2016 Kia Sedona: doors won't lock, open or latch

Filed Aug 6, 2026 · Body, Electrical · MA

2016 Kia Sedona with power sliding doors. Both rear power sliding doors fail to completely latch upon closing. Doors make loud clicking sounds while attempting to close and require manual pushing to latch. Kia of Attleboro diagnosed and confirmed in writing that both rear door roller arm assemblies are completely missing the roller, and that this condition is contributing to the latching failure. Both power sliding door motors and rear door latches also need replacement. This is a safety hazard as the doors may appear closed but are not fully latched, posing a serious risk of doors opening while driving, particularly with children as passengers. The condition has been confirmed in writing by a Kia dealership. Kia Motors America issued Warranty Bulletin WTY019 in March 2021 specifically extending coverage for this exact latching condition on 2015-2017 Sedona vehicles to 15 years/unlimited miles. The covered components (motors and latches) have been approved for warranty replacement. However, Kia America has denied coverage for the roller arm assemblies despite their own dealer's written confirmation that these parts are directly contributing to the covered latching failure. Components are available for inspection upon request. No warning lamps appeared prior to failure. Problem developed gradually with increasing noise before doors failed to latch completely.

Filed Jun 23, 2023 · Body, Electrical · KS

Our Kia Sedona had the cooling fan harness negative Cable melt and caused making our engine overheat. When we took our vehicle to get serviced they told us that the cooling fan harness melted and then it's a common problem with kias. They fixed the pigtail cooling fan harness but are cooling fan does not turn on anymore and they said that it is now an electrical issue and this was from a Kia dealership in Dodge City Kansas. They recently did a recall on sliding doors because they weren't shutting all the way and it worked for exactly one day after the recall and now it's back to not shutting and making a really loud noise when it attempts to shut. When this happens we can't lock our doors because the doors won't lock when doors open and we have to constantly shut off our interior lights so that they don't stay on because the doors don't shut. We've notified the Kia dealership that have done our recall on it and told them that it didn't fix it but they refuse to make it right. We only have 106,000 MI I've got a new cooling fan resistor and put it in and a new pigtail harness and put it in but the cooling fan is still not turning on the low speed and the air conditioner doesn't work either. Our engine constantly smells very hot but it doesn't indicate that it's overheating. We haven't had this vehicle for very long and because of all the problems we've had with it are considering on getting another vehicle and we're considering a carnival but are afraid to because of the way Kia handles their issues.

Filed Jun 28, 2022 · TX

Passenger side back, sliding door will not close securely. The risk is mainly because my grandchildren ride in those seats and the door not securing and subsequent lack of auto door locks when gear shift is moved from park is not safe. When we use that door, the indicator light on the dash is lit and the dinging bells alerts us it is NOT secure. We have to push in on the back of the door to, hear the click, get it secured. Otherwise the indicator light stays lit AND the doors will NOT lock automatically as they should.

Filed Apr 16, 2022 · NY

Driver-side rear powered sliding door will not latch properly. Door slid completely open during turn. Power to sliding door off at that time. Also intermittent problems with passenger side rear sliding door.

Filed Aug 8, 2020 · 73,000 miles · NY

The power sliding doors won't latch and its mostly the driver side. It happens whether we are driving or parked.

Filed Feb 23, 2020 · Electrical · 200,000 miles · WI

2016 sedona driver side push button sliding door will not latch properly on its own. It makes an awful noise and the back of the door doesn't latch; which causes the door to not lock also. This poses a variety of safety issues. I have also had the door sensors reset/programmed for the recall that was for the door not returning if obstructed; however I have personally gotten caught in the door and it's still not retracting as it should in my opinion. If a child was in fact the one with their hands, legs, feet ect in the path of the door the door is not going to stop and retract like it is supposed to. The door has acted this way for a long time. Since about 40,000 miles.

Filed Nov 1, 2018 · Locks · 39,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2016 kia sedona. The contact stated that the passenger's side sliding door fails to latch and lock. The contact mentioned that while driving at 40 MPH, the door ajar warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to king kia (953 n frederick ave, gaithersburg, md 20879 (301) 948-3333) where the contact was informed that the door latch was not binding and the sliding door was reprogrammed. The contact stated that after the repair the failure reoccurred. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 39,000.