Edmunds.com | Inside Line | Auto Observer Your Account | Help | Directory
You are here:
![[F]](http://a332.g.akamai.net/f/332/936/12h/www.edmunds.com/media/townhall/webxicons/site.gif){kind=small}
Forums
SUVs Kia Sorento Kia Sorento Maintenance and Repair
1990 messages, Last post on Nov 20, 2009 at 5:31 PM
You are in the Kia Sorento Forum. Your Hosts are steve_ & tidester
|
|
|---|---|
|
Replying to: Krysteria (Feb 06, 2009 5:59 pm) Did you find the schematic on the fuse box lid? It should tell you if the right size fuse is being used. It almost sounds like you might want to try a 35 or 40. I've had my 2005 since new & not too many problems. It saved mine & my friends' lives when a guy hit us at 35 MPH with a new Grand Caravan. Only the wheel, bumper & quarter panel on the exterior were damaged. My boyfriend has one too & I won't let him sell it to get something with better mileage after going through that. Good Luck to you. |
|
|
|
Do you know why in the maintenance section of the KIA Sorento owners manual page 7-5, it says to replace the timming belt at 60 months or 60,000 miles but then it has footnote that says "For California, this maintenance is recommended but not required."
|
|
|
Replying to: lash92ssei (Feb 19, 2009 6:26 am) the scheduled maintenance and KIA and Hyundia is outrageous IMHO and is a reason I will never buy another......deviate just a little or fail to document all the maintenance properly, be prepared for warranty claim denial.......just the transmission and differential fluid change intervals alone are ridiculous......not to mention the timing belt and spark plug change outs.....and this engine isnt the most mechanic friendly to work with either....also be careful as to how the dealership defines you maintenance schedule as to whether its severe or normal....most like to define it as severe..since the scheduled maintenance required is much more frequent my other vehicles are GM and dont require any major maintenance until the 100K mark......happy with all three of them....04 wiht 138K, 06 with 37K and 09 with 10K on it.....my 03 Sorento has 116k on it |
|
|
Why does my 04 KIA Sorento stalls when driving between 60 and 70km? My 04 KIA Sorento has been great until now. Has been in to dealership 6 times in 2 months for same problem. Mileage now over 100 000K but they have kindly extended the warranty for this issue. Problem started 2 months ago where around 60km it felt like the transmission would slip/RPMs ran high for a couple seconds before changing gears. This has been intermittent, happens couple times a week, otherwise ran great. Now it will completely stall and cut power, again at random, last time the engine light stayed on for 4 days, then turned off on its own. Dealership says they can not find anything wrong. Very scary feeling driving home on the highways with 3 little kids in the back to have car lose power and die on you in the fark and scared someone is going to run into you. Please only serious responses, I only have a month extended warranty with the dealership to resolve this problem and I do not have very much money right now to start taking it to other mechanics for second and third opinions. Thanks. |
|
|
My '03 has approx. 758000 miles on it and today I felt a slight change in the way it drive. I noticed that whenever i pressed the gas, or even floored it, the RPM wouldn't go higher than 3,000. I let my engine cool down and tired it a few hours later, i floored it and it slowly creeped up to 4,000 rpms, i hit 60 mph before it cleared 4,000rpms even. then when i let go of the gas, the pointer dropped down all the way to 1,000 then creep up to 2,000, without me pressing anything. It also feels like my car is struggling to pull itself, as if it's gotten heavier...someone who knows about cars said it could be the mass air flow sensor...i'm not sure though, anyone else have this issue? Also, I am the second owner, does the warranty carry over to me? Thanks! 
|
|
|
Replying to: alexisb (Mar 09, 2009 6:45 pm) I don't think any warranty covers that much mileage but I'm pretty sure you put an extra 0 onto that!  A defective MAF sensor would produce the symptoms you described. tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
|
|
|
Replying to: tidester (Mar 09, 2009 8:33 pm)  Yeah I'm going to take it to a shop today to get it checked out, hopefully it just got disconnected or something...i'll updated later, thanks! |
|
|
Replying to: kiakelly (Mar 08, 2009 8:04 pm) Anyway, hope this helps. I know it wasn't a Kia, but the problem was so similar I had to respond. Good luck! Kevin.
|
|
|
Replying to: kbeyer (Mar 14, 2009 2:56 pm) |
|
|
Replying to: kiakelly (Mar 08, 2009 8:04 pm)
|
|
You are here:
Forums
SUVs Kia Sorento Kia Sorento Maintenance and Repair
New? Join Now!
Forum Tools
Search Forums
Browse by Vehicle
2011 Kia Sorento
Browse by Board
Browse by Topic
Today's Chats
