2006 Kia Sedona

THE STRUTS MOUNTS HAD RUSTED APART. SO HAD TO HAVE STRUT, SPRINGS, MOUNTS, SWAY BAR LINK PINS,FRONT STRUTS,PLATES HAD TO BE REPLACED. WHATEVER HAPPENED SUDDENLY LOOSENED MY STEERING WHEEL ALSO SO COULD NOT TURN WELL. THE WHEEL HAD TO BE TURNED ALMOST ALL THE WAY AROUND TO TURN A CORNER. WHAT HAPPENED I WAS TURNING AND A LOUD POP HAPPENED THERE HAD BEEN NO WARNING AND LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO GET HOME. ON MY VEHICLE THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAD A FAILURE SUDDENLY. KIA DID REPAIR THE CONTROL ARMS LAST YEAR WHEN THEY FAILED. THE CORROSION IS AN ISSUE BECAUSE IF I HAD BEEN AT HIGHWAY SPEED I WOULD HAVE HAD SERIOUS PROBLEMS

CAR RANDOMLY WILL NOT START, PROBLEM HAS BEEN OCCURRING FOR SEVERAL YEARS. LET CAR SIT FOR 15 OR SO MINUTES AND WILL START, BATTERY FINE AND HAS BEEN REPLACED. TOOK TO KIA MOTORS AND COULD NOT DETECT PROBLEM. RECENTLY TOOK TO A LOCAL MECHANIC WHO WAS ABLE TO DETECT A PROBLEM (AFTER INVESTIGATING KIA WEBSITE) WITH THE INTERMITTENT CRANK. THE SERVICE BULLETIN STATES THAT THIS IS PROBLEM IN 2006 AND 2007 SEDONA. I HAVE A COPY OF THE BULLETIN IN MY POSSESSION. THE MECHANIC DID NOT REPLACE THE PART BUT HE REMOVED, CLEANED IT AND REINSTALLED. I HAVE NOT HAD A PROBLEM (HAS ONLY BEEN ONE DAY) BUT WILL SEE HOW IF RUNS. MY CONCERN IS THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A RECALL ISSUE AND COVERED BY KIA. I HAD TO PAY FOR A RENTAL AND FOR THE SERVICE OF THE VEHICLE. IT HAS BEEN A HARDSHIP FOR ME. THE CAR HAS NOT BEEN DEPENDABLE OR SAFE. CAN YOU HELP ME 1. REQUEST A REFUND ON MY EXPENSES AND 2. GET THIS PART REPLACED AS A RECALL ITEM? THANK YOU *TR

DRIVING MY KIA IN FREEWAY ABOUT 55 MPH AND UNEXPECTEDLY HOOD OPEN AND CRASH MY WINDSHIELD, I TRY TO DRIVE TO FREEWAY SIDE WITH THE LITTLE VISIBLE SPACE BETWEEN DASHBOARD AND HOOD, A GUY DRIVING BESIDES ME HELP WITH THE TRAFFIC SO I REDUCE SPEED AND HIT GUARDRAIL, I DAMAGE MY BUMPER AND ALL RIGHT FRONT SIDE OF MY KIA, I WAS THINKING THAT WAS MY BAD LUCK OR THAT I DIDN'T CLOSE HOOD PROPERLY. I TRIED TO PUT HOOD IN PLACE AND USING AN ETHERNET CABLE TO SECURE HOOD AND DRIVE AT 10-20 MPH TO HOME. NEXT DAY I CALL A GUY FROM CRAIGSLIST TO REPLACE WINDSHIELD, I REMOVE HOOD AND TRIED TO UNBEND IT, FIX LATCHES AND TRIED IT TO PUT IT IN PLACE I BUY ONE USED AND REPLACE OLD ONE, I AM STILL USING MY VEHICLE BECAUSE WANT TO AVOID FINES AND I WAS NOT PHYSICALLY AFFECTED, JUST THE SCARE AND VEHICLE DAMAGE, I DIDN'T REPORT INCIDENT TO POLICE. I JUST READ ABOUT LATCH KIA PROBLEM, KIA'S RECALL NUMBER SC134, I AM STILL USING MY KIA BECAUSE CANNOT BUY ANOTHER CAR FOR THE MOMENT, ALL MY KIA IS MESSED UP IN THE BODY(BUMPER/RIGHT PASSENGER SIDE, ETC. BUT MOTOR/TRANS WORKED LIKE A CHAMP BUT COSMETICALLY LOOKS VERY UGLY BECAUSE THAT INCIDENT WITH OPEN HOOD. CAN KIA PAY FOR MY REPAIRS?

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. HOURS AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED, IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE HAD COLLAPSED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A LOCAL DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT CONTROL ARMS WERE RUSTED OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,599.

WENT TO AUTO PARTS STORE FOR OIL FILTER - PARKED CAR. AFTER FILTER PURCHASE LEFT STORE, TOSSED OIL FILTER (FRAM TG9999) ON PASSENGER SEAT AND STARTED CAR; AIR BAG LIGHT LIT FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER; NO AIR BAGS WERE DEPLOYED. THE VEHICLE (2006 SEDONA) HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. THE VEHICLE HAS 150052 MILES ON IT AND RUNS WELL. CONTACTED KIA ABOUT ISSUE TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL FOR AIR BAG ISSUES - WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL AND TOLD THAT VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY HAVING MORE THAN 100K MILES, SO I WOULD HAVE TO HAVE THIS SERVICED BY A KIA DEALER. DATE BELOW APPROX.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE CONTACT EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE DOORS AND THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AUTOMATICALLY AND THE ALARM SYSTEM SOUNDED WITHOUT WARNING. WHENEVER THE CONTACT DROVE OVER 55 MPH, THE STEERING LOCKED. EACH TIME THE FAILURE OCCURRED, THE VEHICLE WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, TURNED OFF, AND THEN RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL DEALER WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER DID NOT TEST DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO SEE IF THE FAILURE COULD BE DUPLICATED. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT THEY HAD NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A FAILURE. THE FAILURE WAS NOT REMEDIED. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE RECALL NOTICE FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V387000(SUSPENSION) AND 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) WERE RECEIVED. AFTER CONTACTING THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS, THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE PARTS NEEDED FOR THE RECALL REMEDY WERE STILL NOT AVAILABLE AND NO ESTIMATED TIME FOR RECEIVING THE PARTS COULD BE PROVIDED. THE CONTACT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED A FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY OPENED AND SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD AND THE HOOD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO DECREASE IN SPEED AS THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE COMING FROM UNDERNEATH THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE LOWER CONTROL ARM HAD FRACTURED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V550000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V387000 (SUSPENSION). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 145,063.