2015 Kia Sedona: engine stalls while driving

Filed Jan 20, 2026 · Transmission · PA

My Husband was driving my van with me and my 2 children inside the vehicle and the vehicle lost all power and stalled in the middle of the road and would not restart there was no warning light no noise from the motor or anything. The problem has been confirmed by a independent garage and a Kia dealer this happened on 12/20/25

Filed Jul 25, 2024 · Engine · NJ

We were going down the highway when the engine suddenly stalled. We had to shift lanes during heavy traffic without assisted steering or braking and no way to accelerate. This almost caused an accident just to get the car off the main traffic lanes. We were able to coast out an exit where the car came to a stop and had to be pushed of the road. When trying to restart the engine, it immediately seized. There were no warning lights or any indicators before the incident. The engine had been running perfectly fine before with no abnormal oil consumption, overheating problems or any other issues. The car was towed to a shop where the next day a terminal engine failure was diagnosed and we were informed that the engine would have to be replaced for about $8,000. The failure mileage was approximately 128,000.

Filed Apr 9, 2024 · Engine · 130,000 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2015 Kia Sedona. The contact stated while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle stalled. There were no warning lights illuminated. The contact added oil to the vehicle and the vehicle was able to be restarted, but the contact immediately observed a loud knocking sound coming from the engine compartment. The vehicle was towed to the residence. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 130,000.

Filed Nov 28, 2020 · Engine · 113,479 miles · TX

Diving down the highway and the engine stalled out of nowhere.

Filed Mar 1, 2019 · Engine · 82,000 miles · PA

Was driving at a low speed 25 MPH up a slight hill and the car began to sputter and loose power then completely stalled, when I tried to restart it wouldn't turn over just crank had it towed to the kia dealer where they informed me the motor had seized up and would need replaced at a cost of 7,000$ they didn't know why the vehicle has 82,000 miles was completely full of oil with no abnormalities and a half tank of gas there were no warning lights in and no issues with the vehicle prior to this episode since I was the second owner, bought it used the power train warranty wasn't in effect they have no exlaination for why it happened

Filed Nov 4, 2018 · Engine · 50,093 miles · NJ

On 9/4/18, while driving on the parkway I noticed my car was sluggish & making a noise upon acceleration. I thought it was my muffler because I didnt have any warning lights illuminated on my dashboard to indicate a major problem. As I exited the parkway, my car stalled & I coasted to the side of the road. I was able to start it a couple more times before it died for good. I had the car towed to the neptune nj kia where we authorized a $400 partial tear down of the engine which we thought was to diagnose the problem but it was only to take some pictures of the engine & oil filter for the warranty dept. We were then asked to provide maintenance records which we couldn't since my husband did the majority of work & we didn't think to keep receipts being that we'd never been in this situation with our other cars. We've been fighting this for a couple months now but our warranty has been denied for "lack of maintenance" as they stated we have sludge in our engine. However, this problem is bigger than my lack of receipts. Lack of receipts doesn't mean lack of maintenance! Kia has a huge problem with their engines and they're using this technicality as a way to deny coverage even though their own 2015 warranty manual states "warranty coverage will not be denied solely because there is no record of maintenance. However, failures caused by lack of required maintenance are not covered by the warranty." where's the proof we did anything wrong? To this day they still "dont know" what went wrong with my car as there were no fault codes pulled from my ecu & a full engine tear down was not done. Also, the dealer said they are now out of $7k long blocks for my car wonder why? And told me I'd have to go with a short block at a cost of $17k (extra parts & labor required) or figure out how to get an engine on my own. This is happening to too many people & needs to be addressed!