2011 KIA SORENTO Complaints

WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE THE OIL LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON DASHBOARD. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO A GAS STATION AND ATTENDANT CHECKED OIL, INDICATED THAT IT WAS APPROXIMATELY ONE QUARTER LOW AND ADDED A QUART OF OIL. WHEN VEHICLE WAS RESTARTED THE OIL LIGHT WAS STILL ILLUMINATED AND ALSO THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN APPROXIMATELY TO MILES TO RESIDENCE WHERE IT WAS PARKED. THE NEXT MORNING VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL AUTO REPAIR SHOP. WHEN STARTED BOTH OIL AND ENGINE LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED AND VEHICLE ENGINE WAS MAKING LOUD KNOCKING AND GRINDING NOISES FOR THE APPROXIMATE MILE AND A HALF DRIVE TO REPAIR STATION. AFTER INSPECTING THE VEHICLE, MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT ENGINE WOULD NEED REPLACED.

TRUCK DOORS UNLOCK WHILE DRIVING, ALARM GOES OFF RANDOMLY WHILE DRIVING OR PARKED, ALL THE FUSES BLEW, STARTER HAS BEEN CHANGED 3 TIMES, DUE TO FAULTY WIRING BENEATH THE MOTOR. BATTERY HAS BEEN CHANGED DUE TO WIRING.

TAKATA RECALL - MY 2011 KIA SORRENTO AIR BAG HAS STOPPED WORKING AND STAYS ON RED. I NOW HAVE NO AIR BAGS. ALSO THE WHOLE FRONT PANEL KEEPS FLASHING ON THEN OFF AT NIGHT WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD. I'VE SEARCH FOR A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE AND NONE IS SHOWING UP.

I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN MY CAR COMPLETELY STOPPED ACCELERATING. I GOT IT PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND THE ENGINE WAS SEIZED UP. I HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC SHOP WHERE HE TOLD ME THAT EVERYTHING ELSE IN MY CAR LOOKED GREAT (I GET MY OIL CHANGED ON A REGULAR BASIS AND TAKE VERY GOOD CAR OF MY CAR). HE SAID HE WAS CLUELESS AND HAD NO IDEA WHY THE ENGINE WOULD JUST SEIZE OUT OF NO WHERE. I CALLED THE KIA CONSUMER AND THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, EVEN

THE ENGINE STARTED ON FIRE IN FEBRUARY 2018 AT THREE WEEKS TRYING KIA HELP ME FIX THE SEDONA IN FARMINGTON NEW MEXICO WE TOOK IT AND FIXED IT WHEN I WENT AND PICKED IT UP THE KEY IN FARMINGTON FIXED IT ENGINE WASN'T TIGHT THOSE BOLTS MISSING AND YOU MOVE THE CAR ON THE STREET IN THE SUV SHAKE AND RATTLE IN THE ENGINE SO I CALL KIA THE 800-NUMBER I SPOKE TO [XXX] HIS NUMBER IS [XXX] I HAD A HARD TIME WITH HIM TOO IT TOOK TWO MONTHS FOR THEM TO WORK ON IT NOW I'M TRYING TO GET MY MONEY BACK FROM RENTING A CAR I TRY TO TAKE IT BACK TO HIM BECAUSE THE ENGINE LIGHT WILL STAY ON MY GRANDBABIES ARE VERY SCARED TO GET IN THE VEHICLE I TOLD HIM HE SAYS GRADUALLY THEY'LL GET BETTER WELL ANOTHER WORDS HE DIDN'T CARE LESS I'M NOT SURE WHAT I SHOULD DO I HOPE THIS ONE SOMEONE FROM HERE CAN HELP ME MY NUMBER IS [XXX] MY NAME IS [XXX] ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO THANK YOU PLEASE CALL ME BACK INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I BOUGHT THE SORENTO USED 2 MONTHS AGO,IT HAS 76,000 MILES ON IT. HAS DRIVEN FINE UP UNTIL NOW. IT SEEMS TO STRUGGLE GOING UP HILLS, NO POWER, AT RANDOM TIMES WHICH ARE MORE FREQUENT NOW IT HESITATES LIKE IT WANTS TO STALL , THEN JERKS AND THEN GOES BACK TO DRIVING FINE. IT SEEMS TO HAVE THIS ISSUE AROUND 40-50 MILES PER HOUR. I BROUGHT IT TO BE LOOKED AT AND THEY SAY THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION. FEELING VERY FRUSTRATED , THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE!

OUR INTERIOR LIGHTS QUIT WORKING SHORTLY AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE SO WE HAD IT REPAIRED. 2 WEEKS LATER WE HAD AN ELECTRICAL FIRE AND DAMAGE TO WIREING THE MECHANIC DIDN'T REPLACE. $5,000 LATER, NOW THE HEADLIGHTS FLICKER WHILE DRIVING IF YOU USE THE TURNING SIGNAL. HUGE SAFETY ISSUE!!!! ALSO WHILE DRIVING THE CAR OUT OF THE BLUE JERKS QUICK AND HARD. WE DON'T FEEL SAFE IN THIS VEHICLE ANYMORE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2011 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE RECURRED THREE TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO SUNTRUP KIA SOUTH (6263 S LINDBERGH BLVD, ST. LOUIS, MO 63123, 314-254-8955) FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 140,000.

I WAS DRIVING IN MY IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN I CAME TO A STOP SIGN. I WENT TO ACCELERATE AND MY VEHICLE HAD TURNED OFF. I COULDN'T GET IT TO TURN OVER. I WAITED A COUPLE OF MINUTES AND THEN TRIED TO START IT AGAIN AND I WAS ABLE TO GET IT STARTED SO I DROVE IT HOME. THE ANTIFREEZE WAS COMPLETELY EMPTY SO I PUT MORE IN IT. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO OVER HEAT SO I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC AND I HAVE A BLOWN HEAD GASKET, AND NOW I NEED A NEW ENGINE.

THE PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT SOCKET KEEPS MELTING AND THE BULB STOPS WORKING I ALREADY REPLACED THE SOCKET 2 TIMES. LOOK ONLINE AND THERE ARE A BUNCH OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS.