2002 Kia Sedona complaints

BACK IN 2003, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON MY VAN CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO AWAY. IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM WAS A DEFECTIVE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. THAT WAS REPLACED. NOW IN 2005 THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON AND WOULD NOT GO AWAY AGAIN. MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, SO I TRIED FINDING OUT WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS MYSELF. IT WAS THE SAME PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE. THE PROBLEM WAS A BROKEN WIRE IN THE HARNESS TO THE SENSOR. THE CAUSE WAS A METAL CLIP THAT PINCHES THE HARNESS, AND WITH THE MOVEMENT OF PUTTING THE SEAT BELT ON AND OFF, EVENTUALLY LEADING TO THE WIRE BREAKAGE. THAT I FIXED MYSELF AND AIRBAG LIGHT WENT OUT. IN 2006, THE AIRBAG LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND WOULD NOT GO OUT. THE PROBLEM NOW IS THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT BUCKLE, ONCE AGAIN A BROKEN WIRE AT THE CLIP. ONCE AGAIN MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED SO I AM GOING TO FIX IT MYSELF. THIS KIND OF PROBLEM CAN BE FIXED IF THE CLIPS ARE REMOVED, EXTENDING THE LIFE OF THE SENSING UNIT. I AM SURE THAT THERE ARE MANY OTHERS WITH THAT SAME PROBLEM. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS DEFECT FIXED. *JB

THE DRIVERS SIDE SEAT BELT CAME OFF THE SIDE WALL AND WAS NOT USABLE. I HAD THE DEALER RE-ATTACH IT AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL DUE TO THIS PROBLEM AND THEY SAID NO. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING ON NORMAL ROAD CONDITIONS THE VEHICLE PRESENTED VIBRATIONS WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. THE KIA DEALERSHIP DID NOT HAVE A SERVICE CENTER ON ITS PREMISES AND THE CONTACT WAS REFERRED TO A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER SERVICE CENTER. THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED, BUT THE VIBRATION CONTINUED. AS A RESULT, THE DEALERSHIP REFERRED THE CONTACT TO A DIFFERENT SERVICE CENTER WERE THE BRAKE ROTORS WERE RESURFACED AGAIN. THE VIBRATION PERSISTED. A CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY WAS ALERTED AND REQUIRED THE LOCAL SERVICE DEALER TO RESURFACE THE BRAKE ROTORS ON THREE ADDITIONAL OCCASIONS. THIS STILL DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHO DETERMINED THE ROTORS WERE FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE CONTINUES TO BE DRIVEN IN ITS CURRENT CONDITION, BUT AWAY FROM OPEN ROADS IN ORDER TO REDUCE THE ACCIDENT RISK PRESENTED BY THE DEFECTIVE ROTORS. UPDATED 9/15/2006 - *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE VEHICLE LOST POWER INTERMITTENTLY ON HOT DAYS WHILE ACCELERATING. FURTHERMORE, WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS RELEASED AND AGAIN DEPRESSED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, BUT THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED SHORTLY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. PREVIOUSLY, THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED UNDER RECALL CAMPAIGN #03V17000 REGARDING THE SEAT BELTS. BEFORE THE RECALL WORK WAS COMPLETED THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. ONCE THE REPAIR WAS MADE THE LIGHT WENT OFF. THE CONTACT IS CONCERNED THE SAME SEAT BELT PROBLEM HAS RETURNED, BUT HAS NOT MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION.

12-23-05 THE VEHICLE STARTED TO SHOW REVERSE PROBLEMS. DEALER WAS CALLED AND THE DEALER SAID THAT THE MANUFACTURER WOULD NOT HONOR THE WARRANTY BECAUSE I HAD NOT TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER TO HAVE THE TRANNY FLUID CHECKED. THIS WAS SAID WITHOUT SEEING THE VEHICLE AND AFTER I HAD JUST BEEN ASKED IF I WAS THE SAME PERSON THAT HAD JUST HAD THEIR TRANNY FIXED. MANY PHONE CALLS LATER, WITHOUT ANY RESOLUTION, I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO BE FIXED AT A COST OF $2400.*JB

THE SLIDING DOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE WON'T GO FARTHER BACK THAN 1/2 WAY & THEN STOPS. WHEN THIS HAPPENED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE ON MAY 16, 2005, AND WE PULLED IT BACK ALL THE WAY, THE SLIDING DOOR ASSEMBLY FELL OUT OF THE WINDOW IN THE REAR & THE REAR PART OF THE SLIDING DOOR FELL DOWN TO THE GROUND & LEFT LARGE GOUGES IN THE SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THIS WAS MARKED AS RECALL WHEN FIXED ON THE PASSENGER SIDE - 2002, KIA SEDONA.*AKI

I HAVE A 2002 KIA SEDONA VAN. WE HAD TAKEN THE CHILD SEAT OUT OF THE PASSENGER SIDE-MIDDLE ROW AND WAS TRYING TO REINSTALL THE SEAT. THAT IS WHEN WE DISCOVERED THE SEAT BELTS FAIL TO RATCHET WHEN INSTALLING CHILD SAFETY SEAT. SINCE WE STILL HAD THE BACK SEAT IN THE VAN (I OFTEN TAKE THEM OUT.), I WAS ABLE TO INSTALL THE CHILD SEAT IN THE BACK SEAT. HOWEVER, HAD THE BACK SEAT BEEN OUT AND WE HAD BOTH OF OUR CHILDREN WITH US, WE WOULD HAVE HAD TO DRIVE WITH ONE OF OUR CHILDREN IN AN UNSECURED CHILD SEAT. IF WE HAD AN ACCIDENT...WELL, LETS SAY THAT I WOULD OWN PART OF KIA. WE HAVE HAD SEAT BELTS REPLACED FOR SAME FAILURE IN THE PAST. THIS IS THIRD FAILURE IN OUR VAN, WHICH HAS LESS THAN 51,000 MILES. ALSO, IT ISN'T LIKE WE TAKE THE CHILD SEATS IN AND OUT MUCH. I WOULD GUESS THAT THE CHILD SEAT HAS ONLY BEEN REMOVED 2 OR THREE TIMES. *JB

DT: THE CONTACT STATED BOTH T SLIDING DOORS MALFUNCTIONED. HE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE PASSENGER'S SIDE DOOR PREVIOUSLY. IT FELL OFF THE TRACK, AND WAS REPAIRED BY SERVICE DEALER. NOW, BOTH DOORS WERE STUCK SHUT AND WILL NOT OPEN, EVEN OPEN FROM THE INSIDE. NO APPOINTMENT HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE SERVICE DEALER FOR REPAIRS.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT RECEIVED TWO RECALL LETTERS; ONE FOR THE DASHBOARD LIGHTS, AND THE OTHER FOR HEADLIGHTS. SHE CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY COULD NOT DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM BY PHONE AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO INSPECT THE VEHICLE UNTIL JANUARY 11, 2005. THE MANUFACTURER RECOMMENDED THAT CONTACT ANOTHER DEALERSHIP. *AK

IN 11/04 MY ABS LIGHTS WENT ON IN MY 02 KIA SEDONA. I TOOK THE VAN TO GET NEW BRAKES AND WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE THE ABS SENSOR WAS BROKEN IN PIECES ON THE DRIVER SIDE WHEELS. IN 8/05 MY AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON IN THE DASH AND STAYED ON. BEFORE I COULD GET MY CAR IN TO DEALERSHIP, I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK IN EARLY 9/05 GOING OVE AN OVERPASS WHEN MY CAR JUST DIED AND LOST ALL POWER. I WAS TOLD THAT MY MASTER FLOW SENSOR WENT BAD AND NEEDED A NEW ONE (WARRANTY). THEY ALSO REPLACED THE SEAT BELT SENSOR IN THE DRIVERS SIDE TO TAKE CARE OF THE AIR BAG LIGHT.2 DAYS LATER MY AIRBAG LIGHT CAME BACK ON. IN 12/05 MY ABS LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN ALONG WITH THE WARNING BEEP. I CALLED MY DEALERSHIP AND GOT APPT. FOLLOWING TUESDAY. I WAS TOLD IT SHOULD BE SAFE TO DRIVE UNTIL THEN. BOTH HEADLIGHTS ALSO WENT OUT. NOW WHEN APPLYING BRAKE MY BRAKE GOES DOWN GRINDS, ADJUST THEN GOES ALL THE WAY DOWN . GOT CAR TO DEALERSHIP TUES AM. IN THE AFTERNOON RECEIVED CALL 1 YR OLD BATTERY IS LEAKING ACID DUE TO FAULTY ALTERNATOR (SENDING TOO MUCH POWER OUT. WAS TOLD MUST REPLACE BATTERY SO THAT DEALERSHIP MAY COMPLETE DIAGNOSIS. WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP KIA ONLY WARRANTIES MAIN ISSUE NOT ANY ADDITIONAL ITEMS DAMAGED BY MAIN ISSUE. RECEIVED CALL A LITTLE WHILE AGO, TOLD BAD ALTINATOR NEEDS BATTERY FAULTY SEAT BELT SENSOR NOW IN PASSENGER SEAT BELT (3 MONTHS AGO WAS DRIVERS SIDE ALSO MY HEADLIGHTS ARE BOTH BLOWN - YES FAULTY ALTENATOR MOST LIKELY CAUSED THIS. I WAS ALSO TOLD

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PARKING AND CLOSING THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR LATCH FELL APART. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE DOOR IT WOULD NOT STAY SHUT. UPON EXAMINATION, SCREWS WERE FALLING OUT OF THE DOOR LATCH. THE VEHICLE IS SCHEDULED FOR REPAIRS. CURRENTLY, SHE HAS WIRED THE DOOR WIRED SHUT.*AK

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THE DRIVER'S SEAT BROKE AND LEANED TO THE LEFT. THE DEALER SUGGESTED SOMEONE PULLED ON THE SEAT WHILE GETTING INTO THE BACK AND BROKE IT. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO FREE REMEDY. *AK

CONSUMER BELTS SQUEAL, SLIDDING DOOR DRAGS, PULLEY WAS REPLACED AT 7744 MILES. *TS ***NO ANSWER REQUIRED*** THE PULLEY AND BELT HAVE BEEN REPLACED 10 TIMES. THE ALTERNATOR SEIZED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN. THE A/C FAN MADE LOUD NOISES. THE SLIDING DOOR DRAGGED. THE EMERGENCY BRAKE WOULD NOT HOLD, THE DEALER ADJUSTED IT THREE TIMES THEN FINALLY REPLACED. AN INTERNAL SHORT IN THE FUSE CLOCK CAUSED THE VEHICLE NOT TO START. THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENLTY BUT THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE STALLING. THE POWER WINDOWS WOULD STICK AND MAKE NOISE, THE DEALER LUBED IT AND REPLACED THE REGULATOR. THE REAR HATCH RUSTED AROUND HANDLE AND HAD TO BE REPAIRED/REFINISHED TWICE. THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD RACKED. OIL LEAKED FROM OIL FILTER. THE FRONT AND REAR WIPERS FAILED. THE SLIDING DOOR HANDLE BROKE. THE DASH LIGHTS ILLUMINATED DUE TO BROKEN BAD SWITCH CONTACTS. THE ROTORS WARPED. THE A/C WAS BLOWING WHEN IT WASN'T ON AND SOMETIMES IT BLEW OUT WARM AIR. THE REAR SEAT ARM REST WILL NOT STAY DOWN. THE THRESHOLD ON THE LEFT SIDE IS CRACKED. *NM

DT: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THIS VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED SEVERAL PROBLEMS. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS IN AUGUST 2005 WHEN THE ALTERNATOR, ALTERNATOR BELT, AND A SENSOR WERE REPLACED. A SENSOR WAS REPLACED TWICE IN OCTOBER 2005. THEN, ON OCTOBER 28, 2005 THERE A CONTROL VALVE WAS REPLACED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS ON EACH TIME BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT NORMALLY REMAINED OFF FOR ABOUT THREE DAYS. HOWEVER, WHEN THE LAST REPAIR WAS MADE THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REMAINED OFF FOR ONLY ABOUT 50 MILES. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN BACK TO THE DEALER SINCE THEN. *AK

