2006 Kia Sorento

THE HEAD AND TAIL LIGHTS HAVE TO BE REPLACED ON A REGULAR BASIS. I HAVE REPLACED ALL 4 LIGHTS AT LEAST 6 - 10 TIMES EACH, SINCE BUYING THE 2006 SORENTO BRAND NEW. AND IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING FROM NUMEROUS OTHERS THAT THIS IS A NORM WITH THIS MAKE AND MODEL CAR. YOU CAN REPLACE ONE LIGHT AND IT WILL BE OKAY FOR AWHILE, BUT THEN ANOTHER ONE WILL GO OUT, I HAVE ASKED THE MECHANIC IF THIS IS NORMAL, SEEING I HAVE NOT REPLACED THE LIGHTS IN MY 1996 CHEVY A FRACTION OF THE TIMES I HAVE THE SORENTO. THE REPLAY WAS, NO THIS IS NOT NORMAL THAT THEIR MUST BE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM SOMEWHERE IN THE SYSTEM. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH THE CRUISE CONTROL FEATURE. IT WILL NOT RESUME, OR ACCELERATE. THE OTHER TWO BUTTONS WORK AS DESIGNED. *KB

AFTER HEARING A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE FROM MY ENGINE I CALLED THE DEALER & TOLD THEM I WAS COMING IN, MY CAR STALLED ON THE WAY IN. THE DEALER SAID MY CRANK SHAFT PULLEY BOLT BROKE, CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY CRANK SHAFT SENSOR & MY TIMING BELT WHICH I HAD REPLACED A FEW MONTHS BACK. I AM JUST LEARNING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT KIA IS AWARE OF THIS DEFECTIVE BOLT AND REFUSES TO COVER THE DAMAGE CAUSED TO THE ENGINES WHEN IT BREAKS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE HEADLIGHTS WOULD FLICKER AND HE CONSTANTLY HAD TO REPLACE THE LIGHT BULBS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER, WHO DID NOT PROVIDE AN ACTUAL DIAGNOSIS AS TO WHAT WAS CAUSING THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT TO ONLY USE THE LIGHT BULBS SOLD BY THE MANUFACTURER, NOT AFTERMARKET PRODUCTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 50,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

CRANKSHAFT BOLT SHEARED OFF IN MAY 2010 AT 63,000 MILES CAUSING $1200 IN DAMAGE AND TOWING. AFTER HAVING A KIA DEALER FIX THE ISSUE OUT OF MY POCKET BECAUSE I'M A "SECOND OWNER", THE ISSUE HAPPENED AGAIN IN JULY 2011 AT 101,000 MILES. THE DEALER AGAIN HAS TO REPAIR WITH SIMILAR COSTS OUT OF MY POCKET. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS THE BELT CONNECTING TO THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY IS ALSO ATTACHED TO THE ALTERNATOR WHICH, WHEN BROKE, CAUSES A LOSS OF ALL POWER, EVEN WHILE THE CAR IS AT FULL DRIVING SPEED. THIS IS ALSO AN EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE ISSUE WHICH AFTER SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH KIA, THEY HAVE YET TO ACKNOWLEDGE IS A PROBLEM. *TR

THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT SHEARED OFF ON MY 2006 KIA SORENTO AT 70,000 MILES. THIS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THE HARMONIC BALANCER WHICH CAUSED MY BELT TO FALL OFF ITS TRACK. KIA HAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A RECALL ON OLDER MODELS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PART DUE TO A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THIS HAS ALSO CAUSED THE STEERING TO LOCK AND DRIVERS CAN LOOSE CONTROL. THEIR ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO THIS ISSUE ON THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLAINING TO KIA & THE BBB REGARDING THE REPAIR SINCE THEY DON'T FEEL RESPONSIBLE. THE REPAIR WOULD CONSIST OF A NEW ENGINE ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE OR EXPLAIN THE CAUSE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS DEFECT BE INVESTIGATED SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE FOR SEVERAL KIA MODELS AND YEARS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1996 KIA SORENTO (N/A). WHILE DRIVING IN REVERSE AT APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED BACKWARDS ON ITS OWN. THE CONTACT PLACED THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF IN ORDER FOR IT TO STOP MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

