2004 Kia Sedona Problems

ABS MODULE IS DEAD. *TR

THIS HAS HAPPENED 3 TIMES, THE LATEST IN NOVEMBER WHILE ON THE INTERSTATE, DURING RUSH HOUR, GOING 60 MILES PER HOUR. MY VAN KEEPS DYING WHILE I'M DRIVING WHETHER IT WAS A SENSOR OR OUT OF GAS, WHATEVER THE REASON, WHEN POWER GOES OUT, THE BRAKE LOCKS UP AND I HAVE NO CONTROL TO SLOW DOWN OR STOP THE VAN. IT HAS TO COAST UNTIL IT STOPS ON ITS OWN. THE LAST TIME TOOK ME A MILE AND HALF TO FINALLY STOP. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE INJURY/AND OR DEATH IF THERE ARE OTHER VEHICLES IN FRONT OF ME. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED TO A TOW YARD. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,100.

MY 2004 KIA SEDONA WAS SITTING STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY ENGINE WAS OFF. WHEN SOMETHING IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO ENGINE PARTS ON THE TOP SIDE OF THE ENGINE. SUCH BE AS FLUID RESERVOIRS WIRING, FUSE BOX, AND MORE.

I HAVE A 2004 KIA SENDONA LX VAN AND THE WHEEL BARRINGS ARE BAD I FIXED IT ONCE ALREADY A MONTH AGO AND IT IS ALREADY BROKEN AGAIN BOTH TIMES IT COMPLETELY FELL APART IN TO LITTLE PEICES WHEN I TOOK THE WHEEL OFF.

THE WHEEL BEARINGS DISINTEGRATED AND CAUSED THE WHOLE HUB TO COME OFF. LUCKILY WE WERE RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER FROM OUR DESTINATION AND WEREN'T GOING VERY FAST. *TR

MY STEERING IN MY 2004 KIA SEDONA LX IS TENDING TO BIND AND NEARLY LOCK UP AROUND TURNS. THIS PROBLEM COMES AND GOES.

MY VAN WONT STEER. IT IS TIGHT AND WONT LET ME GO LEFT OR RIGHT.

TAKATA RECALL..MY VAN STALLS OUT NO MATTER WHERE..STOPPED AT IDLE IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF..DRIVING AVERAGE SPEED IN TOWN 45MPH IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF..ON THE HWY. SPEEDS AVERAGE FROM 55 TO 70 MPH IT RANDOMLY SHUTS OFF ..IN HEAVY TRAFFIC THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS..I HAVE REPLACED THE FOLLOWING.. FUEL PUMP FUEL FILTER FUEL PUMP RELAYS THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR OXYGEN SENSOR FUEL COIL PACKS SPARK PLUGS INTAKE GASKETS INJECTORS AIR FILTER JUST LIKE THE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE ON THE FORUMEBAY ABOUT KIA SEDONA..I'VE PUT $1000'S IN THE VAN WITH NO SOLUTION TO THE DANGEROUS ISSUES..THE ONLY THING LEFT TO CHANGE IS THE INTERNAL WIRING..THIS PROBLEM IS WAY TO COMMON FOR KIA NOT TO HAVE A RECALL ON IT..ITS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD AND NEEDS TO HAVE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT..NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR EVERYONE THAT HAS A KIA SEDONA..ITS OBVIOUSLY A SHORT IN THE WIRING AND IS A MANUFACTURER FLAW FOR SO MANY PEOPLE TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUE..BTW MY VAN ONLY HAS 100.000 MILES ON IT I'VE SEEN SOME AS LOW AS 30.000 WITH THIS SAME ISSUE..NO EXCUSES FOR THIS..ANY KIND OF ELECTRONIC SHORT OUT HAS POTENTIAL FOR FIRE NOT TO MENTION THE HAZARDS OF THE VAN RANDOMLY STOPPING IN TOWN AT INTERSECTION ON THE INTERSTATE .

UPON RETURNING HOME AND PARKING MY VAN AFTER RUNNING AN ERRAND OF ABOUT 5 MILES, I SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RAN TO GET A FIRE EXTINGUISHER, THE FIRE WAS PUT OUT WITHIN 60 (SIXTY) SECONDS AFTER SEEING THE SMOKE. REMOVING THE AIR CLEANER AND OTHER COMPONENTS, -- THE WIRE HARNESS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WAS FOUND CHARRED BY THE FIRE. NO IMMEDIATE REASON WAS FOUND FOR THIS INCIDENT TO OCCUR.

