2012 Kia Sedona: check engine light

Filed Jan 28, 2020 · Engine · 120,000 miles · MA

Twice, the vehicle has stalled and come to a complete, unexpected stop with no warning: in october 2019 and january 2020. In both cases, the vehicle was traveling at a speed of approx. 30-40 MPH. The check engine light did not illuminate, nor did any other light. We pulled over to the side of the road and restarted the vehicle. Very dangerous, but fortunately we were able to pull over safely,

Filed Jan 6, 2019 · Engine · 120,000 miles · CA

Had purchased a 2012 kia sedona. Work out fine for the first few yrs of ownership. Started noticing white smoke at engine start. Didnt know why it was doing it cause we had routine oil changes done to this car regularly. .took car to dealer to have it checked out and was told there was a recall on an emissions part and that would take care off the issue. Same issue continued, finally van came to a dead stop without any warning. No check engine light, oil light or any light to give us a warning that something was going on. Was lucky that my wife wasnt in a serious accident when this happened.she was driving hm and on the freeway when the engine decided to quit working. Had it towed to dealer and after 2 months at the dealer and that was only after I called to check why it was taking so long to give me an answer,....was told I would have to replace the engine at a cost off $7500 to $9500 for a new engine. No luck having dealer cover the cost cuase they said it was owner neglect on my part. Now im stuck with a car that is not drivable and useless. Oh, and worst part is that I was still making a monthly payments on the car.

Filed Aug 23, 2017 · 60,000 miles · ND

One three separate occasions within a one week period, the kia sedona stalled randomly while the vehicle was in motion. This occurred once on a gravel road, once in town, and once on while merging onto a highway. The vehicle was brought to the dealer where we were told the check engine light was on, but they could not duplicate the problem. When we expressed this safety concern to kia customer service, we have be completely stonewalled and cannot even receive a returned phone call from the case manager. I wish I could supply more information but the dealership and kia seem unwilling or unable to discuss this matter with us.

Filed Jul 3, 2014 · Acceleration · 40,605 miles · FL

First the check engine light would come on and the van would jerk then I had no control over the gas 6/19/2014 I had to pull over turn the van off wait about five mins then turn it back on a go till it happened again took it to the dealership got it fixed then two days later 6/21/2014 same problem occurred and this time the gas would go down on its own so I took it back on thursday 6/26/2014 they looked at it came out told me it was a throttle issue and he wasn't going to let me drive it they put me in a rental and I got my van back on 7/02/2014 and about three to four hours or so after getting it back the throttle started doing it again so now I have to call them back again and let them know the throttle is doing it again. I have four daughter's that drive around in the van with me when im not at work I can't take the chance of something happening while there in the van with me and I cant keep taking the time to drive the van from lehigh to cape coral to get it fixed. When I took it the first time I hadto pull over about 12 times before I got there.

Filed Apr 10, 2013 · Engine · 5,534 miles · PA

While turning onto another street the van stalled. I put on my flashers and stopped, put the van in park and started it again. It started right up and the check engine light was on. It didn't have any power when I hit the gas, so I turned it off and started it again and it ran normal, except for the check engine light being on. On the way home it almost stalled again. This happened on a saturday. We called the dealer right away and they said to bring it in on monday. A week or so before the van did this I noticed the RPM's going up an down when I would be at a stop just idling. The dealer checked the codes for the throttle body and found an update so they reprogrammed it according to their paperwork. On friday I was driving down the street going about 25 MPH and when I got to the traffic light I lost power. I thought it had stalled again, but it didn't. When I pressed the gas it did not accelerate , and would not go over 10 MPH. I got it off the street and shut it off and then restarted it. It would not respond when I stepped on the gas. I turned it off again and let it sit for a couple minutes and then when I re-started it, it responded when I accelerated. Once again the check engine light was on. I immediately contacted the dealer and drove it right to them. According to their paperwork they checked and found an internal fault with the throttle body actuator. They replaced the throttle body assembly and kept it a few days to see if it would lose power again. According to them it did not and I picked it up. This is the first day I have had it back and so far it has run fine. I am driving children around in this van all the time and now I need to be concerned that it is going to stall or go into "limp mode" as the dealer called it when I pull out onto the busy roads where I live. I hope they fixed it.