My grandchildren and I were coming home from the lake on a highway at about 60 MPH. I depressed the accelerator to pass another car when it became stuck. We were accelerating at a rapid speed and I could not slow the vehicle down I was standing on the break and was still doing 80mpi. I had to put the car into neutral to coast the side of the road but the engine was still revving at high speed. After stopping the vehicle I had to manually pull the accelerator pedal up with my hand. There was nothing for it to have gotten stuck on. The floor mats were not touching the pedal in any way. This was not only scary but to say the least very dangerous.
2007 Kia Sedona acceleration complaints
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We were driving interstate 80 westbound. As we were exiting a rest area entering the interstate the accelerator became stuck and the speed of the vehicle could not be controlled. We were reaching speeds upwards of 90-100 MPH. We couldn't get the van to slow down so we put the van in neutral to slow it down. The van finally slowed but because the rpms of the engine were so high and would not stop the engine made a screaming noise and the van finally stopped. We had it towed about 50 miles to the kia dealer in des moines iowa and are waiting to see if there was a factory defect that caused the pedal to become stuck all the way to the floor with no release.. In the mean time it is feared that the engine is blown, making payments still and no vehicle or help from dealer at this time..
In spring of 2013, our 2007 kia sedona ex continued to accelerate after letting off of the pedal. This occurred on a hilly, windy road with wife and three children. Car continued to accelerate through the braking efforts. Car was stopped without incident. Dealer test drove (could not replicate the problem) and ran through diagnostics without yielding any codes. They basically stated it must have been the pedal getting stuck on a floor mat. It was the first time we experienced it, so we thought that might be reasonable. However, the same problem happened again with husband twice while driving the car with two kids under similar road conditions. When put in neutral the rpms reached 6-7000 and maintained it until it fell down by itself. The problem continued while on family vacation, this time on flat roads. It did not matter whether I was starting out of a red light, or simply accelerating between speed limit changes. The pedal was not getting stuck on the floor mat. This must have happened 15 or so times on the 6 hr ride home from vacation. Took it to a different dealer when we got home. They seemed to take it more seriously...got the district service manager involved and I even received a case# and phone calls from kia america, corporate in california. I felt pretty good. They even paid for my rental car. Kia had my car for over 2 weeks at the dealer. Then I got another call from them stating that kia was putting pressure on them to put me back in my car because they wanted to end the rental car contract. This dealer said the same thing as the last one...no diagnostic codes, could not replicate the problem, and they ran through the checklist of items that kia makes them go through with this unintended acceleration issue. I now have to go test drive it for them. If I cannot replicate the issue, then I have to take it back unfixed. Ugh. Disgusted..
1. Driving van on highway when ESC and check engine warning lights came on simultaneously. 2. Vehicle suddenly loses all acceleration. Has happened twice in the past two weeks, both times at highway speeds. 3. Dealership indicates that this is a chronic issue with multiple models and that replacement parts have been redesigned to reduce failure, but that issues are so prevalent that parts are on back order and that it may take "2 weeks or 2 months" to receive parts to correct the problem.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia sedona. While driving 60 MPH and trying to slow down, the vehicle suddenly accelerated. The contact had to thrust the vehicle into neutral and the rpms kept increasing. The contact pulled over and turned the vehicle off. The dealer stated that they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle accelerated at least three times after the diagnostic test. The contact called the manufacturer who stated that if the dealer could not duplicate the failure, they could not repair the vehicle. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 44,609.
Tl* the contact owns a 2007 kia sedona. While stopped at a stop light the contact was informed by another driver that the vehicle's brake lights were not functioning. The manufacturer was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in recall 09v130000 exterior lighting: brake lights: switch. The contact noticed prior that the cruise control feature would no longer function and the ESC light had appeared on the instrument panel. The vehicle had not been diagnosed. The current and failure mileages was 68000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia sedona. The contact noticed that the computer in the vehicle would sometimes accelerate on its own. The first instance occurred while test driving the vehicle. The vehicle accelerated when he removed his foot from the brake pedal. The dealer stated that the failure was caused by the vehicle being parked on the sales lot for months. Two weeks after purchasing the vehicle, the failure recurred. While driving in reverse at 20 MPH, the contact crashed into a fencepost due to the failure. He took the vehicle to the dealer nine times for a diagnostic, but no error codes could be found. The manufacturer did not assist. The current mileage was 42,833 and failure mileage was 30,193.
2007 kia sedona cruise control is not working when driving on hills. *nj the consumer stated the cruise control worked fine on short hills, but when she drove on long hills, with the cruise set, it went out of control. The dealer told the consumer that cruise control only worked on flat hills or going uphill.
This is a brand new 2007 kia sedona. I was merging on a highway and pressed the acceleration pedal as usual when I noticed immediately that the car was stuck on the acceleration mode despite the fact my foot was no longer on the gas pedal. The car would not slow down or stop despite my foot pressing firming them slamming the brakes. In fact the engine/motor kept racing even though now I was slamming on the emergency brakes. Although I could not look down at the dashboard, my minivan must have been going over 100mph in moderate traffic. This continued until I passed another exit. The only resolution was to shift the car into neutral which slowed it down and then I was able to put the car into a narrow shoulder and put it in park then turned the car off right away. My family and I were almost killed because of this vehicle failure!
The accelerator on my minivan would get stuck and not release. I had to throw the gearshift into neutral once to disengage it. I took the car to the dealership, they looked at it and said they could not find anything wrong with it. Similar episodes happened at least three other times. The lase time was as I was driving up my driveway into the garage with my one year old daughter in the van. The accelerator would not release and we crashed into the interior wall of my house. We, fortunately, were not hurt but there was extensive damage to my house and the van.
Tl*the contact owns a 2007 kia sedona. While driving approximately 30 MPH, the vehicle accelerated and became stuck at approximately 60 MPH. The contact placed both feet on the brake pedal in an attempt to stop the vehicle, but nothing happened. She then proceeded to kick the side of the accelerator pedal for approximately one minute before the pedal released. There was no crash. The dealer was notified and confirmed that the pedal sticks and will replace the accelerator pedal. The pedal is currently on order. The current mileage was 3,434 and failure mileage was 3,300. Updated 3/11/08 *cn the consumer stated this defect happened twice. Updated 03/11/08
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