WHILE DRIVING AT 10 MPH ,MY DAUGHTER AND I HEARD A CLUNK IN THE REAR OF OUR 2004 KIA SEDONA LX. I WAS HEADING FOR A REPAIR SHOP AS A RESULT AND HEARD A SECOND CLUNK AND PULLED OFF ON A SIDE STREET AND DROVE 200 FEET WHEN THE WHEEL BEARING ASSEMBLY CAME APART AND THE WHOLE WHEEL FLEW OFF THE VAN. *TR

UNSURE WHY THE FRONT RIGHT STRUT WENT OUT ON MY 2004 KIA SEDONA MINIVAN. STRUT WILL NEED TO BE REPLACED. *TR

THIS IS THE SECOND SET OF DOUGLAS TIRES I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR EVEN THOUGH WALMART SAYS IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT THEY GET HOLES IN THE SIDE OF THE TIRES THIS TIME THE WHOLE INSIDE OF MY TIRE IS GONE LOOKS LIKE ROPE HANGING OUT ME AND MY DAUGHTER COULD OF BEEN SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED SO I THINK THAT DOUGLAS SHOULD HAVE TO REPLACE MY TIRES ON MY KIA MINI VAN I AM SICK AND TIRED OF WALMART AND THE DOUGLAS TIRES I CANNOT AFFORD MORE TIRES HERE IS THE DOT NUMBER ON THE TIRES AND THE SIZETHEY R EXTRA TRAC [[ MTS 215/70R15 MD34 O1R 17/11 SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE. *TR

ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012, MY WIFE TOOK OUR GRANDDAUGHTER SHOPPING. AFTER DROPPING HER OFF AT HOME, MY WIFE PROCEEDED TO DRIVE ~30 MILES HOME. ON THE WAY SHE NOTED A THUMPING SOUND COMING FROM THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE TIRE. SHE STOPPED AT A GAS STATION ABOUT HALFWAY HOME TO CALL ME AND ASK THAT I COME OUT TO CHANGE THE TIRE. AT THAT TIME SHE NOTED A BLISTER IN THE TIRE SIDEWALL. MOMENTS LATER THERE WAS A LOUD BANG AND THE TIRE BLEW OUT WHILE SITTING AT THE GAS STATION. THE FOLLOWING DAY I TOOK THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE FIRESTONE DEALER WHERE THE TIRES WHERE PURCHASED IN THE FALL OF 2010. AFTER LISTENING TO A LITANY OF EXCUSES FOR THE FAILURE, INCLUDING; SHE (MY WIFE) MUST HAVE HIT A POT HOLE, TIRES WERE UNDER INFLATED, FRONT WHEELS WERE NOT ALIGNED, TIRES HAD NOT BEEN ROTATED, FINALLY THE SALESPERSON CONCEDED THAT THE TIRE SHOULD NOT HAVE BLOWN OUT. THE BAD TIRE WAS REPLACED AT MINIMUM EXPENSE TO ME, BUT I PAID FOR MOST OF THE OTHER FRONT TIRE, IN ORDER TO HAVE TWO TIRES WITH SIMILAR WEAR ON THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE SPEEDOMETER FLUCTUATED AND SEIZED INTERMITTENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE INDEPENDENTLY. IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE FAILURE, THE CONTACT HAD TO DRIVE AT A SLOWER SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 05V329000 (VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE EXITING A CAR WASH, SHE SHIFTED FROM NEUTRAL TO DRIVE WITH THE BRAKE PEDAL DEPRESSED WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED ON INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE THEN TRAVELED OVER A CURB BEFORE CRASHING INTO A TREE. THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE AND CAME TO A STOP WHEN THE FRONT AND REAR TIRES BECAME FLAT AND THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL. BOTH THE CONTACT AND A FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED BRUISING FROM THE CRASH AND WERE TRANSPORTED VIA AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT OF THEIR INJURIES. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A SALVAGE YARD. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

