2007 Kia Sedona Recalls, Problems & Maintenance

“BOTH PASSENGER SLIDING DOORS FAIL TO LATCH IN THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN CLOSING ELECTRICALLY. HAVE TO MANUALLY SHOVE THE REAR END OF THE SLIDING DOORS INTO THE FLUSHED POSITION. HAPPENS ABOUT 10 % OF THE TIME”

“THE LEFT SIDE AUTOMATIC SLIDING DOOR INTERMITTENTLY FAILED TO LATCH IN THE CLOSED POSITION WHEN THE DOOR WAS CLOSED WITH THE EITHER THE REMOTE, THE FRONT BUTTON, OR THE REAR BUTTON”

“WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE HOOD POPPED UP AND SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE OVER, CLOSED THE HOOD, AND DROVE HOME SLOWLY”

“WE HEARD A LOUD BANG WHILE GOING OVER A BUMP AT THE INTERSECTION OF TWO CITY STREETS. THE BANG CONTINUED TO BE HEARD WHEN HITTING BUMPS/POTHOLES. MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE RIGHT FRONT COIL SPRING HAD BROKEN”

“WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, A SNAP NOISE WAS HEARD UNDER THE VEHICLE AND THE STEERING WHEEL JERKED TO THE LEFT. THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND THE CONTACT HAD TO PUSH IT OFF THE ROADWAY”

“SUB FRAME BUSHINGS ON MY 2007 KIA SEDONA ,ARE ACCORDING TO MY KIA DEALERSHIP "TOAST". NOISE STARTED AT 70000 MILES. THEY ARE NOT UNDER WARRANTY”

“THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHT SWITCH FAILED WHICH ALSO PROHIBITS THE GEAR SHIFT FROM MOVING OUT OF THE PARK POSITION. THE ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROLS HAVE ALSO MALFUNCTIONED AS A CONSEQUENCE”

“WHILE STOPPED AT A STOP LIGHT THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED BY ANOTHER DRIVER THAT THE VEHICLE'S BRAKE LIGHTS WERE NOT FUNCTIONING”

“WHILE PARKED THE BRAKE TAIL LIGHTS STAY ON; WHILE DRIVING THE CRUISE CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS, AND ESC LIGHT INDICATOR ILLUMINATES AND STAYS ON”

“CAR WON'T START SOMETIMES, UNLESS YOU TAP THE FUSE BOX UNDER THE STEERING COLUMN, THEN IT STARTS. THERE SEEMS TO BE AN INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL CONNECTION SOMEWHERE”

“THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SPORADICALLY FAIL TO START. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE FUSE BOX NEEDED TO BE REPLACED”

“THE CONSUMER STATED THE VEHICLE HAD AN INTERMITTENT NO-CRANK CONDITION. THE CONSUMER SUPPLIED A TSB REGARDING THE ISSUE”

“WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATE THE GAS PEDAL GETS STOCK, THIS HAPPENED TO ME TWICE ALREADY AND THREE MONTHS”

“MY GRANDCHILDREN AND I WERE COMING HOME FROM THE LAKE ON A HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 60 MPH. I DEPRESSED THE ACCELERATOR TO PASS ANOTHER CAR WHEN IT BECAME STUCK”

“THE ACCELERATOR ON MY MINIVAN WOULD GET STUCK AND NOT RELEASE. I HAD TO THROW THE GEARSHIFT INTO NEUTRAL ONCE TO DISENGAGE IT”

“OUR 2007 LOW MILEAGE KIA HAD BEEN PARKED FOR OVER 24 HRS. WHILE SITTING IN OUR DRIVEWAY NOT RUNNING, NO KEYS IN IGNITION, CAUGHT FIRE AND BURNED TO THE GROUND”

“WHILE MY KIA SEDONA WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY. HAD BEEN PARKED ABOUT AN HOUR WHEN SMOKE SUDDENLY STARTED COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. SOON, THE ENTIRE FRONT END WAS ON FIRE AND LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENT CAME AND PUT THE FIRE OUT”

“THE CONTACT STATED WHILE HER HUSBAND WAS DRIVING WITH HER AND THEIR DAUGHTER AND GRANDCHILD IN THE VEHICLE AT 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD”

“I HAVE A 2007 KIA SEDONA WITH 6,000 MILES ON IT. I WAS DRIVING IT AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STARTED FLASHING AND THE VEHICLE HAD SEVERE MISFIRES”

“THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AT SPEEDS BETWEEN 5-35 MPH. THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE AS THOUGH IT WAS ABOUT TO STALL WHEN IN IDLE”

“THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 35 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE IT WOULD START”

“A CAR HEADING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION SUDDENLY VEERED INTO THEIR LANE AND HIT THEM HEAD ON. MY SISTER, HER HUSBAND AND HIS MOTHER WERE ALL KILLED, THREE TEENAGE DAUGHTERS SITTING IN THE BACK SUFFERED BROKEN BONES BUT NO LIFE THREATENING INJURIES”

“THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 74 MPH WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CRASHED INTO THE CONTACT. THE CRASH CAUSED A CRACK IN THE ENGINE, THE RADIATOR EXPLODED AND THE BUMPER WAS DISLODGED. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY”

“WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH WITH THE WINDOWS DOWN, A BEE FLEW INTO THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT IS ALLERGIC TO BEES AND BEGAN TO PANIC. SHE LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND DROVE DOWN A 30 FOOT EMBANKMENT”