2013 KIA SORENTO Complaints

MULTIPLE SEATBELT LATCH FAILURES CAUSING THE BELTS TO NOT PROPERLY LATCH. BOTH FRONT SEATBELTS HAVE FAILED, AND I HAVE 5 BELTS IN BACK THAT I DON'T THINK I CAN TRUST TO WORK PROPERLY. MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. EVEN WHEN MY VEHICLE WAS UNDER WARRANTY THEY WOULDN'T COVER THE COST TO FIX.

THE SECOND ROW SEAT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE THAT IS SUPPOSED TO FOLD DOWN, USE A LATCH TO LET THE 3RD ROW PASSENGERS IN OR OUT OF THE VEHICLE , IS NOT WORKING LEVEL IS LOOSE FEELS LIKE IT IS NOT CONNECTED TO ANYTHING AND THE SEAT IS STUCK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. PASSENGERS IN THE 3RD ROW HAVE TO HOOP OUT THE BACK HATCH DOOR.

AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT HAS CAME ON WHILE DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY. DEAL ADVISES THAT IT IS A SENSOR AND THAT IT IS OVER $400 TO REPAIR. HAVE READ NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THAT THIS IS AN EXTREMELY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2013 KIA SORENTO. VEHICLE IS JUST OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY DUE TO MILEAGE (3,000 OVER). VEHICLE AS NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN ANY TYPE OF COLLISION.

ENGINE IS LOUD I WAS TOLD TO REPORT TO THE KIA DEALER IF THE ENGINE WAS GETTING MORE LOUD. THE VEHICLE WAS LOUD FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED IT AND WAS TOLD TO BRING IT IN IF IT SEEMED TO GET MORE LOUD. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT IT HAS SOLID LIFTERS AND THAT IS WHY IT IS LOUD. NOW IT HAS 99730 MILES AND SOME ENGINES ARE SEIZING UP. I ASKED IF THE RECALL WOULD BE IN FORCE IF I WENT OVER 100000 AND WAS TOLD TO PARK IT UNTIL I RECEIVED A LETTER FROM KIA FOR INSTRUCTIONS. NOW I HAVE A CAR THAT I CAN'T DRIVE AND PAYING PAYMENT'S ON, I'M THE ORIGINAL OWNER. THE KIA REP SAID TO HURRY WHEN I RECEIVE THE LETTER SO THE DEALERSHIP COULD GET ME SCHEDULED BUT HE SAID HE DID NOT KNOW IF IT WOULD BE COVERED BECAUSE OF THE MILEAGE! HE ALSO SAID IF I TOOK IT IN NOW THAT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR AN INSPECTION. BASICALLY NOW I'M THE PROUD OWNER OF A KIA BOAT ANCHOR!

RADIO CUTS ON AND OFF AT WILL. MOSTLY OFF. HEADLIGHTS GO OUT OFTEN. BOTH OF THESE THINGS HAPPEN WHILE MOVING AND WHILE SITTING STILL. IT HAS HAPPENED WHILE DRIVING AND SITTING IN THE DRIVEWAY.

THE KIA WAS PARKED ON A SLOPING DRIVEWAY, IN PARK AND WITH THE EMERGENCY BRAKE ON. BUT THE VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN ABOUT 10 FEET. BOTH TRANSMISSION AND EMERGENCY BRAKE WERE STILL ENGAGED.

PASSENGER SIDE HEADLIGHT WENT OUT, WHEN I WENT TO REPLACE IT THE PLASTIC PLUG WAS MELTED! BOUGHT A NEW PLUG AND WIRED IT IN.

HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKELIGHTS. KEEP SHORTING OUT. HAD INSPECTED BY MECHANIC. HE STATED THAT IT WAS ARCING AND CAUSING THE LIGHTS TO MALFUNCTION. CONSTANT REPLACING OF HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS. WENT TO REPLACE HEADLIGHT AGAIN AND THE WIRE HARNESS THAT HOLDS THE BULB WAS COMPLETELY BURNED. PUT ELECTRICAL TAPE AROUND IT. BOTH HEADLIGHTS ARE NOT 100%. THE REMAINING HEADLIGHT IS HIT OR MISS OPERATIONALLY. DRIVING HOME ON THE HIGHWAY, WHEN I REALIZED THAT MY HEADLIGHTS WEREN'T WORKING. HAD TO USE HIBEAMS FOR THE REST OF THE TRIP.

I HAVE HAD THE SECOND PASSENGER SIDE REAR SEAT LATCH REPAIRED 3X ALREADY. IT IS GOING IN FOR 4TH TIME NEXT WEEK.

THE ELECTRICAL WIRE TO THE LIGHTS BURNED AS WELL AS THE CONNECTOR THE BATTERY WILL NOT STAY CHARGED NOTHING IS ON AT THE TIME THE AIRBAG LIGHT STAYS ON CONTINUOUSLY THE CAR IS UNSAFE AND NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. THE DOORS RANDOMLY LOCK BATTERY WILL NOT HOLD A CHARGE AND THERE'S A SHORT SOMEWHERE IN THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM IS IT A HAZARD TO DRIVE