ONE OF THE MAIN CONCERNS/FAILURE IS A FRONT END BOBBLING NOISE WHEN DRIVING ON UNEVEN PAVEMENT. THE DEALER STATES THEY KNOW OF THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. ORIGINALLY THEY REPLACED THE FRONT STRUTS AND 2 ENGINE MOUNTS AS THESE WERE CRACKED. THE NOISE IS STILL THERE AND MY DEALER IS AT A LOSS ON HOW TO FIX IT. KIA-FORUMS.COM UNDER KIA SEDONA FRONT STRUTS IS A FORUM DEVOTED TO PEOPLE WHO ARE HAVING THIS FRONT END BOBBLING NOISE. THERE ARE ABOUT 5000 HITS ON THIS FORUM AND EACH ONE OF THE CAR OWNERS HAS BEEN TOLD KIA KNOWS OF THE PROBLEM BUT THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO FIX IT. THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING ON ALL SEDONAS FROM 2001 TO PRESENT. *JB

WHEN THE ELECTRIC LOCK IS USED ON THE KIA SEDONA IT DISABLES THE FOLLOWING: ELECTRIC WINDOWS, DASH LIGHTS (ALL) INTERIOR DOME LIGHTS AND TAIL LIGHTS LICENSE PLATE LIGHT AND ALL PARKING LIGHTS ARE LOST. AFTER SETTING OVERNIGHT THE SYSTEMS COME BACK ON LINE SO FAR. HOWEVER IF SOMEONE HITS THE LOCKS AND IT IS AT NIGHT, ALL THE LIGHT THAT ANOTHER DRIVER WOULD SEE FROM THE REAR ARE OUT. THE DRIVER CAN NOT SEE ANY INSTRUMENTS AT ALL. AND ANY WINDOWS THAT WERE OPEN WILL NOT CHANGE POSITION. WE TOOK IT TO KIA THEY SAID A RELAY WAS MISSING. HOWEVER THE ENTIRE PRESCRIBED SET OF RELAYS WERE IN PLACE, THEY ALSO SAID THE FUSE BLOCK WAS MELTED, AND IT HAD TO BE ORDERED, THEY RETURNED THE CAR TO MY WIFE AND SHE DROVE IT HOME AGAIN. THEY PROVIDE A PICTURE OF WHAT WAS ORDERED. I LOOKED AT THE CAR AND THERE WASN'T ANY RELAY MISSING AND IF THE FUSE / RELAY WAS MELTED IT WAS NOT APPARENT FROM THE INSTALLED CONDITION. THERE WAS NOT EVIDENCE THAT ANYTHING WAS REMOVED (ALL BOLTS AND INSTALLATION HARDWARE WAS STILL INTACT AND DIRTY AND NO FINGER PRINTS WERE PRESENT) WE ARE WAITING ON THE PART DELIVERY. THIS CAR WAS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE YET KIA DID NOT GIVE ANY THOUGHT TO RELEASING IT TO MY WIFE TO DRIVE. WE HAVE PARKED IT UNTIL THE PART COMES IN. THE FAILURE HAS HAPPENED EVERY TIME THE LOCKS ARE USED OVER THE LAST WEEK. *JB

1) BATTERY DISCHARGE OCCURED DURING SLOW SPEED DRIVING AND HOT CONDITIONS. VEHICLE STALLED AT INTERSECTION AND WAS ALMOST HIT SEVERAL TIMES. 2) SERVICE BULLETIN PUT OUT BY KIA CALLS FOR NEW ALTERNATOR, WITH SMALLER PULLEY AND ECM BATTERY COMPENSATION 3) KIA TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN CALLS FOR A NEW ALTERNATOR WITH SMALLER PULLEY (65MM ->55MM) AND ECM BATTERY COMPENSATION REVISED.

I HAD MY BATTERY REPLACED IN MARCH 2003 BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT START. AUGUST 22ND MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. I CALLED THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY SAID COULD BE THE ALTERNATOR. I MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR THE NEXT DAY AT 9:00A.M. WHEN I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM SCHOOL I NOTICED MY ABS LIGHT WAS ON. I PARKED IT IN DRIVE WAY. IT WOULD NOT START THE NEXT MORNING SO MY HUSBAND JUMPED STARTED IT. I DROVE MY DAUGHTER TO SCHOOL AND MY CAR STARTING BEEPING, HESITATING, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON PLUS ALL THE OTHER ONES FROM THE DAY BEFORE. I DROPPED MY DAUGHTER AT SCHOOL AND ABOUT A BLOCK DOWN THE ROAD IN JUST DIED WITH MY SON AND I IN THE CAR. I NOTICED A VAPOR FUME COMING OUT OF THE VENTS BY THE WINDSHIELD WHEN IT DIED. I GOT MY SON AND I OUT OF THE CAR AND CALLED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID I NEED A NEW ALTERNATOR AND BATTERY. I GOT THE ALTERNATOR COVERED AND THEY PUT A NEW BATTERY IN. *JB

BATTERY DIES EVERY SUMMER DURING HOT WEATHER. THREE BATTERIES IN 3 YEARS. THE ALTERNATOR DOES NOT SUPPLY BATTERY WITH ENOUGH CURRENT WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING, RADIO, AND LIGHTS ARE ON CAUSING THE BATTERY TO DRAIN.

INPUT SPEED SENSOR ERROR BEGAN IN EARLY JULY. CAUSED RANDOM SHIFTING WHILE DRIVING, CAR REMAINED STUCK IN GEARS OR RANDOMLY DROPPED OUT OF GEARS. CAR SENT TO HAVE SENSOR REPLACED IN MID AUGUST. ONE OF FOUR SENSORS SHOWING DEFECTIVE ON VEHICLE JUST BARELY OUT OF WARRANTY.*AK

