WE RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2011 KIA SORENTO FRONT WHEEL DRIVE EX WITH THE V-6 MOTOR AND IT HAS EXTREME PULL TO THE RIGHT UPON ACCELERATION. THE DEALER SERVICE MANAGER SAID IT IS JUST TOO MUCH HORSEPOWER FOR THE VEHICLE. HE ALSO SHARED THAT THIS HAS BEEN A COMPLAINT WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE SINCE IT'S INTRODUCTION IN JANUARY 2010. WE HAVE OWNED OTHER FRONT WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLES WITH SIMILAR HORSEPOWER AND NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS SUDDEN JERK TO THE RIGHT WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP OR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS DOWN ON LEVEL GROUND OR UP A GRADUAL INCLINE. EXTREME CAUTION MUST BE USED OR IT FEELS LIKE IT COULD JERK THE STEERING WHEEL FROM YOUR GRASP AND VEER TO THE RIGHT. A SOLUTION TO THIS ISSUE MUST BE FOUND OR IT COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE ACCIDENTS. THIS IS A NEW GENERATION VEHICLE AND KIA MAY BE AWARE OF THE PROBLEM ALREADY, BUT THE DEALERS SOLUTION WAS TO USE SLOWER ACCELERATION RATES, SOMETHING THAT ISN'T ALWAYS POSSIBLE OR THE SAFEST IN FREEWAY DRIVING CONDITIONS. WE APPRECIATE ANY ATTENTION YOU MAY BE ABLE TO DEVOTE TO THIS ISSUE IN THE FORM OF CONSUMER AND MANUFACTURER AWARENESS. THANK YOU! *TR
2011 Club Car Carryall 2 Lsv
Routine
Owners filed 1 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the power train › automatic transmission. No safety recall has been issued.
What fails
| Component | Reports | Crashes | Fires | Injuries | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power Train › Automatic Transmission | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What owners reported
Newest filingsPower Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Apr 21, 201017 milesAZ
1 of 1 complaints, reproduced as filed.
Reading this record
No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.
Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.