"TAKATA RECALL" ON TUESDAY MAY 9, 2017 WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. TO OUR AMAZEMENT AND HORROR, NOT ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED . 'WE WERE HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN . THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR REQUIRED ASSISTANCE FROM THE POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS ASSISTANCE TO EXIT THE VAN HOWEVER THE SLIDING DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED REQUIRING REMOVING THE BABY THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN OUR VAN WAS STRUCK BY THE OTHER CAR EXITING A PARKING LOT. NEITHER ONE OF US SAW THE ADVANCE NOR IMPACT OF THE OTHER CAR. AFTER REALIZING WHAT HAPPENED WE CALL EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR ASSISTANCE. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO MOVE OUR VAN TO A SAFE LOCATION AND WAIT FOR H

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA .THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO A DEER BUT THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 152,500. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

VAN DOES NOT STAY STARTED. SENSOR CONTROL AND SHORT ON SEATS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AS SHE EXITED THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER POWER SEAT INDEPENDENTLY MOVED FORWARD AND UNDER THE STEERING WHEEL. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO MOVE THE SEAT BACK IN PLACE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE MOTOR SWITCH HAD FAILED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT UNDER RECALL AND ANY REPAIRS WOULD BE AT HER EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FIRST STARTED MAKING CREAKING AND POPPING NOISES. THEN A LEAK BEGAN IN THE SAME AREA OF THE NOISES. WATER LEAKS ONTO THE FLOOR NEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CAUSES A SLIPPERY SURFACE UNDER MY FEET. NOW I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE WINDOW FRAME OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS MOVING WHEN THE CAR MOVES AND COULD POP OUT OF PLACE OR SHATTER WHILE DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE WINDOW SHATTERED INTO PIECES. THE CONTACT'S ARM WAS INJURED FROM THE GLASS AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. SHE STATED THAT THE WINDOW WAS PARTIALLY ROLLED DOWN PRIOR TO THE FAILURE AND NOTHING STRUCK THE GLASS. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN DETERMINED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,460.

"TAKATA RECALL" ON TUESDAY MAY 9, 2017 WE WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT. TO OUR AMAZEMENT AND HORROR, NOT ONE AIRBAG DEPLOYED . 'WE WERE HIT ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE VAN . THE FRONT PASSENGER DOOR REQUIRED ASSISTANCE FROM THE POLICE/FIRE FIGHTERS ASSISTANCE TO EXIT THE VAN HOWEVER THE SLIDING DOOR COULD NOT BE OPENED REQUIRING REMOVING THE BABY THROUGH THE DRIVER'S SIDE. THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN AND WE BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD WHEN OUR VAN WAS STRUCK BY THE OTHER CAR EXITING A PARKING LOT. NEITHER ONE OF US SAW THE ADVANCE NOR IMPACT OF THE OTHER CAR. AFTER REALIZING WHAT HAPPENED WE CALL EMERGENCY VEHICLES FOR ASSISTANCE. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO MOVE OUR VAN TO A SAFE LOCATION AND WAIT FOR H

THE FRONT WINDSHIELD FIRST STARTED MAKING CREAKING AND POPPING NOISES. THEN A LEAK BEGAN IN THE SAME AREA OF THE NOISES. WATER LEAKS ONTO THE FLOOR NEAR THE BRAKE PEDAL AND CAUSES A SLIPPERY SURFACE UNDER MY FEET. NOW I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THE ENTIRE WINDOW FRAME OF THE FRONT WINDSHIELD IS MOVING WHEN THE CAR MOVES AND COULD POP OUT OF PLACE OR SHATTER WHILE DRIVING. *TR

VAN DOES NOT STAY STARTED. SENSOR CONTROL AND SHORT ON SEATS. *TR

MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE VEHICLE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO START. WILL SUBSEQUENTLY TURN OVER FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND FINALLY "CATCHES" AND WILL RUN ROUGH. UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL RUN ROUGH, HESITATE AND STALL, MOSTLY AT TIMES DURING A FULL STOP ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO NORMAL DRIVING SPEED IN TRAFFIC AND THROUGH TURNING. UPON INSPECTION AT DEALERSHIP, NO FAULTY PARTS FOUND AND CONDITION "DISAPPEARS". UPON RECEIPT OF VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP, PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO PLAGUE VEHICLE. REPLACED MANY PARTS UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE NEVER FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. NO CHECK ENGINE CODE PRESENT DURING PROBLEM. HAS LEFT FAMILY STRANDED ON MORE THAN A FEW OCCASIONS MAKING VEHICLE UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *TR

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE CHILD WAS RESTRAINED, THE BOOSTER SEATBELT CLIPS FRACTURED WHICH ALLOWED THE SEATBELT TO RUB THE CHILD'S NECK. THIS INCIDENT OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS AN EVENFLO COMET, MODEL # 3221213P1, DATE OF MANUFACTURE OCT. 23, 2002.

