2004 Kia Sedona: check engine light

Filed Jul 24, 2012 · Engine, Fuel system · 60,000 miles · AZ

Multiple instances where vehicle has been unable to start. Will subsequently turn over for a period of about 5 seconds and finally "catches" and will run rough. Upon driving the vehicle will run rough, hesitate and stall, mostly at times during a full stop attempting to accelerate to normal driving speed in traffic and through turning. Upon inspection at dealership, no faulty parts found and condition "disappears". Upon receipt of vehicle from dealership, problem has continued to plague vehicle. Replaced many parts under the advisement of the dealership and have never found a solution to the problem. No check engine code present during problem. Has left family stranded on more than a few occasions making vehicle unreliable and unsafe to operate.

Filed Oct 4, 2011 · Engine, Transmission · 80,800 miles · CA

Van was making a high-pitched whining sound. Took it in and found that the water pump needed replacement. They tested it and it was still not running properly so they dug a little deeper and found that the coils and wiring needed to be replaced. Got the van back in working condition and less than two days later, the check engine light comes on. Took it back and they said it needed a new catalytic converter. Thanks to laws in the state of california, we cannot replace with an aftermarket ($200); instead we were quoted $1k, and that apparently is on the cheap side. The gov.'t has a warranty program to replace catalytic converters on vehicles 80,000 miles or less. We were just out of that limit. Too bad for us. We're trading it in.

Filed Dec 4, 2007 · Brakes, Fuel system · 30,000 miles · TX

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 kia sedona. When the brakes are applied, the contact hears a grinding, squealing, and squeaking sound. The failure is heard when two or more people are in the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer a dozen times concerning this and, on six of those occasions, the sounds could not be duplicated. The braking system has been replaced twice; once at the contact's expense and once at the dealer's expense. The sounds ceased for approximately one week and then resumed. The current mileage was 53,891 and failure mileage was 30,000. Updated 12/31/07 *bf the fuel tank pressure sensor was replaced due to the check engine light illuminating. Different parts within the brake system was replaced; such as the drums and rear brake shoes updated

Filed Apr 23, 2007 · Brakes, Engine · 48,000 miles · GA

This van has brake problems squeaking and wearing out pads way too fast. I was told nothing is wrong with the brake system but when taking it to a brake shop I was told the calipers are bad, kia has not fixed them and denies that they're bad. The check engine light came on and I was told that a spark plug had misfired, that was fixed under warranty and then another spark plug misfired and was fixed under warranty. The oil level was getting low but I had no leak and I was told that the oil filter was simply loose so they said they fixed it. I asked if I should bring the van back in a week to have the oil level checked and we were assured there was no leak. Check engine light came on again and the oil light flickered, did not stay illuminated, so we took it to the dealership immediately, as the owners manual and the mechanic had stated. Then we're told that there's sludge in the engine and that it will be 2,000 dollars to take it apart and check the damage that we caused from continuing to drive it. They never told us there was any reason to not drive it nor did they mention sludge previously. The van will be towed back to kia tomorrow.

Filed Mar 21, 2007 · Engine · 24,000 miles · RI

My 2004 kia sedona has 24,000 miles on it and is in the 3 year 36,000 mile bumper-to-bumper part of the warranty. My check engine light came on and the car was towed to albert kia. The service manager said the car had a blown engine and that it would be replaced under warranty, however, we needed to bring in all the oil change records for warranty purposes -which we did. That dealership went out of business and the car was never repaired. A rep from kia USA told me that they were going to tow my car to balise kia in warwick, ri. Two days later, scott, the service manager at balise, called to tell me that he and the district manager had looked at the car and it was determined that it had 5 liters too much oil in it. I told scott that the service manager at albert kia had already diagnosed the car and reported a blown engine, never once mentioning anything about too much oil. Within the 72 hours, jeff from kia USA called and informed me that he had my case. After a brief review, jeff asked me to fax over the service records to him. On january 16th, my case was given to russell stuart. Later in january, the kia dm and I checked the oil together and noted that it was not over the fill line. The dm removed the oil cap, looked at the underside, and noted that it filled covered with sludge. The dm now stated that the car never had an oil change - voiding the warranty. I asked if the sludge on the back of the cap was the result of a blown head gasket. The dm said no. My son, an ase master technician, found a kia issued technical service bulletin stating that some 2004 sedona models with the 3.5 liter engine had a defect that left a score mark at the #6 cylinder on the head, resulting in head gasket failure. My vehicle was built 4 weeks after kia said they corrected the problem but kia will not lend any credence to this bulletin regarding my vehicle. I'm stuck with a vehicle that has been out of service for 3 months.

Filed Nov 27, 2006 · Electrical · NJ

I have a 2004 kia sorento 4x4 (that car option not included in complaint form) one morning car started up rough and wouldn't stop. Engine light came on. Dropped off at dealership where they said it was my fuel injectors. They replaced them, but said they wanted to keep car overnight to make sure problem did not repeat. It started rough again with them and engine light came on again. They kept the car next day to dig deeper to find problem. They discovered the wire harness suffered a short and was burnt in 3 different areas. Since harness is connected from computer to spark plugs, fuel injector and other engine components they had to replace everything...but the computer. I got car back after 5 days. 2 days later car started rough idling and started misfiring and check engine light came on. I once again dropped car off at dealership. Said it feels like the same problem, or could be related to work done. They said random misfires are common and cleared computer log and I got car back. Next morning car ran rough again and was misfiring again. I called kia service and said that this car never misfired before or ran rough and how can a random misfire happen so frequently and isn't it coincidental that it only started happening after my wire harness suffered from a short that was directly attached to the spark plugs. Service manager mention that technician working on car thought that computer was malfunctioning but neglected to tell me. I asked if they knew it was malfunctioning, why did they ever give the car back till everything was fixed. He said they need proof and not just maybe's. I told them that the constant misfiring was proof enough. They took the car back and replaced the computer. They sent the computer to kia headquarters to investigate why the computer malfunctioned. I was told that they were worried that this may not be a isolated case.

Filed Feb 6, 2006 · Engine · 10,000 miles · KS

Check engine light on. Engine was knocking. Called the dealer 3 times and each time they tried to tell me it was my gas cap not locked on properly. When I finally brought it in they had to do an entire tune up because a plug was misfiring.

Filed Aug 5, 2005 · Engine · 2,308 miles · NC

Dt: the vehicle stalled intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on march 30, 2004. After the engine stalled the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle then sputtered and lost power but slowly regained it. Took vehicle to dealer for this problem at least 6 times. Kia says that a cylinders is misfiring , plugging wires are cross firing. The dates of failure are april 13, 2004, august 13, 2004, october 19, 2004 and march 11, 2005, may 12, 2005 and finally june 21, 2005. The consumer stated that his families lives have been in danger three times. *ak