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15 messages, Last post on Aug 29, 2009 at 5:18 PM
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My 05 Sorento has an intermittent problem whereby she gets stuck in 5th and wont kick back when accelerating heavily. She goes beautifully most of the time but every so often on a country drive I go to overtake and she just wont change. I have to stop the car totally, go to Park, then go again. It can be great for the next 1000kms and loads of overtakes. Kia have never heard of this, and of course she never does it for them! Has anyone heard of this problem? |
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Replying to: neddy2 (Jun 05, 2007 5:35 am) |
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Replying to: neddy2 (Jun 05, 2007 5:35 am) I have an 05 as well and gave it the nick name Killed In Action. We bought it in April of 05 and 2 months later it started to die in my driveway. This was just one issue at the time. The other issue was that the passenger air bag sensor would not sense my wife sitting in the seat, the car would shift from manual to automatic for some odd reason. I noticed this when I needed to down shift for climbing hills. I had it towed into the shop twice dead and they replaced the battery once and another time tweaked the doors thinking that the lights were staying on. The next time they took it to Vancouver BC to let the big boys figure it out. The dying issue never happened to them, but the shifting problem did. All they did was re program the computer after a months time. This cured the problem for a few months and it started up again. I had it in the shop again and they replaced the alternator to no avail. It died on me again for the 21st time and again I handed it back to them. This time they replaced the Transmission Computer Module (TCM)and now I am waiting to see if it happens again. This was replaced last week so we will hold our breaths every time I start it in the morning. Even though everything looks normal on the tests, ask them just to try and switch the computer since your car is under warranty. good luck |
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Replying to: neddy2 (Jun 05, 2007 5:35 am) Now it will downshift into 3rd, but won't come back out of it unless I use the manual option. But tomorrow it may not downshift, so I can't count on it in an emergency situation. I traded in my '03 on this POS and am very sorry I did. The only problem I had with the '03 was frequent replacement of headlights. That was nothing compared to this crap. So KIA is saying there's nothing wrong to fix, and the vehicle is running as it was designed to. Baloney!! I've already contacted my attorney and the BBB is next, or maybe a full page ad in the local paper???
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Replying to: cassiew (Dec 21, 2007 11:08 am) |
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I have a Kia Sorento 2005 with 54,000 miles and I took it into the repair shop b/c the check engine light came on and then I received the recall notice in the mail. The repair shop told me that my problem was a spark plug wiring problem and so I had them fix that; fix the engine recall and to also replace the drive chain. In doing the repairs they said that they found a cracked radiator and so they fixed that. Then they said that the check engine light was on and found that there was a bent spark plug. So they had the car for 3 days to fix. After the various fixes I found that it would jump from 1st gear to 2nd gear from a stop sign. It had harsh shift shock going up and going down gears. There is a 1 to 2 frequent delay from when I press the gas to when the car goes. I am nervous when I drive the car b/c it is dangerous and nonresponsive. I have taken the car back to the repair shop 3 times and have been told that it is fine and is exactly like the other Sorentos.  I went to Kia.com and complained to them there and got an advocate and phone number (800) 333-4542. My problem isn't resolved b/c I believe that I am being lied to from the repair shop and that they screwed up my car. I am hopeful that I will be able to get this resolved before I get killed in an accident or harm someone else. I was at a stop sign on a hill two days ago. I pressed the gas and slid backwards. If there was a car behind me I would have crashed into it. Worse yet, if someone was walking behind me they would have been hurt.  I am very interested to find out if others are having problems with their transmissions after the TSB engine fix. 
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Here’s an exciting tale, thankfully nobody was hurt, just scared beyond belief. We have a 2008 Kia Sorento EX fully loaded no tow package. My wife and her sister were going to leave our house one day, so she started the engine and started to back out, she noticed some construction debris in back of the car, so shifted to park and exited the car to move the debris, she had walked to the back of the car and was in the process of moving the debris when she noticed movement out of the corner of her eye, the car was backing up towards her, she yelled at her sister to stop the car, and then suddenly the car went from reverse to forwards movement, her sister hadn’t done a thing. She couldn’t get her leg over the center console to step on the brake. I had just rounded the corner of the house and saw the car moving forward and heard the clicking of the tranny parking pawl trying to engage, My wife’s sister tried yanking back on the emergency brake, with both hands and the vehicle wouldn’t stop, I saw it hit the side of our house, and was surprised with neither of the air bags activated. I went to the car and saw for myself the gear lever was in park. And the handbrake handle was yanked back all the way. We have no explanation for this behaviour, My wife took the car out and went slowly down the level road and yanked back on the handbrake lever, the car didn’t stop, just slowed a bit. She said while she took the car into town at stop signs it felt like the car was surging and she felt the need to press the brake pedal harder to keep the car from moving. Has anybody else experienced this, or any other problems with the gear selector?
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Replying to: sgopus (Jul 04, 2009 5:48 pm) Regarding the airbags, they won't deploy until some threshold levels of deceleration and speed are reached reached. For example, they would not deploy if the car's speed were below about 12 mph. tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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Replying to: tidester (Jul 04, 2009 7:48 pm)
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Replying to: sgopus (Jul 04, 2009 8:22 pm) tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper
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