2002 SEDONA WAS REPAIRED 2 TIMES WITH LESS THEN 200 MILES ON IT FOR BATTERY DRAINING- CLAIM WAS IT WAS THE RADIO DIDN'T SHUT OFF WITH THE CAR. THEN LAST MONTH WITH 59.000 MILES ON IT I COMPLAINED OF THE CAR HESITATING AND LIGHTS FLICKERING, AIRBAG LIGHT CAME ON FOR NO REASON, CLAIM TO REPAIR WAS TUNE-UP- 1700.00 AND TWO MONTHS LATER MY BATTERY WENT ON FIRE WITH 5 PEOPLE IN IT, 3 CHILDREN AND ONE IS CARRIED OUT HANDICAPPED. LIGHTS FLICKERED, ODOMETER WENT NUTS WITHOUT THE ENGINE RACING, DOOR LOCKS LOCKED AND UNLOCKED, BATTERY LIGHT, BREAK LIGHT, AND AIRBAG LIGHT CAME BACK ON. WIPERS WENT ON WITHOUT TURNING THEM ON WITH THE SWITCH AND THE HAZARDS WENT ON WITHOUT PUSHING THE BUTTON. I AM MORE THEN HAPPY TO FILE A CONSUMER COMPLAINT AND A LAWSUIT. MY DEALER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS I WAS TOLD WHEN MY CAR WENT ON FIRE TWO WEEKS AGO. SO NOW IT IS AT ANOTHER DEALER AND AT 65,000 NOT COVERED, IT WILL BE COVERED. I AM ACTUALLY COMPILING A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ON THE SAFETY OF THESE BATTERIES. I WANT MY CAR FIXED AND ALL THESE VANS RECALLED TO FIND OUT THE REASON, I WOULD NOT WANT ONE OF MY FAMILIES KILLED AND DON'T WANT TO WAIT TILL IT HAPPENS TO SOMEONE ELSE'S. ALL OF US CAN'T BE WRONG AND AS A SAFETY PROBLEM AND A POSSIBLE MEANS OF KILLING PEOPLE WHEN THE DOORS LOCK AND WON'T LET YOU OUT WHEN THE CAR IS ON FIRE - ?? GET WITH IT PEOPLE. RECALL THESE CARS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. USE MY CAR AS YOUR TEST SUBJECT, I OFFER IT. NOW MY DAUGHTERS LUNGS HURT FROM THE SMELL OF THE SULFUR HURRY

DT: 2002 KIA SEDONA. THE CONSUMER STATED VEHICLE SMELLED OF SMOKE. THEN, THE VEHICLE STOPPED DUE TO A COMPLETE ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS THEN PUSHED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. CONSUMER TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE NUMEROUS TIMES, BUT COULD NOT DO SO. VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. *AK

WE BOUGHT A VAN THAT WAS DELIVERED FROM PORTLAND OREGON TO OUR HOME IN LYNDEN WASHINGTON ABOUT 10:30 PM THE NEXT DAY MY WIFE PROCEEDED TO CHECK THE VEHICLE FLUIDS, CLEAN THE VEHICLE, ECT . THEN APON THAT FOUND THE FLUIDS TO BE LOW AND NOT SERVICED. SHE MY WIFE THEN CALLED THE CAR LOT TALKED TO THE SALES MANAGER, HE PROFESSED THAT IT HAD BEEN SERVICED AND WHEN MY WIFE EXPLAINED HER DISCOVERY HE THEN TOLD HER TO TAKE IT TO JIFFY LUBE AND THE CAR LOT WOULD PAY FOR IT TO BE DONE. WHEN DRIVING IT TO BE SERVICED WE MY WIFE AND I NOTICED THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING THERE FOR WE CONTACTED OUR LOAN OFFICE TO SEE IF THE DEAL HAD BEEN FUNDED IN WHICH IT HAD BUT THEY ADVISED US TO HAVE THE DEALERSHIP SWAP US OUT OF THE VEHICLE, SO WE THEN WENT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO LET THEM KNOW THEY WERE RUDE AND WANTED MY WIFE TO TAKE IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP TO BE DIAGNOSED. WHEN MY WIFE TOOK IT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP IT WAS FOUND THAT IN FACT THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING AND WE WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, WE THEN CONTACTED THE DEALERSHIP IN WHICH WE BOUGHT THE VAN , ASKED ONCE AGAIN TO BE SWAPPED OUT OF THIS VEHICLE, THEY GAVE US THE RUN AROUND AND TOLD US UNLESS WE CAME UP WITH $8,000.00 - $10,000.00 DOLLARS THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO EXCEPT HAVE US DRIVE THE VAN TO THEM 224+ MILES FOR THEM TO PUT IN A REFURBISHED TRANSMISSION IN IT . MY WIFE BEFORE BUYING THE VAN TOLD THEM WE DID NOT WANT A VEHICLE WITH THIS MUCH MILEAGE ON IT THE SALES PERSON TOLD MY WIFE IT WAS OK BECAUSE IT HAD A 1

2ND REQUEST LTR FM RICHARD JORGE (FL) RE HIS DEFECTIVE 2002 KIA SEDONA.*MR WHEN THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 180 MILES IT OVERHEATED AND SHORTED OUT. PRESENTLY, THE CONSUMER IS EXPERIENCING A RECURRING PROBLEM WITH THE BATTERY AND ALTERNATOR. *JB

TOO MANY PROBLEMS TO LIST, COMPLETE LEMON

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING HER 2002 KIA SEDONA AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE. THE FIRE WAS ELECTRICAL IN NATURE AND BEGAN IN THE STEERING COLUMN. AFTER TURNING OFF THE IGNITION AND REMOVING THE KEYS, THE ENGINE STARTED ALONG WITH THE WINDSHIELD WIPERS. THE FIRE WAS CONTAINED TO THE DASH AND STEERING COLUMN AREA. A NEARBY CITIZEN EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE WITH A FIRE EXTINGUISHER. WE ARE FORTUNATE THAT MY WIFE AND 3 YOUNG CHILDREN WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED.

I OWN A 2002 KIA SEDONA. YESTERDAY I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER FOR THE 15TH TIME DUE TO A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. I ALSO ASKED THEM TO CHECK THE BRAKES SINCE THEY ARE PULSATING WHEN STOPPING, WHICH IS THE FOURTH TIME FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROBLEM. IT HAS BEEN JUST 19,000 MILES SINCE THE LAST ROTOR AND BRAKE CHANGE. THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD DONE A "GOOD WILL" REPLACEMENT OF PARTS THE LAST TIME I BROUGHT IT IN AND THAT IT WILL COST $700.00 TO FIX THIS TIME. THEY SAID, "THERE WERE HOTSPOT AND WARPING NOTED THE LAST TIME YOU BROUGHT IT IN AND SINCE IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN, IT SHOWS A PATTERN OF HARD BREAKING." MY WIFE DRIVES THIS VEHICLE BACK AND FOURTH TO WORK 3 TIME A WEEK AND THENM IT IS ONLY USED AROUND TOWN SO I KNOW THAT IS NOT THE ISSUE. THEY ALSO STATED THAT ROTORS ON MINIVANS SHOULD ONLY LAST 18000-20000 MILES ANYWAY. I FEEL THAT THE SEDONA DOES NOT HAVE SUFFICIENT SIZED ROTORS FOR THE WEIGHT OF TE VEHICLE AND KIA SHOULD BE FORCED TO RECALL THE VEHICLES AND REPLACE ALL THE ROTORS WITH THE APPROPRIATE SIZE. IT IS A HAZARD SINCE IT COULS CAUSE THE BRAKES TO FAIL WHILE DRIVING WHICH COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT THAT MAY LEAD TO DEATH. KIA ALSO TOLD ME IF IT IS AT THE END OF THE WARRANTEE AND THE PART IS REPLACED, THE SECOND IT GOES PAST IT IS NO LONGER COVERED EVEN IF IT HAS ONLY BEEN 10 MILES SINCE IT WAS REPLACED.

