2003 Kia Sedona: fire, smoke or burning smell

Filed Dec 10, 2022 · Electrical, Engine · GA · fire

My Sedona keeps catching on fire not sure why but now if I get it up to temperature it automatically catches on fire I'm going into my second fire extinguishe

Filed May 8, 2020 · Electrical, Engine · 200,000 miles · TN · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2003 kia sedona. The contact stated while driving at 25 MPH the vehicle hesitated and failed to shift into the desired gear with smoke coming from under the hood. The contact managed to drive the vehicle home, parked the vehicle, and upon opening the hood saw flames. The contact stated that the fire department was called however, her neighbor attempted to extinguish the flames with a water hose until the fire department arrived to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries and a fire report was taken. The failure mileage was approximately 200,000. The dealer was not notified of this issue and the manufacturer was not made aware of this issue. The contact mentioned that the check engine and air bags warning lights had been illuminated since she purchased the vehicle.

Filed Jun 12, 2015 · Electrical · 128,000 miles · FL · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 kia sedona. While the vehicle was parked, smoke appeared under the driver side dashboard. The contact was able to clear out the smoke and noticed that the fuse box caught fire. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 128,000.

Filed Mar 18, 2015 · Engine · 130,000 miles · GA · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2003 kia sedona. The contact stated that while in park, the front of the vehicle caught fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. A police report was not filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 130,000.

Filed Nov 12, 2014 · Electrical · 150,000 miles · OK · fire

Fuse panel caught fire and burnt while vehicle was parked and not in use. Vehicle is no longer functional.

Filed Nov 30, 2012 · Electrical · 115,000 miles · AZ · fire

Tl* the contact owns a 2003 kia sedona. The contact stated that while parked, the vehicle caught on fire from under the driver's side dashboard area. Prior to the fire, the horn activated independently. The vehicle was destroyed and was not inspected for the cause of the fire. The failure and the current mileages were 115,000.

Filed Jul 12, 2010 · Engine · 140,000 miles · CT · fire

2003 kia sedona ex caught on fire 07/11/10. Vehicle was parked for more than an hour and not running. Resultant vehicle destroyed and surrounding vehicles had melted components, driver side mirrors, roof rack, bumpers, headlights and cracked windshield due to explosion and launch of a reach strut.

Filed Jan 27, 2007 · Seats · 24,500 miles · PR · fire

A recall was performed on this sedona 2003 on february 12 2006, regarding power seats wiring( the federal safety agency campaign id number: 05v463000). On july 10, 2006 while driving smoke came out the front dash and suddenly a fire under driver wheel(gear) right next to my wife's left leg. Drivers windows was down because of the heavy smoke prior to the fire starting, so when my wife stopped the sedona and noticed the flames near her legs she jumped on the drivers seats and since she was unable to unlock the door because of previous power failure due to the fire then she jumped through the windows and got out, somebody else put out the fire quickly with a fire extinguisher but he used the key to open the door because there was not other way to open that door. Also, needed to investigate why the door did not opened at that time when a fire going on. Road assistance came in to pick up the sedona, then was taken down to motorambar, inc. Authorized kia dealer in puerto rico for inspection and to get a certified diagnostics on how and why this happened. I was told by service advisor supervisor that this was the first sedona that caught on fire with no electrical installations other than what it came originally when I purchased the unit. They were going to let kia motors engineers know about it so they can come down and perform and investigation on why this happened and how the fire start and when that happened, they will contact me so I can be present when they do the inspection and certification, but this never happened, I really don't know if it was a lack of interest from kia motors or that kia motors were not notified about it. It has been more than six months and the sedona is still there getting rusty. At this time they do not know why the vehicle caught on fire.

Filed Sep 29, 2005 · Electrical · NJ · fire

Dt: the contact owns a 2003 kia sedona. The vehicle was trying to start by itself . The windshield wipers were on and there was smoke in the vehicle and flames on the driver's side emergency brake. The contact's husband put the flames out before the fire department responded. The fire was first noticed from the drivers side where the emergency brake was located. The vehicle was not operating unusually before. The vehicle had been parked for about two hours before the fire was noticed. The dealership told her husband at this point they believed this was started from the low jack installation which was installed by the dealership. The police reported to the scene, and after arson was ruled out they handed the situation over to the fire department. The contact going there tonight to pick up the fire department's report. *ak the horn did not work.

Filed Sep 12, 2005 · Electrical · 40,000 miles · MD · fire

Dt: the consumer stated that 2003 kia sedona caught on fire while parked in the garage. The vehicle had been sitting for around six hours. The fire started underneath the steering wheel in the dashboard area. The inside of the van had substantial damage. The van was towed to a body shop until the insurance adjuster looked at the van. The van was driving fine and working in good shape prior to the fire. The fire department came and put out the fire. T a fire investigator came and inspected the scene. The fire investigator concluded it was an electrical fire. The dealer and the manufacturer have been told about the fire. The consumer just told kia about the fire, and they wanted the consumer to get a copy of the fire report ,and then they would talk to him. The dealership told the consumer that they didn't know what to tell him. An insurance and fire report was taken, although the consumer did not have a copy right now of the report. The fire department took pictures on the night of the fire. There were no injuries and no damage to the home. The transmission would not come out of gear for the wrecker to tow it.

Filed Jul 27, 2005 · Electrical · NC · fire

Drove 2003 kia sedona 4 or 5 miles. Got out to eat and in about 5 minutes or less the inside was full of smoke and the dashboard was in flames behind the steering wheel. Used fire estingisher but did not get the fire out completely and fire department came and put the fire out. I had heard there could be a problem with this happening on other 2003 kia sedona's. Have contacted kia and they will not do anything until insurance company contacts them.

Filed Jul 25, 2005 · Electrical · 88,000 miles · NJ · fire

On the morning of 6/21/05, I double parked my car across the street from my home for street cleaning. I was inside my house @ 10 minutes when a neighbor told me there was smoke coming from my car. I went to the car and saw flames coming from under the area under the driver's side of the dashboard by the brake/gas pedals. Called the fire department and the fire was put out. According to the claims investigator and the body shop the car is at, the fire came from the fuse box of the vehicle. I understand that several fires similar to this have started in other 2003 kia sedonas and wanted to report the situation.