2005 Kia Sedona

2005 KIA SEDONA LX PURCHASED NEW FROM DEALER ON 3-10-05. ON 3/24/05, TOOK VAN IN FOR INITIAL OIL CHANGE AND ASKED THEM TO CHECK BRAKES AS WELL BECAUSE OF EXCESSIVE NOISE, GRINDING, AND A PULSATING WHEN USING BRAKES. MILEAGE WAS 2890. WHEN TECHNICIAN CHECKED BRAKES, THE ROTORS WERE FOUND TO BE WARPED, SO THEY WERE RESURFACED. ON 9/17/05, TOOK VAN BACK IN FOR GRINDING NOISES AS WELL AS TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE. MILEAGE WAS 7781. ACCORDING TO THE TECHNICIAN, NO FAULT WAS FOUND WITH BRAKING SYSTEM AND NOISED WAS BLAMED ON HIGH HUMIDITY. NO FAULT FOUND ON TRANSMISSION EITHER. THROTTLE UPGRADE RECALL PERFORMED AT THIS TIME. ON 12/27/05, TOOK VAN BACK IN FOR SHAKING AND VIBRATING WHEN BRAKING. MILEAGE WAS 10664. TECHNICIAN FOUND THAT THE ROTORS WERE AGAIN WARPED. TRIED TO RESURFACE AGAIN, BUT FOUND FLAW IN MATERIAL, SO NEW FRONT DISC PLATES WERE REPLACED. ON 3/20/06, VAN ONCE AGAIN TAKEN IN FOR POPPING AND NOISES MADE WHEN BRAKING. MILEAGE WAS 15325. TECHNICIANS FOUND NO ISSUES AND SAID THAT THEY WOULD NEED MORE TIME TO DIAGNOSE ISSUE. 15,000 MILE SERVICE PERFORMED IN LIEU OF CHECKING BRAKES. ON 10/6/06, TOOK VAN IN FOR ISSUES RELATING TO BRAKES AGAIN. TECHNICIANS FOUND THAT THE BRAKE PADS WERE IN NEED OF REPAIR ON FRONT, AND REAR DRUMS NEEDED RESURFACING. ENGINE MOUNT WAS ALSO WORN AND REPLACED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. IT WAS PUSHED OFF THE ROAD AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THIS OCCURRED TWICE. THE FIRST TIME THE DEALER REWORKED THE GROUNDS TO THE FRONT AREA MODULE. AFTER THE SECOND OCCURRENCE THE DEALER REPLACED THE THROTTLE POSITION SWITCH. 2005 KIA SEDONA . *AK UPDATED 10/30/2006 -THE VEHICLE STALLED A THIRD TIME AND THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE IS STILL AT THE DEALER BECAUSE THAT CANNOT FIND THE CAUSED OF THE STALLING. THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT STAY CLOSED. *NM

2005 KIA SEDONA BOUGHT VAN BRAND NEW 9/11/2004 ON 10/3/05 TOOK VAN IN FOR SERVICE AND CHECK UP VIBRATION IN FRONT END WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP ROTORS NEEDED TO REPLACED AND WORK WAS COMPLETED, MILEAGE AT TIME 11,706. IN MARCH OF 06 TOOK VAN IN FOR SERVICE AND HAD SAME COMPLAINT OF VIBRATION IN FRONT END WHEN APPLYING BRAKES, WAS TOLD IT WOULD NEED THE REAR BRAKES CLEANED AND ADJUSTED NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY MILEAGE APPROX. 15, 000 MILES. FRONT END STILL VIBRATED WHEN APPLYING BRAKES TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR 20,000 MILE CHECK AND SERVICE AND DEALER ADVISES ROTORS AND BRAKES ARE WORN OUT MILEAGE IS 20,398. DEALER WILL NOT TAKE CARE OF PROBLEM UNDER WARRANTY, TALKED TO KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE AND THEY ADVISED FOR DISCUSSION WITH FIELD REP, HE ADVISED CUSTOMER SERVICE HE WILL NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY. AT THIS TIME I WILL NOT LET KIA DEALERSHIP REPAIR BRAKE PROBLEM, I HAVE ORDERED HIGH PERFORMANCE BRAKE ROTORS AND PADS TO REPLACE OEM EQUIPMENT. TALKED WITH OTHER CONSUMERS WHO OWN SAME YEAR AND MODEL OF VAN THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM. *JB

