2006 Kia Sorento: engine stalls while driving

Filed Dec 8, 2022 · Fuel system · 122,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2006 Kia Sorento. The contact stated that there was a fuel odor coming from the vehicle. The contact stated that after starting the vehicle, the vehicle would move, but shortly afterwards the vehicle would lose motive power and stall. The contact stated that after restarting the vehicle several times, the vehicle operated as needed. The vehicle was taken to a certified mechanic who replaced the fuel pump sensor. The sensor had been replaced three times; however, the failure persisted. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 122,000.

Filed Nov 12, 2020 · Engine · 39,000 miles · LA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia sorento. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle suddenly began to violently shake and rattle before stalling. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer sterling kia located at 125 s. City parkway, lafayette la 70503 who diagnosed that the engine crank bolt and crank pulley had failed. The engine crank pulley pin and crank bolt were replaced and the failure was remedied. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 39,000.

Filed May 2, 2017 · Engine · 120,000 miles · LA · fire

Tl* the contact owned a 2006 kia sorento. While driving 35 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The contact was informed by a passing motorist that the vehicle was on fire. The fire department was notified and was able to extinguish the fire. There were no injuries and no reports were filed. The vehicle was destroyed and remained at the scene of the fire. The manufacturer was not notified of the issue. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000. The VIN was not available.

Filed Feb 13, 2016 · Acceleration, Engine · 145,000 miles · IN · crash

Less than a year prior, timing belt needed replaced. A costly fix. Only months later due to problem(common issue kia is aware of) with crankshaft sensor, vehical stalled and died driving down the road. There was no warning for this and when the engine stopped while going down the highway, I lost all control of power stearing, speed, brakes and other main elecrical componets. I was in the middle of a curve of the highway when this occured. This threw me into ongoing traffic. Luckily, I only hit a hwy traffic sign. The recalls for this vehicle needs to be updated and added to. This vehical should not be aloud on the road! Its dangerous for everyone on the road.

Filed Nov 3, 2015 · Engine · 83,000 miles · MN

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia sorento. While driving at approximately 30 MPH, the engine stalled and all the warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the crank shaft pulley bolt fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 83,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Oct 22, 2015 · Engine · AZ

2006 kia sorento. Consumer writes in regards to design defect with the engine crankshaft sprocket. Consumer has previous correspondence with different odi# (nar) and issue in artemis. *smd the consumer state if the bolt breaks, the engine will stall and power steering will be lost.

Filed Sep 14, 2015 · Engine · 225,000 miles · SC

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia sorento. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact was unable to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the crank position sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 225,000.

Filed Aug 24, 2015 · Electrical, Engine · 90,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 kia sorento. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 45 MPH, the temperature gauge displayed a dangerous increase in temperature. In addition, the vehicle stalled without warning. The contact mentioned that he attempted to restart the vehicle several times. The failure recurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician was unable to diagnose of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 90,000.

Filed May 16, 2015 · Electrical · 98,350 miles · CT

After reading many of these complaints, they are the same as mine. My car has shut off while driving at least four times, the last time I had to have it towed to my regular mechanic. Since the check engine light did not stay on at first he was unable to determine what was wrong. Now that I see many other people have had the same problem I now know what I am up against. I guess kia is waiting for someone to be killed with them driving and can not pull over due to no power, then get hit from behind. Then and only then will they do a recall after someone loose their life, just because they want to keep quite. I now know what to tell my mechanic that is wrong. I will copy several of these complaints and take it to him. I will also call my local tv stations to report this as well, I refuse to sit around allow someone to be killed in order to save kia money. They can do a recall and fix this matter, but they don't want to. I will never buy another kia again and will tell others when the tv stations interview me I will be sure to let people know not to buy your cars at all until you face up to the fact that this is a dangerous matter.

Filed Feb 17, 2015 · Electrical, Fuel system · 61,000 miles · CA

On january 17, 2015, I retrieved my 2006 kia sorento lx from the dealership. I had to have the water pump and heater hoses replaced. It was suggested that since my vehicle had close to 60k miles on it that according the manufacturer that the timing belt be replaced. It cost me a little over $1,200. Two weeks later I was at a stop light waiting to make a left turn. As I proceeded to make my left, from a complete stop, the vehicle bogged, stalled, the dashboard lights all came on for an instant and the steering wheel locked. Luckily there was no on coming traffic and I was able to pull into a parking lot. I got the vehicle to stop and attempted to re-start my car and it did. Nothing happened to the vehicle again until a week later and it did the same thing again. I took it that there was a possibility that it was cheap gas. My husband, on saturday 02/14/2015, moved the vehicle to the front of the house and parked it. At 4 p.m. We went to leave and the vehicle wouldn't start. I googled some information and had to re-set the fuel cut off switch under the hood and that fixed the problem temporarily. Last night, 02/16/2015, the vehicle did the same thing again and again we had to re-set the fuel cut off switch and the engine light remained on. Today, 02/17/2015, we returned the vehicle to the dealership to have it diagnosed and they determined that the camshaft positioning sensors and the crank shaft positioning sensor need to be replaced and now they want to charge me another $1,100. I have gone online and done some research and found several other complaints similar to mine. I also noted that there was a class action lawsuit in nj for the same thing. It seems to me that kia motors is aware of the problem and just turning a blind eye. These problems continue after repairs are made according to the complaints I found.

Filed Sep 18, 2014 · Engine · 113,000 miles · VA

Car at first would shut off while driving , pulled car over and would start back up, took car to mechanic and said it was the crankshaft sensor, replace crank shaft sensor, few weeks later problem return, mechanic thought it was the camshaft sensor still had the problem of car shutting off while driving in city and highway.finally after months of back in and out of the mechanics while driving crankshaft bolt broke while driving, affecting the harmonica balancer and timing belt causing the vehicle to lose all power in the car and had no power steering, very little control of the vehicle, coasted into driveway luckily no on-coming cars , after spending several hundreds of dollars for repairs, mechanic is telling me the engine is no good, car is undrivable needs new engine at cost of 5300 dollars.

Filed Aug 11, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 85,000 miles · AZ

The crankshaft bolt sheared off, causing the harmonic balancer to fail. The engine stalled and I coasted to safety. This happened on the interstate at 75mph. Kia is aware of this and should be held liable.