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE THE CHILD WAS RESTRAINED, THE BOOSTER SEATBELT CLIPS FRACTURED WITHOUT WARNING WHICH ALLOWED THE SEATBELT TO RUB THE CHILD'S NECK. NO INJURIES WERE SUSTAINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALERTED. THE CHILD SAFETY SEAT IS AN EVENFLO COMET, MODEL # 3221213P1, DATE OF MANUFCATURE JAN. 16, 2003.

THEY WERE MINOR AT FIRST, SPEAKER COVER, WEATHER STRIPPING, AND NOISE WHEN BACKING UP. THEN THE OTHER PROBLEMS CAME: FAULTY PILOT BEARING, CLUTCH, AND PRESSURE PLATE, 4WD LIGHT, E BRAKE, POWER WINDOWS, PAINT COMING OF VEHICLE IN VARIOUS PLACES, DOME LAMP,DOOR LOCK SENSOR, GEAR SHIFTER, WINDSHIELD MOLDING, AIR BAG LIGHT,GAS PEDAL STICKING, CUP HOLDER. THE ONES THAT CONCERN ME THE MOST IS THE VIBRATION THAT I HAVE AT SPEEDS OF 65-75 MPH. THE WHOLE STEERING WHEEL SHAKES AND THE VIBRATION CAN BE FELT BELOW. I HAVE SEEN WHERE THERE ARE OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS MODEL FOR THIS. I AM CONCERNED BECAUSE I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY CANNOT LOCATE THE PROBLEM. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS SHIFTING INTO LOWER GEARS ESPECIALLY IN THE MORNINGS. I ALSO HAVE PROBLEMS SHIFTING INTO 1ST GEAR FROM NEUTRAL. I WAS SITTING AT A STOP LIGHT AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN WENT TO PUT MY CAR INTO FIRST, IT WOULD NOT GO, I SHIFTED INTO 2ND AND TRIED TO GO INTO 1ST BUT IT WOULD NOT GO. I FINALLY CUT THE VEHICLE OFF AND GOT IT INTO 1ST. THE OTHER MAIN CONCERN IS THERE IS A DELAY ON ACCELERATION. I EXPERIENCE IT AFTER MY VEHICLE HAS SAT FOR 5 OR MORE HOURS. WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS PUSHED THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GO OR WILL MOVE SEVERAL FEET AND THEN STOP. I HAVE MADE THE DEALERSHIP AWARE OF THESE PROBLEMS AND SOME HAVE BEEN FIXED BUT THE MAJOR ONES, VIBRATION, HESITATION, AND SHIFTING INTO 1ST CANNOT BE FIXED BECAUSE THE CAUSE IS UNKNOWN. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TWO CLOSE CALLS IN THIS VEHICLE ONE BECAUSE I COULD NOT GET MY CAR INTO GEAR AND I WAS ABOUT HIT FROM BEHIND. THE OTHER WAS THE HESITATION WHERE THE CAR STALLED JUST AS I WAS PULLING ONTO THE ROAD AND WOULD NOT GO. THE VIBRATION CONCERNS ME TOO BECAUSE THIS COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION OR STEERING, AND I KNOW THAT MUCH OF A VIBRATION HAS TO AFFECT OTHER THINGS AS WELL. I AM GOING TO CONTACT SOMEONE ABOUT TRYING TO DECLARE THIS VEHICLE AS A LEMON. I AM CONCERNED FOR MY DAUGHTER'S SAFETY AND THIS IS MY ONLY SOURCE OF TRANSPORTATION. PLEASE HELP ME. *JB