LOOSE FRONT SUSPENSION. FAILURE HAS NOT HAPPENED, YET. WORRIED THAT THE NOISES COMING FROM THE FRONT OF MY VEHICLE WILL CAUSE A FAILURE ON THE ROAD. KIA IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM BUT IS RELUCTANT TO REPAIR IT. THEY KNOW THAT ALL SEDONAS HAVE THIS PROBLEM BUT AS YET TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT.

CHARGING SYSTEM UNDER ENGINEERED. BATTERY FAILS TO CHARGE IN HOT WEATHER, SAY 90 F OR ABOVE. AMPERAGE TOO LOW FOR USE IN HOT WEATHER WITH AC AT FULL POWER, ESPECIALY WHEN IDLING. I HAVE TRIED A LAGER BATTERY 1,000 CCA, BUT ITS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX. AS THE HOT DAYS GO BY THE BATTERY STARTS TO LOSE ITS POWER AND THEN I NEED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR A LONG TIME BEFORE THE BATTERY IS FULLY CHARGED AND I MEAN 3HR OR MORE OF A DRIVE! I HAVE HAD TO JUMP START 2002 KIA SEDONA 6 TIMES IN HOT WEATHER. TALKED TO DEALER ABOUT IT. THEY SAID IT WAS A VERY COMMON COMPLAIT WITH THE KIA SEDONA IN HOT WEATER CITIES AND THAT KIA IS NOT GOINT TO CHANGE THE WIMPY ALTERMATOR WITH A MORE BEEFY ONE. AS A FORMER TECHNICIAN I KNOW THAT THIS IS A FIRE HAZARD, RADIOS AND OTHER ELECTRONICS WILL SHORT OUT IF NOT REMEDIED. CORTRARY TO MAIN BELIEF THAT ONLY HIGH VOLTAGE CAN CAUSE A SHORT I HAVE FOUND THAT LOW VALTAGE CAN CAUSE A SHORT THEN WHEN YOU INCREASE YOUR VOLTAGE BY JUMP STARTING YOU CAN CAUSE A FIRE. SO HEADS UP (TICK, TOCK,TICK ,TOCK)

FRONT DISCS BRAKES WARPING, APPEAS TO REOCCUR AT REGULAR INTERVALS. I TOOK MY KIA SEDONA TO HAVE THIS CORRECTED AT THE DEALER IN 12/1/02. IT HAD ITS ROTORS AND PADS REPLACED, BUT THE SAME PROBLEM REOCCURED WITH IN 5K MILES. I DID NOT TAKE SEDONA FOR SERVICE UNTILL IT GOT REALLY BAD ESPECIALY WHEN EXITING THE FREEWAY. BUY THIS TIME MY BAKE WORRANTY HAD EXPIRED. MY BAD. THE DEALER STILL WORKED WITH ME AND RESUFACED THE ROTORS FOR A MINIMAL CHARGE. 3K MILES LATER ROTORS REWARP, AT THIS TIME I DECIDED TO PUSHES A SET OF NEW ROTORS, PADS AND ISTALL THEM MY SELF. THE SEDONA WORKED GREAT FOR 7K MILES THEN DISC BAKES REWARP.THIS TELLS ME THAT THE BRAKE ROTOS ARE UNDER ENGINEERED. SO WITH THIS IN MIND, I SENT MY OLD ROTORS TO BE RESURFACED, CROSSED DRILLED AND SLOTTED. WITH A NEW SET OF REGULAR PADS I REINSTALLED MY ROTORS AND PADS. SO FAR I GOT 35K MILES ON THESE BRAKES AND THEY STILL HAVE PLENTY OF MEAT WITH NO WARPING. MY KIA SEDONA HAS 50K MILES AND NO OTHER BRAKING PROBLEMS HAVE ACCURED.

WHEN THE CONSUMERS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE, THE CAR MOVED(LURCHED) BY ITSELF AND HIT THE CAR IN FRONT. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE CAR TO THE KIA DEALER APPROXIMATELY 10 TIMES IN THE PRIOR YEAR. THEY FOUND THREE MAJOR THINGS WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, AND REPAIRED ALL OF THE DEFECTS EXCEPT THE UNINTENDED ACCELERATION. THE CONSUMER THOUGHT THE PROBLEM WAS TAKEN CARE OF AND THE SAME THING HAPPENED THIS MORNING. CALLED THE DEALER AND THEY WANT TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED IN. IT STARTED GOING BAD THIS PAST YEAR WHEN IT WOULD SHAKE.

WHILE DRIVING,THE VEHICLE STARTED SHAKING UNCONTROLLABLY WITHOUT WARNING. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THEN STALL. THE DRIVER TRIED TO RESTART,BUT WAS UNABLE TO START. THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE PROBLEM CAN NOT BE DUPLICATE AT THIS TIME. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHILE DRIVING IN SEVERE COLD WEATHER OF 10 DEGREE CENTIGRADE VEHICLE ACCELERATOR/THROTTLE FROZE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE PROBLEM. *AK THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. THE CONSUMER PUT THE ENGINE IN NEUTRAL AND THE ENGINE WOULD NOT STOP REVVING. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AND THE MECHANIC AFTER STARTING THE ACCELERATOR STUCK AND THE VEHICLE ALMOST WENT THROUGH THE BUILDING. *TC

