Repeated problems with this vehicle. Not small problems. Life threatening problems. What is the federal safety agency doing? Why nothing, no questions, no nothing. Thousands upon thousands of consumers with no help from this public agency. Why? Brake problems, widely known. Kia refuses to admit that the brakes don't work on their vehicles, the rotors have to be changed every 3 months. This is a safety hazard. I had many near accidents thinking my brakes were fine and then bringing my car in for an oil change and the rotors are gone, the guys are saying you are lucky to be alive. Now after repeated repairs, while driving the vehicle on 6/13/14 I was almost killed when my car nearly flew out of a high rise parking garage because the crankshaft pulley bolt sheared off causing my harmonic balancer to come off. The result no brakes, no steering while in a high rise parking garage. What will it take? Someone needs to die? Why? Why no enforcement of kia? Please, please, please look into this. Why wouldn't you? If you just take 5 minutes to look on the internet, don't search really hard, just put in kia sorento or any kia and you will see thousands of reports like this. I can't believe that this agency, the agency tasked with looking into these things is not looking into this. Hundreds of people have made complaints on your own site but still nothing. Do these companies have to follow the rules of the USA or not because this is a foreign car manufacturer. Apparently not. Again, this has happened repeatedly, I am afraid of my car. My grandchildren ride in this car with me. I cannot afford another repair. In january it was a repair over 1200.00. I was laid off in may and now another repair of at least 3000.00 to 4000.00. I have only 53000 miles on my car. What will it take the federal safety agency? Is it not worth your attention yet? How many lives before it is worthy of your attention?
2006 Kia Sorento brakes complaints
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The same thing has happened three times now. Driving down the road and all of a sudden the brake lights come on, check engine light comes on and now you have no power steering. When popping your hood, you find the two of the three belts have come off and the cam stabilizer pulley has either broke off and the car is no longer running or is wobbling and about to detach from the engine. What has happened is the pin has broke and the bolt has broke or is about to break. This last time that this has happened, I was 80 miles away from home and by the grace of god made it home with my mom and child riding passenger in the car with me. This is a very serious issue and will end up causing a wreck and possibly death.
Coming home from work about 2miles away from home, I lost power, my power steering, and electrical and I had to pull over and get towed to my home. Not happy cause kia knows about this issue!!!!
After doing preventive maintenance replacing timing belt at 60k the drive pulley bolt loosened (after three hours of driving) and the drive pulley popped off the shear pin, loosing control to the steering, breaks that are run by the serpentine belt . Mechanic was able to reconnect drive pulley, pin and bolt to crank shaft. Five months later the same happen. Kia customer service is not returning calls. Kia dealer say's needs a new engine. My vehicle was not one of the ones on the drive bolt recall. The internet is full of people with the same problems spending thousands to repair.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia sorrento. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, she heard a loud banging as the power steering and brakes failed. The vehicle was towed to a certified mechanic and they stated that the harmonic balancer was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but the failure recurred a few months later. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 56,000. The VIN was unavailable.
Driving in winter weather conditions, had vehicle in cruise control on interstate going about 40 MPH, not 45 MPH, cars ahead were braking due to gusty winds and decreased visibility (blowing snow). Proceeded to brake to slow down, while in cruise control mode, brakes did not work as they normally due and vehicle hit a side rail on the driver's side, causing loss of control of vehicle momentarily. Vehicle was able to momentarily get back onto interstate road before going into a ditch on other side-opposite of guard rail, of the road. The vehicle was just purchased/finance 12/7/2013 and is now considered a total loss due to damages the vehicle suffers.
I have had to have extensive work on my brakes every 8000 miles. I can set my odometer by this it is so reliable. When I bought my sorento in 2006 within the first 8000 miles the brakes went out. The dealership agreed to change the rotors for me. In 8000 miles the shoes, rotors everything was bad again. I called the dealership, they refused to fix it. I went to them and they wanted to charge an exorbitant price so I went to my usual car repair shop. They changed the brakes and as usual within 8000 miles again the brakes. I went back to my car repair shop and they said this time it was the back brakes (the first time the front). They repaired them and assured me that this should not happen again before about 30k miles. Now after 8000 miles my brakes are again bad. I have now repaired my brakes, including new rotors and cylinders at 8000, 16,000, 23,000, 27,000 and now again at 36,000. My mechanic says this is the worst he's ever seen, a vehicle with no brakes is a deadly weapon, even if unintended. Kia feels that they don't have to do anything about it and refuse to acknowledge this. I have complained repeatedly to kia, they do nothing. Their consumer portion of kia is a joke. They always say its the consumers fault. My car is 3 years, and almost 4 years old and I only have 29k miles on it so I am not a rough driver, not a long distance driver and am a 50 year old woman so its not like im out hotrodding. Please hold this company up to us standards. From now on I will only buy american made vehicles as I feel this company has no regard for rules set by my government, they are not concerned that someone may die, they don't care.
