGINE IS ON. THERE ARE NO PROBLEMS DRIVING HE VEHICLE BUT UNSURE IF AIRBAG WILL DEPLOY IF I AM IN AN ACCIDENT.