THE INCIDENT STARTED PRIOR TO THIS DATE. IT STARTED WHEN MY VEHICLE HIT 10,000 MILES. I HEARD A RUMBLING IN THE BRAKES AND TOLD MY HUSBAND, HE THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY-THAT BRAKES DON'T GO AT 10,000 MILES, BUT SURE ENOUGH THEY DID. IT WAS COVERED UNDER KIA WARRANTY, THEY SAID THE ROTORS WERE WARPED AND THE BRAKES WERE SHOT. NOW IN APRIL OF 04 AT ABOUT 22,000 MILES SAME THING AGAIN. KIA SAID ALL 4 SETS- FRONT AND REAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT AND IT WOULDN'T BE COVERED UNDER WARRANT-NORMAL WEAR AND TEAR. THEY WANTED TO CHARGE ME $600.00. I TOOK THE CAR TO GOODYEAR. THEY REPLACED ALL FOR $340.00. I TOOK THE ORIGINAL BRAKES AND THEY STILL HAD "MEAT" ON THEM. ANYHOW, AUG. 04 AT ABOUT 27,000 MILES UNDER GOODYEAR'S WARRANTY, ONCE AGAIN THE FRONT BRAKES HAD TO BE REPLACED. NOW IN FEB. 05, EVERYTIME I MADE A RIGHT HAND TURN THE RED BRAKE LIGHT WENT ON. AST FIRST I IGNORED IT THINKING IT WAS DEFECTIVE, BUT THEN I HEARD THE BRAKES RUMBLE. I BROUGHT IT BACK TO GOODYEAR AT ABOUT 34,000 MILES AND GOODYEAR ONCE AGAIN REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES AND TOLD ME THAT THAT WAS THE LAST TIME THEY WERE REPLACING THE BRAKES. I WOULD HAVE TO BRING IT BACK TO KIA. NOW, I'M SURE IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN, SINCE THERE IS A PATTERN. I'M TIRED OF THIS AND I'M SURE KIA WON'T BE COOPERATIVE. SO THIS LEADS ME TO YOU.*AK

WE PURCHASED OUR VAN IN JUL OF 02. AFTER 6 MONTHS WE RETURNED THE VAN COMPLAINING ABOUT A SQUEELING NOISE FROM THE BRAKES. WE WERE TOLD THE BRAKES WERE OK. AT 24K MILES I NOTICED THE ROTORS WERE DULLAND THE REAR SHOES WERE WORN, I WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE GLAZED OVER AND NEED TO BE TURNED AND THE SHOES WERE WORN TO LESS THAN 50% LIFE, AND THEY WOULD NOT WARRENTY AFTER 12K MILES. I HAD THE ROTORS TURNED AND REPLACED THE PADS, A FEW WEEKS LATER WE NOTICED THE THE BRAKES WOULD PULSATE WHEN SLOWING DOWN FROM HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I TOOK TO DEALER THAT THE ROTORS WARPED. I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND PADS, AFTER 3K MILES THE PULSATEING HAPPENED AGAIN. IN OCT 04 WE HAD AN ACCIDENT I WAS REFFERED TO KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD NOT WARRENTY ANYTHING BECAUSE I DID THE REPAIRS MYSELF, EVEN THOUGH I HAD A REOCCURING COMPLAINT ABOUT MY BRAKES BEFORE NOW. I REPLACED THE ROTORS AND WAS TOLD BY THE PARTS AND SERVICE AT THE DEALER THAT KIA INFORMS THEM NOT TO TURN THE ROTORS BUT REPLACE THEM, DUE TO OVER HEATING AND WARPING. I FEEL THAT IF THE DEALERSHIP AND KIA HAD REPAIRED MY BRAKES PROPERLY FROM THE BEGINING OUR ACCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. IN THE PAST 6 MONTHS THE BRAKES HAVE GONE TO THE FLOOR 3-4 TIMES AND THE DEALER WAS INFORMED OF THIS.*AK

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED, AND THE ENGINE DIED UPON TRYING TO ACCELERATE. *AK

WINDSHIELD CRACKED TWICE. BOTH TIMES THE CRACK STARTS BELOW THE BLACK PLASTIC TRIM- NOT A ROCK/STONE CHIP AT ALL. 1ST WINDSHIELD WAS REPLACED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY. I AM TRYING TO GET DEALER TO REPLACE 2ND.*AK

WHILE DRIVING ACCELERATOR BECAME INOPERABLE BETWEEN 2000, AND 3000 RPMS. CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS PLASTIC COATING WHICH BROKE IN SEVERAL PARTS. HOWEVER, THERE WAS SOMETHING SHREDDING THE COATING. *AK

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS WITH MY KIA SEDONA. WITHIN A FEW MONTHS OF OWNERSHIP THE HEAD GASKET BLEW AND IT WAS TOWED IN AND REPLACED. THEN THE WINDSHIELD BROKE DURING THE NIGHT IN THE GARAGE WITH NO WEATHER EXTREMES. I REPLACED THAT. IN 2 YEARS I'VE HAD 2 BLOWOUTS TO THE FRONT DRIVER'S TIRE. THE ONLY 2 IN MY WHOLE 30+ YEARS OF DRIVING.DEALER SAYS ITS NOT THE CAR. THE FRONT WHEEL BEARINGS WERE REPLACED. IN DEC 2004 THE ENGINE WAS REPLACED, THE LUMBAR SUPPORT WAS BROKEN AND FIXED, THE DRIVER'S DOORHANDLE BROKE AND WAS FIXED BY KIA. JAN18 IT WAS BACK IN BECAUSE THE HOOD RELEASE WAS NOT WORKING. IT WAS FIXED AND WE PICKED UP THE VEHICLE 1/19. ON 1/21 THE GAS PEDAL STUCK, I BROUGHT IT IN AND THEY FIXED IT IMMEDIATELY. " THE COVER HAD FALLEN DOWN AND THEY TIED IT BACK UP." OBVIOUSLY NOT A GOOD JOB BECAUSE IT STUCK AGAIN ON THE WAY HOME AT 65MPH. I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO STOP THE CAR AND HAD IT TOWED BACK IN. I THINK IT IS A DEATH TRAP!