I HAVE OWNED MY 2006 KIA SORENTO FOR 4 YEARS AND HAVE CONSTANTLY HAD TO REPLACE HEADLIGHTS. I WAS JUST AT THE DEALER LAST WEEK AND HAD TO HAVE A HEADLIGHT AND 2 OTHER EXTERIOR LIGHTS REPLACED. I HAVE MADE COMMENTS TO THE DEALER TO INQUIRE WHY THEY THINK THESE BULBS ARE CONSTANTLY BLOWING AND THEY DON'T SEEM TO CARE. THIS MORNING, MY INTERIOR MAP AND DOME LIGHTS CAME ON ALL BY THEMSELVES AND WOULD NOT TURN OFF, NO MATTER WHAT BUTTONS I PRESSED. THEY DID NOT GO OFF WHEN I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND LEFT. WHEN I RETURNED TO MY CAR, IT SMELLED LIKE MAGIC MARKERS WHICH QUICKLY TURNED INTO A BURNING ELECTRICAL SMELL AS I PROCEEDED TO EXIT A MULTI-LEVEL PARKING STRUCTURE. I WAS TERRIFIED BY THIS!!. I GOT OUT OF THAT GARAGE, GOT OUT OF THAT CAR, AND HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALER, WHO WILL "LOOK AT IT TOMORROW". THIS INCIDENT HAS PROMPTED ME TO RESEARCH THE INTERNET FOR OTHER COMPLAINTS LIKE MINE, AND THERE ARE TONS FOR THIS MODEL YEAR. WILL YOU PLEASE DO SOMETHING??!! I DON'T WANT TO DRIVE THAT CAR ANYMORE - I HAVE LITTLE KIDS!! THIS IS NOT SAFE!!! WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE - A NUMBER UNDER "DEATHS"?! MY GUESS FROM THE OTHER CONSUMER COMMENTS I HAVE SEEN POSTED AND FROM MY OWN EXPERIENCE WITH THE KIA DEALER ON OTHER ISSUES WITH MY CAR IS THAT THEY WILL FIND NOTHING WRONG. PLEASE HELP!!!!! *TR

IN APRIL 2010 THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT AND PIN SHEARED OFF. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING 70 ON THE HIGHWAY. TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW IN JULY 2011 THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED. THE PIN IS SHEARED ALLOWING THE PULLEY TO DROP THE BELT, RENDERING MY CAR INOPERABLE. KIA DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS STILL NOT COVERED BY KIA AND WILL COST ME AGAIN TO FIX IT. *TR

I HYDROPLANED AND SWERVED ACROSS THE STREET IN THE ONCOMING LANE AND SPUN OUT AND WENT UP A DITCH AND HIT A TREE. I WAS EJECTED FROM THE CAR (I WAS WEARING MY SEAT BELT) AND MY SEAT BACK BROKE AND I WAS EJECTED OUT OF THE CAR THROUGH THE PASSENGER'S BACK SEAT DOOR - I BROKE THE DOOR WITH MY BACK GOING THROUGH IT. I FRACTURED A VERTEBRAE IN MY BACK AND HAD EXTENSIVE BRUISES EVERYWHERE AND A HAIRLINE FRACTURE IN MY LEFT ARM. I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SO SEVERELY HURT HAD MY SEAT NOT BROKE AND I WAS EJECTED. THE SIDE PASSENGER AIR BAG DEPLOYED BUT NOT THE DRIVER'S SIDE. I WAS TOLD I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HURT AS SEVERELY HAD I NOT BEEN EJECTED. I MISSED ALMOST 3 WEEKS OF WORK AND NOW WEAR A BACK BRACE AND AM IN CONSTANT PAIN. *TR