2014 KIA SORENTO Complaints

EVER SINCE WE TOOK OUR KIA FOR THE RECALL SERVICE AND THEY "FIXED IT" TURNS OUT THE MADE IT WORSE AND NOW THE ENGINE MAKES A LOUD RATTLING SOUND, THE BREAKS WHICH ARE NEW HAVE HORRIBLE PERFORMANCE AND THE ELECTRICAL ISSUES WE ARE HAVING WITH THE ODOMETER AND THE TRANSMISSION SENSORS DUE TO THE RECALL AS WELL BUT THE LOCAL KIA DEALERSHIP THAT "FIXED IT" WILL NOT TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT THEY BROK WITHOUT US HAVING TO PAY THEM FOR IT WE HAVE HAD NO ACCIDENTS AND IT GETS MAINTENANCE DONE ON TIME.

THERE IS A CONSTANT BURNING WIRE/ELECTRICAL SMELL THAT GETS WORSE AFTER IT'S SHUT OFF.

PAINT COMING OFF A BRAND NEW CAR. I AM ORIGINAL OWNER AT ONLY 39,000 MILES PAINT STARTED COMING OFF MY CAR. I ALWAYS PURCHASED NEW VEHICLES NEVER HAD THIS PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD THE PAINT IS ONLY COVERED TO 36,000 MILES. NOT LIKE THE SONG THEY SING WHEN SELLING YOU THE CAR.

I WAS IN MY CAR AROUND 5:45 AM ON DEC. 23,2018, IN THE DRIVEWAY OF OUR PLACE IN THE COUNTRY (400 0AKWOOD DRIVE HUNTSVILLE TX 77320) THE CAR WAS RUNNING AND IN PARK. I WAS CHECKING MESSAGES AND EMAILS FOR MAYBE 7 TO 10 MINUTES WHEN A FLASH OF LIGHT MADE ME LOOK UP. THATS WHEN I SEEN FLAMES COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE CAR. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND TRYED TO LEAVE THE CAR BUT THE DOOR DIDN'T OPEN. IT WAS LOCKED AND THE ELECTRIC DOOR UNLOCK BUTTON WAS NO LONGER WORKING. I PULLED ON THE MANUEL UNLOCK AND WAS ABLE TO GET OUT OF CAR. MY NEIGHBOR WAS OUT SIDE COMING TO HELP BUT I ASKED HIM TO CALL FIRE DEPT. HE INFORMED ME THAT WAS ALREADY DONE. I RAN A GOT MY GARDEN HOSE AND POURED WATER ON THE FIRE BUT FIRE WAS WAY TO BIG AND HOT FOR A GARDEN HOSE SO I SPRAYED THE GRASS AROUND THE CAR AND PUT OUT THE FIRES THAT STARED WHEN PARTS OF THE HOT CAR EXPLODED AND LANDED AWAY FROM THE CAR.

WHILE DRIVING DOWN I75 ACROSSING THE ZILWAUKEE BRIDGE TWO GUYS IN A PICKUP, LATER I CALL MY ANGELS, TRIED TO GET ME TO PULL OVER. NATURALLY MY INSTINCT WAS NO. WHEN I WOULDN'T, THE DRIVER STARTED INCHING OVER TOWARDS MY CAR TO MAKE ME STOP. I PUSHED ON THE BRAKES AND THERE WAS NOTHING TO PUSH. WHEN I FINALLY STOPPED ONE GUY JUMPED OUT .. PULLED OPEN MY DOOR AND TOLD ME MY CAR WAS ON FIRE, PULLING ME OUT. BY THE TIME WE RAN TOWARDS THEIR PICKUP, THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY ENGULFED IN FLAMES. I WAS LUCKY THEY WERE THERE OR I WOULDN'T BE HERE TO WRITE THIS.

MY KIA SORRENTO V6 MOTOR IS GOING OUT IT'S BEEN PARKED SENCE MAY OF 2018. THE LOWER ROD BEARS ARE GOING OUT. CONTACTED KIA AND RECALL IS ONLY ON 4 CYLINDERS AND STATED THAT NO OTHER COMPLAINTS ON V6. IT'S JUST UNREAL THAT 174,000 MILES AND EGINE GOING OUT FOR SAME THING THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR. WE DROVE TO THE STORE AND I HEAD A NOICE THAT'S WHEN I WENT HOME AND CHECK IT OUT HAD IT LOOKED AT BY COUPLE MECHANICS AND TOLD ME TO PARK IT IT WAS ROD BEARINGS SENT VIDEO TO KIA DEALER AND THEY CONFIRMED WHAT I WAS ALREADY TOLD MOTOR SHOT. COST TOO MUCH FOR ME TO REPLACE MOTOR SO IT'S JUST SITTING THERE PAYING ON A CAR I CANT DO ANYTHING WITH. THE COST FOR REPLACEMENT IS 7500 TO 8500 THAT'S NOT IN MY BUDGET.

ON JANUARY 6 2019 OUR PANORAMIC SUN ROOF SUDDENLY SHATTERED ON OUR 2014 KIA SORENTO. THIS HAPPENED WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEED ON INTERSTATE 20 IN ALABAMA.

HESITATES UPON ACCELERATION. ENGINE STALLS AND CUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY. LACK OF POWER. KNOCKING NOISE FROM ENGINE. I MADE REPEATED CONTACT WITH MANAHAWKIN KIA AND KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC., CASE NO. 12960528 WITH NO RESULTS. AT RISK FOR DEATH AND SERIOUS INJURY.

HELLO I BOUGHT THIS CAR LAST YEAR AGO I HAVE AN ISSUE WITH THE MOTOR , YOU NEED TO FILL 2 LITERS ON A WEEK I NEED TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON REGARD IS NOT NORMAL 2 BY 4 LITER EQUAL 8 IN A MONTH IS TOO MUCH PLEASE GIVE ME MORE DENTAL ABOUT IT THANK YOU SO MUCH

ACCELERATION. WHEN I ACCELERATE IT HESITATES TO PICK UP. VERY DANGEROUS AS I WAS TRYING TO MERGE INTO THE HIGHWAY OR MERGE INTO A DIFFERENT LANE IT DID NOT ACCELERATE QUICKLY ENOUGH AND THE VEHICLES IN THAT LANE HAD TO BRAKE HARD AS I ENTERED THAT LANE ALMOST REAR ENDING MY VEHICLE. EVEN IF I PRESS THE GAS PEDAL HARD IT DOES THE SAME THING, IT HESITATES BEFORE SPEEDING UP. ANOTHER ISSUE IS THE DOOR LOCK BUTTON FROM BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES WORK SOMETIMES AND DOESN'T WORK SOMETIMES. EVEN WHEN I'M DRIVING THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK WITH THE AUTO DOOR LOCK FEATURE ON WHEN VEHICLE GETS IN MOTION. I HAVE TO MANUALLY PUSH THE LOCK BUTTON FOR EACH DOOR AND WHEN I MANUALLY LOCK THE DOORS THAT IS WHEN THE DOOR LOCK/UNLOCK BUTTONS WILL WORK PROPERLY. HAD CHILDREN IN THE BACK SEAT AND WHILE I TRIED TO LOCK THE DOOR IT WOULD NOT LOCK. HAD TO PULL THE VEHICLE OVER TO HAND LOCK EACH DOOR. BUT VERY DANGEROUS EITHER WAY BECAUSE I CAN'T CONTROL WHAT KIDS WILL DO IN THE BACK IN MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY AND IF I TRY TO LOCK THE DOOR I WON'T BE ABLE TO.