PURCHASED VEHICLE IN 5/2005. RETURNED TO DEALER IN AUGUST AT 3500 MILES, FOR BRAKE NOISE. WAS TOLD THE ROTORS WERE WARPED FROM SITTING ON THE LOT BEFORE THE SALE OF THE VEHICLE. ROTORS WERE TURNED. NOISE STOPPED FOR A MONTH OR SO. DEALER WENT OUT OF BUSINESS, WENT TO ANOTHER DEALER BECAUSE OF LOUD NOISE FROM BRAKES, SOUNDED LIKE A LARGE TRUCK WHEN STOPPING. INITIALLY WAS TOLD THE MECHANIC COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG, BUT AFTER TEST DRIVING IT, THEY REPLACED PADS. NOISE STOPPED BRIEFLY, BUT THEN THE VEHICLE WAS OVER THE 12K WARRANTY FOR THE BRAKES. I'VE HAD THE CAR AT MY MECHANICS SHOP TWICE. HE SAID THE REAR BRAKES ARE VERY LARGE FOR THIS CAR, AND FRONT BRAKES ARE TINY WITH CHEAP SHOES. BRAKES MAKE NOISE ALL THE TIME, AND THE CAR SHUTTERS WHEN STOPPING AT HIGH SPEEDS OR GOING DOWNHILL. PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVED. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ROTORS WERE WARPED BECAUSE THE REAR BRAKES WERE NOT ADJUSTED CORRECTLY CAUSING THE ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS TO BE DEFECTIVE. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN LOOKED AT FIVE DIFFERENT TIMES AND THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE CONTACT EXPRESSED THE BRAKES WERE MANUFACTURED INCORRECTLY.

BREAKS AND ROTORS CHANGED 5 TIMES. ABS SYSTEM REPLACED. MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED. EMERGENCY BREAK DOESN'T WORK EITHER. KIA STILL DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IS WEARING MY BREAKS AND ROTORS IN ABOUT EVERY 10 DAYS. BOUGHT THE VAN WITH 18 MILES ON IT AND THIS ALL STARTED AT 2700 MILES. VAN IS GOING BACK IN TOMORROW. RENTED TWO OTHER KIA SEDONAS 2005 AND BOTH HAD BREAK PROBLEMS. *NM

2005 KIA SEDONA, WHEN I FIRST PURCHASED VEHICLE, ONLY ABOUT 3 WEEKS OLD, I WENT OUTSIDE TO START IT AND SMOKE CAME POURING OUT OF STEERING WHEEL AREA, SO MUCH SO THAT I WAS IN THE PROCESS OF CALLING 911 AFTER GETTING MY YOUNG CHILD OUT OF HER CAR SEAT AND OUT OF VAN, THE SMOKE WAS SIGNIFICANT AND JUST STOPPED AS QUICKLY AS IT STARTED, I TOOK THE VAN IN AND THEY ACTED LIKE I WAS CRAZY AND SAID THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG, THEN LAST WEEK WITH ONLY 30,000 MILES ON THE VAN, I PULLED INTO THE STORE PARKING SPACE AND CAME OUT AND THE STEERING COLUMN AND WHEELS AND IGNITION WERE COMPLETELY LOCKED AND FROZEN, THE VAN HAD TO BE TOWED IN TO THE DEALERSHIP BECAUSE NO ONE COULD GET THE STEERING COLUMN OR IGNITION TO UNLOCK, THEY TOLD US IT WAS A CABLE THAT WAS OUT OF ADJUSTMENT, I HAVE NEVER HEARD OF A CABLE BEING ABLE TO RENDER A CAR COMPLETELY INOPERABLE AT 30,000 MILES, WHAT IS IT WENT OUT OF ADJUSTMENT WHILE I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE FREEWAY!!!! I STRONGLY FEEL THERE IS SOMETHING FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG WITH THE STEERING COLUMN AND CONNECTED SYSTEMS IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND THEY ARE NOT TELLING US THE TRUTH WHEN WE TAKE IT IN FOR REPAIR. *NM

JULY 2006 I NOTICED A SMELL OF BURNING BRAKES OR SOMETHING SIMILAR. BUT AFTER I TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF FOR AN HOUR THE SMELL DISAPPEARED. THEN ON JULY 4TH 2006 WE WERE 10 MILES FROM HOME AND NOTICED THE RADIO TURNED OFF, THEN A FEW MORE MILES THE GAUGES ALL TURNED OFF, THEN BY THE TIME WE GOT OFF THE FREEWAY, THE CAR TURNED OFF. WE THEN TURNED IT BACK ON, THE RADIO AND GAUGES ALL WORKED UNTIL WE DROVE TO THE DEALER WHICH WAS CLOSED SO WE DROVE ONE MORE MILE TO A SAFE PLACE TO PARK. AT THIS TIME THE CAR WAS COMPLETELY DEAD. WE LOOKED IN THE ENGINE, THE FUSE BOX WAS SMOKING AND WHEN OPENED, ALL THE FUSES WERE MELTED DOWN AND ALL THE WIRES WERE MELTED TOO. WE THEN GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY 7/5/06. THE CAR HAS NOW BEEN AT THE DEALER FOR OVER A WEEK AND HALF, AND WILL NOT BE READY UNTIL NEXT WEEK. I AM HOPING THE NEW WIRING THEY PUT IN DOESN'T BURN AGAIN. THIS IS THE SECOND MAJOR TROUBLE WITH THIS NEW CAR UNDER 9000 MILES. THE FIRST TROUBLE WAS ONE WEEK AFTER BUYING THE NEW CAR WITH 3 MILES ON IT. DROVE INTO MY DRIVEWAY AT HOME ON A STEEP HILL TO FIND I HAD NO BRAKES. THE TROUBLE WAS A KINKED BRAKE LINE THAT BROKE ... VERY SCARY. *JB