Brake problems. I have had to have extensive work on my brakes every 8000 miles. I can set my odometer by this it is so reliable. When I bought my sorrento in 2006 within the first 8000 miles the brakes went out. The dealership agreed to change the rotors for me. In 8000 miles the shoes, rotors everything was bad again. I called the dealership, they refused to fix it. I went to them and they wanted to charge an exorbitant price so I went to my usual car repair shop. They changed the brakes and as usual within 8000 miles again the brakes. I went back to my car repair shop and they said this time it was the back brakes (the first time the front). They repaired them and assured me that this should not happen again before about 30k miles. Now after 8000 miles my brakes are again bad. I have complained repeatedly to kia, they do nothing. Their consumer portion of kia is a joke. They always say it's the consumer's fault. My car is 3 years, and almost 4 years old and I only have 29k miles on it so I am not a rough driver, not a long distance driver and am a 50 year old woman so it's not like I'm out hotrodding.
I have a 2006 kia sorento, the rotors keep failing. As of this date I have had the rotors replaced twice and turned once. They need to be replaced again. The last time I had them replaced was in december 2008. On average I have to have them replaced or turned every 8 - 9 months. I have reported it to the bbb and to kia. Kia refuses to put it on recall stating that the safety highway commission has to request the recall. I am not the only one who has this problem but am the only one who is truly concerned. Please help me.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 kia sorento. The contact stated that the air conditioning failed to work during a heat wave. There were no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel during this time. In addition, the clutch failed. New brake pads and rotors were installed and the contact must downshift in order to stop the vehicle. The vehicle has been taken to two dealers and two mechanics. The failure mileage was 9,000 and current mileage was 43,000.
Like clockwork, every 6,000 - 8,000 miles the rotors warp. Kia machined them the first 2 times, then after that said it is my driving habits and I had to pay. I have owned 15 cars in my lifetime and never had a single one warp. It causes the vehicle to shake when stopping, especially at higher speeds and I am afraid to drive out of town due to the mountainous regions that surround where I live (phoenix, az).
I bought this car new in july 2006 it had 200 miles on it when I drove it off the lot. A week after I purchased it the brakes were smoking on the drivers front side, I took it into the dealer they said I had driven over something and it was simply burning off (yeah right) a month later they brakes started grinding I took it in they resurfaced the rotors, about 3 months later the brakes were grinding again, they replaced the rotors, about 4 months later the brakes were squealing and grinding again and I took it in they said they could find nothing wrong with it yet when I left the dealership they brakes seemed fine. In december 07 the car began to shake and make a very loud thunderous noise at take off, I took it into the dealer and they said the "propeller" or otherwise drive shaft was a recall and needed to be replaced which did not happen until january 08 because they had to order the part. Now the brakes are bad again, and the dealer now wants to charge me over 300.00 to fix them! Outrageous and totally unbelievable!
Replaced front rotors,18,000,26,000 miles. Needs to be replaced again at 30,000 miles. Both brake lights have been replaced. Replaced rear drive shaft and installed shielded wire from TCM to transmission sensor.
I have been the owner of 2 brand new kia sorrentos, a 2004 and a 2006. With both vehicles I have had the same problem with the brakes shaking (sometimes violently) after only 6,000 to 8,000 miles. When taken to be looked at I was told the rotors were warped and needed to be replaced, at my own cost because "brakes are a wear item". I have a friend with a 2005 sorrento that has dealt with the same problem. This is obviously a huge problem with the sorrento line and you would think they would try to make customers happier and make strong parts.
Brand new 2006 kia sorento - brakes started shaking after about 2,000 miles. At 8,000 miles the car would not stop. I was driving at about 45 MPH and entering a turn lane. The light ahead was about to turn red. As I braked, it sounded like the wheels were spinning and the car would not stop. There was a heavy clanking noise and then the car finally stopped (while I was halfway into the intersection.) when the light turned green, I gently applied the gas and the tires sounded like they were spinning again and the car would not move for about 3-5 seconds. I immediately took my car into the dealership. They called me 3 hours later and said the car was fixed. They replaced both front rotors and did not have an explanation as to why the tiles spun when I applied the gas at the stop light.
Dt*: the contact stated while driving 15 MPH under normal road conditions, the brakes locked up. There were no warnings prior to the failure. The vehicle was towed to the service dealer, who replaced the brakes. The consumer has also had problems with the vehicle's cruise control
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