DT: TOOK KIA, SEDONA 2004 4 TIMES TO DEALER FOR BRAKE FAILURE. THE BRAKES SQUEAKED A LOT, AND THE PROBLEM HAS NOT BEEN FIXED PROPERLY. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED. BUT, THEN AGAIN ONE COULD HEAR A SOUND ON THE BRAKES. CONSUMER WAS TAKEN BACK VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR THE 5TH TIME. TO SEE WHAT COULD BE DONE. ALSO TRANSMISSION WHEN IN DRIVE AROUND 5 MPH, WANTED TO STOP, THEN JUMPED TO NORMAL. ALSO WHEN THE CAR WAS IDLING IN PARK OR STOPPING IT SHOOK. *AK

MULTIPLE INSTANCES WHERE VEHICLE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO START. WILL SUBSEQUENTLY TURN OVER FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 5 SECONDS AND FINALLY "CATCHES" AND WILL RUN ROUGH. UPON DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL RUN ROUGH, HESITATE AND STALL, MOSTLY AT TIMES DURING A FULL STOP ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE TO NORMAL DRIVING SPEED IN TRAFFIC AND THROUGH TURNING. UPON INSPECTION AT DEALERSHIP, NO FAULTY PARTS FOUND AND CONDITION "DISAPPEARS". UPON RECEIPT OF VEHICLE FROM DEALERSHIP, PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED TO PLAGUE VEHICLE. REPLACED MANY PARTS UNDER THE ADVISEMENT OF THE DEALERSHIP AND HAVE NEVER FOUND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. NO CHECK ENGINE CODE PRESENT DURING PROBLEM. HAS LEFT FAMILY STRANDED ON MORE THAN A FEW OCCASIONS MAKING VEHICLE UNRELIABLE AND UNSAFE TO OPERATE. *TR

VAN WAS MAKING A HIGH-PITCHED WHINING SOUND. TOOK IT IN AND FOUND THAT THE WATER PUMP NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THEY TESTED IT AND IT WAS STILL NOT RUNNING PROPERLY SO THEY DUG A LITTLE DEEPER AND FOUND THAT THE COILS AND WIRING NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. GOT THE VAN BACK IN WORKING CONDITION AND LESS THAN TWO DAYS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON. TOOK IT BACK AND THEY SAID IT NEEDED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THANKS TO LAWS IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WE CANNOT REPLACE WITH AN AFTERMARKET ($200); INSTEAD WE WERE QUOTED $1K, AND THAT APPARENTLY IS ON THE CHEAP SIDE. THE GOV.'T HAS A WARRANTY PROGRAM TO REPLACE CATALYTIC CONVERTERS ON VEHICLES 80,000 MILES OR LESS. WE WERE JUST OUT OF THAT LIMIT. TOO BAD FOR US. WE'RE TRADING IT IN. *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS VEHICLE SINCE FEBRUARY 2004. SINCE I PURCHASED IT, I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE HEADLIGHTS ABOUT EVERY THREE MONTHS. THEY DO NOT GO OUT AT THE SAME TIME. ONE GOES, THEN SEVERAL WEEKS LATER THE OTHER GOES. I HAVE TAKEN TO REPLACING THEM BOTH AT THE SAME TIME, SINCE I KNOW THEY WILL BOTH GO OUT WITHIN A FEW WEEKS OF EACH OTHER. *JB

AT LESS THAN 21K MILES A LOW BEAM HEADLIGHT BURNED OUT. WE DON'T USE THEM FOR DRL. THIS SEEMS ODD AND A FORUM ON KIA SORENTO'S SHOWS THE SAME CONCERN. AFTER BUYING NEW BULBS I FIND IT TAKES A PROFESSIONAL MECHANIC TO INSTALL THEM...THE DEALER CHARGES $18/BULB FOR LABOR ONLY. THIS SOUNDS LIKE A SCAM BY THE MANUFACTURER. THIS IS FOR A SORENTO WHICH YOUR DATABASE DOES NOT ALLOW FOR AN OPTION TO CHOOSE FROM. FOR MISFIRE PROBLEM I FILED BEFORE THIS I SELECTED SEDONA INSTEAD TO GET MY CLAIM THROUGH. 8JB

AC HAS MUSTY ODOR WHEN USED. I CAN SMELL EXHAUST GASES FROM OTHER VEHICLES EVEN ON REC AIR. *JB