CAR ACCELERATED ON HIS OWN AS A RESULT CAR WENT INTO MEDIAN, ALSO PASSENGER SIDE SEAT BELT SNAPPED. CAR WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED AS A RESULT OF THE CRASH. WENT FROM 10 TO 50MPH IN SECONDS. ALSO, BRAKE SYSTEM FAILED TO RESPOND. PREVIOUS REPORT FILED #10065882. *AK

MY 2002 KIA SEDONA HAS APPROXIMATELY 54000 MILES. AT APPROX 34000 MILES, WE ENCOUNTERED A VERY SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE SURGING FORWARD AT STOP SIGNS, RED LIGHTS, AND BUSY INTERSECTIONS. IT WAS AS IF WERE SITTING AT A STOP SIGN W/ ONE FOOT ON BREAK AND A GHOST WAS STOMPING ON THE ACCELARATER. KIA CHANGED OUT THE WIRING HARNESS AND THIS SEEMED TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

RE:KIA SEDONA MINIVAN [XXX] WITH ABOUT 58,300 MILES. NO PRIOR PROBLEMS OF ANY KIND. ST COMPLAINT: ON EVENING OF FRIDAY, 12/31/04, A CLUNKING/GRINDING SOUND FROM RIGHT SIDE OF MY KIA SEDONA AT ABOUT 58,000 MILES GRABBED AND SEIZED THE RIGHT AXLE. ON 1/1/05 [SAT] I DROVE CAR TO LOCAL SRVCE CNTR. ON 1/3/05 [MONDAY] SRVC CNTR DIAGNOSED BURNT/BROKEN RIGHT AXLE WHEEL BEARINGS. ALTHO I TOLD SRVCE CNTR TO DO BRAKE SERVICE ON ALL 4 WHEELS BUT NOT WHEEL BEARINGS, AS I WANTED THAT WORK TO BE DONE BY MY KIA DEALERSHIP - MY LOCAL STATION REPLACED BRAKE PADS & RIMS AND HONED ROTORS AND REPLACED FRONT RIGHT AXLE WHEEL BEARINGS. TOW SERVICE TO KIA DEALERSHIP WAS CANCELLED BY ME AS A RESULT. 2ND COMPLAINT: ON WED, 1/5/05, I DROVE DAUGHTER AT 6:45 A.M. FROM BRONX TO HER LAGUARDIA HS IN MANHATTAN. NOTICED THAT CAR RADIO AND HEAD LIGHTS FLICKED ON & OFF WHILE DRIVING FOR MINUTES AT A TIME. LATER IN DAY, I DROVE TO BROOKLYN'S 99 STREET CLEANERS TO PICK UP MY MILITARY FIELD COAT AT 3:20 P.M. MINIVAN PARKED BUT ENGINE WOULD NOT TURN OVER & START. USED AUXILIARY BATTERY PACK [ABP] TO START ENGINE AND ENTERED BQEXPRESSWAY. CROSSING BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO MANHATTAN, ENGINE DIED. USED ABP TO START ENGINE AND ENTERED FDR DRIVE UP MANHATTAN TO HOME. CAR ENGINE DIED 3 MORE TIMES. AFTER 4 STALLS AND RE-STARTS WITH ABP, I KEPT ABP CONNECTED TO VEHICLE BATTERY AND, WITH ALL LIGHTS OFF IN DARKNESS FROM 4:30 P.M.-5:45 P.M., IN SLOW RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC, THE ABP KEPT CAR ALIVE TILL ARRIVAL AT LOCAL SRVCE CNTR. ALL FUS

PROBLEMS: UNWANTED ACCELERATION; CLUNKING/SEIZING BRAKES/LIT AIRBAG WARNING LIGHT. MILEAGE: UNDER 58,000 MILES. KIA SEDONA 2002 VIN # [XXX]. ON AFTERNOON OF 12/31/04, I & PASSENGER DRIVE FROM NYC TO HARTFORD, CT. MINIVAN REPEATEDLY ACCELERATED TO 70-75 MPH ALONG HIGHWAY ROADS. I BRAKED TO REDUCE SPEED REPEATEDLY. UNSUCCESSFUL REPEATEDLY DESPITE KNOWLEDGE THAT STATE TROOPERS LOOKING FOR SPEEDERS ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. RETURNING FROM HARTFORD, CT TO NYC ON AFTERNOON, ON HIGHWAY ROADS, A LIGHT GRINDING SOUND FROM RIGHT SIDE OF CAR [SEEMED BOTH FRONT & REAR WHEELS] CAME ON WHENEVER I STEERED TO THE LEFT. NO SOUND IF DRIVING STRAIGHT OR TO RIGHT. CHECKED UNDER MINIVAN FOR LOOSE ANYTHING. SAW NOTHING. FELT TIRES AND STEEL WHEELS FOR HEAT, IF BRAKES ARE WEARING OR STICKING. FELT UNIFORM TEMPERATURES ON ALL TIRES AND WHEELS. CONDUCT MY BUSINESS IN HARTFORD, CT. DROVE HOME TO BRONX COUNTY, NY WITH PASSENGER. PICKED UP FAMILY OF 4 KIDS, 2 PARENTS TO DRIVE TO MOTHER-IN-LAW IN QUEENS COUNTY. DROP OFF PASSENGER AND PROCEED TO ROUTE 87 SOUTH. LEAVING ROUTE 87 SOUTH [MAJOR DEEGAN HIGHWAY] ONTO EXIT RAMP FOR ROUTE 95 NORTH [CROSS BRONX EXPRESSWAY EASTBOUND] IN STOP & GO TRAFFIC AROUND 7:30 PM THERE WAS A CLUNKING SOUND GOING FROM RIGHT FRONT WHEEL TO CENTER TO LEFT FRONT OF CAR. I STOPPED & CHECKED UNDER CAR WITH ELECTRIC LANTERN FOR BROKEN STRUT OR TIE-ROD. SAW NOTHING. DROVE ON ROUTE 95, OVER WHITESTONE BRIDGE TO QUEENS. PARKED VAN. ON 1/1/2005 [SATURDAY] AROUND 1:00 AM I DRIVE FAMILY BACK TO

