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Kia Sorento Transmission Problems
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?
Has anyone heard of this problem?
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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
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???
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. :mad:
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. :sick:
I am very interested to find out if others are having problems with their transmissions after the TSB engine fix. :confuse:
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?
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.
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btw- my kia only has 24,000 city miles.
While my sorento was in the shop I had them replace the timing chain at around 60,000 and now it appears that the crankshaft pully bolt was torqued inproperly and it snapped off yesterday while I was driving and I almost crashed. How on earth can people doing shotty repairs sleep at night.
I called national Kia and tried to get satisfaction through them, but I was told that after 60,000 miles they no longer have road side assistance. It appears even when they do a repair improperly and send out dangerous vechicles that applies. The first representative I spoke with told me to drive the sorento in--even after I told her that the crank shaft bolt snaped. I told her it wasn't driveable. She told me that basically it was my problem. So I got the manager's boss who told me that they would cover the towing cost if it was found out by them that it was caused by an error in the previous repair. So I guess I have a lemmon that is falling apart at 64,000 miles. This is incredibly disheartening. :lemon:
Now I have to get a tow truck to take the sorento to a different kia dealer repair shop that is in the bronx. I feel very powerless in dealing with this supposed great warranty.
See TSB No. KT2009081001 that they have on the proper installation of the crankshaft pully bolt.
To learn more about recalls, TSB, etc. go to http://www.kiatechinfo.com and sign up.
I'm beyond disgusted with calling kia and trying to get satisfaction after having their representative Yonkers Kia dealer repair lying and saying that the transmission repair was done properly and then having to call Kia national to complain to try to get the problem resolved. :sick:
We bought it brand new in 2/07, and by 4/12/07 we were having a brand new transmission put in...after they had already kept it for 21 days trying to fix the original; I had to threaten a lemon lawsuit against them just to get them moving on fixing it.
Well we now have the "newer" transmission but the same old problems, ie: bucking/jerking at various speeds, and a whole list of other problems to tag along (A/C won't come on have the time, the under-dash just falling off for no reason, traction light stays on, engine light stays on, etc.!). Anywho, we've owned it 30 months and it's been in the shop for a total of 58 days and everytime it's released back to us they promise that it's fixed and there will be no more problems. Oh, and you know the saftey recall they recently sent out regarding the tail light switch? Well our Kia was in the shop for that exact problem for 3 days because the tail lights wouldn't cut off, my husband didn't know it and it had drained his battery while he was at a client's house. Before we received the recall letter not once did the service dept. mention that there was a recall for the exact problem we were trying to have fixed! They even made us pay to replace a battery that died because their car was defective...gah!
I finally lost my cool today after I seriously thought it was breaking down on me on I-40 while I was going 63mph. I told my hubby to trade in that piece of junk for a Honda CRV or other comparable car because he already has 63k miles on it and what's it going to be like when the 100k warranty runs out? I guess that was enough to wake him up because next thing I know we're at Kia and words are flying and 15 minutes later we're being escorted out...oh the drama!
After reading a lot of the posts I hope I'll be able to find a bit of sympathy, but more than that some advice on any legal/corporate actions we can take to help get us to the next level of repairs it so desperately needs/will need (seeing as how we can't set foot back in the place we bought it!) Thanks!!
Best of Luck!
Have had issues with this noisy transmission and noisy clutch since the day I drove it off the lot. Truly regret EVER buying a Kia. The quality just isnt there and regardless of the 100,000 mile warranty - dealers give you the run around all the time on warranty work and I always have to come out of pocket at least $400 or more with each warranty repair visit. Has anyone had issues with their manual transmission making loud knocking noises between 1st and 3rd gear? Mine is currently at the dealer and they claim no issue so I am going to have to take the mechanic and service manager for a "ride" so they can hear.
Dealer has been in contact with Big KIA for guidance. They were not allowed to tear into transmission. After having Sorento for 7 days the dealer called and said that they knew what the problem was , bad transmission production day. On that days' production, debris found in transmission chamber. Big KIA replacing with new tranmission.
Car still at dealership (14+ days). Just checked status, trasmission on backorder.
Thank you for this forum.
I have a 2007 EX with 44,000 miles on it. There are a few questions I wondered if you could help out with (I've noticed the transmission thread, and don't know if this applies to me or not)
My car makes this whining type noise when accelerating and then switching gears, most times there is a delay between punching the gas and it catching in (remnant of a turbo charger type delay) There is a long post about tranny problems and that there is a service bulletin on the subject, but I cannot find that (any links would be awesome)
Issue 2 is this sound which I can only describe as kind of like a card in the spokes of a bicycle, kind of clicking noise. Out of frustration I lifted the hood and was trying to listen around and this big belt which goes around the frond seems to be the culprit or at least that general area. Any ideas on this, or is this something common.
My passenger seat frequently does not light up the passenger airbag light and this is with people of varying weights from 130lbs to well over 200lbs.
Last issue is gas mileage, no matter what is done (long trips, short trips, drive faster, drive really slow, it always says 27MPG and it really isn't getting anywhere near that) It's probably closer to 22 or 23 mpg.
The bottom running lights seem to go out a lot also.
I have searched these topics and I know that there are tranny issues and seat issues, but I can't find recalls or such on it (I'm so car dumb it's not even funny lol) also on the seat issue I see where people have had the bottom of the seat replaced, etc. I don't have much money at all and I have the main warranty which comes with the vehicle, also I have the oil changed at 3-4k miles.
Just looking for some insight into what to do. It seems to need brake pads also sigh... as they are squeaking, but dealers charge an arm and leg and I am not really sure what is covered in laymans terms.
Thanks for reading this and all of your help.
You could contact the FTC and see if someone there knows how the warranty stuff under Magnuson-Moss works.
Ok, I just pulled up the 2010 warranty info from the Kia.com site and page 10 says any Kia dealer can perform warranty service. Similar language is on page 13. It's really hard to read it online and Flash is fighting me and not letting me save it to read the whole thing easily.
If they can't direct you to the language in the warranty, then you could mention that you'll have to contact the FTC for an investigation. That might get their attention. :shades:
Then go to "Vehicle Owners" and "File a Complaint".