WE HAVE A 2002 KIA SEDONA; WE BOUGHT IN DEC OF 2001. WITHIN THE FIRST 6 MONTHS, THE ALTERNATOR,BATTERY,IGNITION SWITCH, HAD TO BE REPLACED, ALONG WITH SLIDING DOORS FALLING OFF THE HINGE. I COMPLAINED OF A WIND NOISE FOR THE FIRST YEAR NO ONE KNEW WHAT IT WAS. IT WENT UNFIXED. WITHIN A YEAR THE SHOCKS, THE STRUTS AND SLIDING DOORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. MY AIR-CONDITION WENT OUT COMPLETELY GUESS WHAT NO MORE WIND NOISE. AND NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. MY REAR WIPER CONTROL WENT OUT. RECENTLY, WHILE ON THANKSGIVING VACATION TO OHIO WE HAD TO HAVE ROADSIDE PICK UP OUR VAN AS THE TRANSMISSION TOTALLY WENT OUT WITHOUT WARNING. WHILE IN THE SHOP WE WERE ADVISED OUR BRAKES WERE NOT SAFE TO DRIVE. WE HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE BRAKES. AND THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE ALSO IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT. WAS IN THE SHOP 14 DAYS, WE HAD TO DRIVE BACK TO OHIO TO WHEN READY. THE BRAKES WENT TO THE FLOOR HAD NEVER EVER DONE THAT BEFORE. WHEN WE WERE ON OUR WAY OUT OF TOWN, THE TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING UP. WE MADE IT HOME ON DEC 7TH AND NO ONE AT KIA COULD TAKE THE VEHICLE IN UNTIL THE SERVICE MANAGER RETURNED MY CALL HE WAS OFF FOR DOCTOR VISIT. ON DEC 13, I TOOK MY VAN IN TO BE REPAIRED, THEY CALLED ME AND TOLD ME IT WOULD NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, AND GUESS WHAT THEY ARE ALSO REPAIRING THE SLIDING DOORS 5TH TIME I THINK. THEY HAVE TO ALSO FIX THE DENT IN THE HOOD THAT WAS NOT THERE, BEFORE THE OHIO KIA TOOK IT IN TO BE FIXED. TODAY IT HAS BEEN 15 DAYS. I STILL DO NOT HAVE MY VAN. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND

I WAS TRAVELING FROM ONE HIGHWAY ONTO ANOTHER. AS I WAS COMING OFF THE RAMP AND ACCELERATING TO MERGE ONTO THE OTHER HIGHWAY THE CAR STARTED ACCELERATING BY ITSELF. IT KEPT GETTING FASTER AND FASTER. I TRIED TO TAP THE PEDAL THINKING IT WAS JUST STUCK ( LIKE OLDER CARS DID WHEN YOU STARTED THEM AND THEY REACHED IDEAL IDLE & TEMPERATURE) AND IT INCREASED SPEED. IT REACHED THE MAXIMUM SPEED ON THE CAR OF 135 MPH. I CAN'T REMEMBER MUCH ELSE EXCEPT JUST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO STAY SAFE AND GET THE CAR TO STOP. THE ENGINE WAS SCREAMING AND THERE WAS A LOT OF NOISE COMING FROM EVERYWHERE IN THE CAR. I TRIED THE BRAKES BUT THEY ONLY SMOKED AND THE CAR DIDN'T SEEM TO SLOW DOWN MUCH. I GOT TO A PORTION OF THE ROAD WHERE THERE WAS A STRAIGHT AWAY AND I GOT ONTO THE SHOULDER AND I PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL. IT TOOK A BIT TO SLOW DOWN TO A STOP AND THEN I SHUT THE CAR OF. I CALLED THE 800 NUMBER ON MY DOOR FOR ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE AND TOLD THEM WHAT HAPPENED. THEY TOLD ME TO SIT TIGHT AND THEY WOULD CALL ME BACK IN 5-7 MINUTES TO TELL ME WHO WAS COMING AND WHERE THE CAR WAS GOING FOR REPAIR. SHE NEVER CALLED BACK. THE DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR WAS THE POINT OF SERVICE. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK IT WAS STATED ON THE SERVICE INVOICE THAT THE BREATHER HOSE HAD POPPED OFF OF THE VALVE COVER AND THE BRACKET BENT CAUSING THE HOSE AND CLAMP TO BIND UNDER ACCELERATOR CABLE AND THROTTLE LINKAGE. THEY REPLACED THE SPRING CLAMP WITH A WORM TYPE CLAMP. THEY ALSO PERFORMED A LIGHT CUT ON THE FRONT

THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK BACK AND FORTH OR SHAKE FORCEFULLY AND UNCONTROLLABLY AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, INCLUDING WHILE TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AT 50 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE IN MOTION FORCING THE DRIVER TO SUDDENLY TRY TO STEER TO SAFETY WITHOUT POWER STEERING. THE VEHICLE IDLED LOW WHEN STOPPED AND SUDDENLY LUNGES FORWARD ON IT'S OWN WHILE THE DRIVERS FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKES. THE SERVICE DEALERS WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE VALVES, FILTERS AND WIRING WERE CHANGED. *JB *SC

OUR KIA SEDONA'S ENGINE HAS BEEN DYING WHEN COMING TO A STOP FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. KIA TRIED ON 8-5-04 TO FIX AND WAS TOLD IT NEEDED NEW SPARK PLUGS. REPLACED THE PLUGS. THREE WEEKS LATER ON 9-11-04 VAN ENGINE DYED AGAIN WHEN COMING TO A STOP. KEEPED A LOG OF THIS. ON 9-25-04 WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE, THE ENGINE AGAIN DYED WHILE IN THE PASSING LANE. FINALLY GOT A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT. HAD TO WAIT THREE DAYS TO GET VAN INTO KIA, LIGHT WENT OUT BY THEN. KIA DEALERSHIP SAID IT HAS A TRANSMISSION ERROR CODE BUT CAN'T PINPOINT THE DEFECT TO FIX. KIA KEPT THE VAN A WEEK TRYING TO GET ENGINE LIGHT TO REAPPEAR IN VAIN. SO I NOW HAVE A VAN THAT COULD STOPPED RUNNING AT ANYTIME AND PLACE. NOT VERY REASSURING OR SAFE. WE ARE VERY UPSET AND KIA CORP REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. *NM

THE POWER LOCK IN THE DRIVER'S DOOR OF OUR 2002 KIA SEDONA LOCKS UNEXPECTEDLY. IT LOCKS BY ITSELF WHEN WE CLOSE THE DOOR; IT LOCKS BY ITSELF WHEN WE OPEN THE DOOR. WORSE, WHEN THE LOCK ACTIVATES IT LOCKS ALL OF THE DOORS IN THE VAN, INCLUDING THE TAILGATE. THIS IS A RANDOM, THOUGH FREQUENT, OCCURRENCE. THIS SEEMS TO BE A VERY DANGEROUS CONDITION, SINCE WE HAVE AN INFANT AND A TODDLER, AND ARE ALWAYS FEARFUL OF BEING LOCKED OUT OF THE VAN WHILE THEY ARE INSIDE. *AK

VEHICLE LUNGED OR ACCELERATED UPON FINAL PARKING WITH FOOT OFF ACCELERATOR AND ON BRAKE. CAR JUMPED OVER. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED. *AK *TS