Paint on a pillar ,next to windshield is coming off. This is happening without and prior damage.
2014 Kia Sorento body complaints
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Peel has started peeling on hood and near windshield on drivers side.*dt
Paint delamination on drivers side front pillar and hood.
Pearl pain peeling off all around the vehicle.
Opened previous the federal safety agency id 11398106. Adding additional info for all. Main issue is the paint chipping and mainly peeling severely across and above windshield with rust. Other paint chipping around vehicle also, minor. Research shows this happening to mainly the 2014 kia sorento SUV with (snow white pearl) paint color. Read your info tag on driver side door jam to verify. Mine was manufactured aug/16/13 at georgia inc. The federal safety agency has about 105 paint complaints out of 461 on the 2014 kia sorento SUV. I read most under 'structure or other' listings. There is also a facebook page for all to view and complain for 'kia sorento pearl white paint peeling, chipping and delamination'. Hope there is a lawyer out there who has this issue and can file a class action suit for all of us. Because kia won't take care of this issue. Hopefully the federal safety agency will see it as a issue, mainly when the peeling of paint and rusting is occurring around the windshield. This jeopardizes the tight seal of rubber holding the windshield in place. God forbid the windshield detaches while driving on the highway. Thank you all.
My paint on my kia sorento has been chipping away. I've had this vehicle for less than 2 years, it started to chip alittle around 8 months ago, and since has gotten so bad across almost all the entire top of the windshield and slowly starting to chip all throughout the rest of my vehicle
My 2014 kia sorento's pearl white paint started delaminating unexpectedly. This is common nation-wide for kia vehicles, especially those with pearl white paint. My vehicle was parked when I noticed the paint had peeled.
Paint chipping away and rust underneath. Appears like no primer was used. This occurring still above windshield and across left to right of top cabin, at least 8' up. Started as 1-2 small spots. Kia service blamed it on being hit by something and wouldn't go further in 12/2019. I told them it was from wind shear from driving. At the time car has just over 30k, out of paint warranty.. Now it's 20 times worse. Auto collision shops agreed it's a paint defect. I went to corporate complaint and was shot down saying it's up to local kia judgment. Not good enough, hope no one else has this issue with paint on their kia sorrento SUV.
A large portion of paint on the a pillar bubbled and came off. Paint is chipping in other places.
I'm the first and only owner of a white 2014 kia sorento. The paint is chipping off on the hood, bumper and door rail/column. After doing plenty of research this seems to be a common problem with white kia sorentos. On social media there's a facebook group (kia sorento pearl white paint peeling chipping and delamination). This group is filled with hundreds of kia owners who have this issue.
I have paint peeling off of my car, I took it to kia & was I formed my car was out of warranty so they are not reliable
The white paint on my kia sorento is chipping. There was nothing that hit my vehicle, it just started chipping all across right above the front windshield. It looks very unsightly and this is a relatively new vehicle.
My 2014 kia sorento, with pearl white paint, started having paint chip above windshield in summer of 2019, we were given a tube of paint to stop further spreading, then in december 2020, area above windshield started to spread, and area on left side of car started to chip
Multiple areas where pain is chipping off. One large area on driver's side front post with de lamination of white pearl paint. Noticed it more than a year ago. Just took in for body work and it was ercomended I research for other issues that people have reported.
My 2014 kia sorento has drastically chipped on its own the paint peels off every-time I wash my car, the paint over time has gotten a lot worse.
The paint on both sides of front window spontaneously started chipping symmetrically and bilaterally. I just noticed it one day when it was parked. It worsens with every day. Some tiny areas on the front hood are beginning to chip as well. It starts as a tiny chip then chunks start to peel off. I'm extremely dissatisfied. The kia dealer told me that it must have been rocks that hit the car
Paint delaminating
My kia sorento has delamination.the car paint started to peel away 2 1/2 years after purchase. I started to complain to the dealership after the warranty expired since it started to get real bad but received no assistance. At one point they took pictures but that was it. I now have almost 192,000 miles and they tell me my warranty has expired. I told them that I did contact them many times previously and the have a file on it but the dealer tells me to contact the manufacturer.
The paint is peeling in large pieces from the hood and doors. It happened both times just driving down the road. There are several spots on the vehicle that are bubbling and will eventually peel as well.
I own a kia sorento, pearl white, 2014, which just recently started to chip and now peel the paint on the side of the windshield. Its getting worse and worse every time the vehicle is moving. I went to the dealership but they only told me warranty is up, nothing we can do. The vehicle has approx. 85000 miles on it right now. I also have a little spot chipped on the hood of the car. I happen to catch 2 pieces of paint in my yard. Its not just little pieces that come off, its really like snake skin peeling in bigger pieces and its getting really bad.
Three years ago when our kia was at about 60,000 miles the paint which is pearl white, around the windshield starting peeling off and since then has peeled off in multiple areas exposing the bare metal leading to rust. The forming around the windshield is causing the windshield to weaken. I have seen many other kias with the same issue of paint peeling around the windshield and am afraid that the paint used for pearl white kias was defective.
I began noticing paint chips in 2019 on a 5 year old vehicle. These spots have become larger and larger in various locations on the car primarily the hood, a frame, and roof. I have also noticed this same issue with other kia sorento's that are also pearl white. There seems to be a defect in the paint. I know that alone may not be a huge issue but what if it contributes to another issue? There are already several serious recalls. If there is a defect in the paint, what happens if it gets too hot or something?
Delamination of paint on our 2014 kia sorento. We fixed the driver side the first time it happened in 2018 and now it happened again on the passenger side 102820
On thursday october 15, 2020 I was getting in my car and saw something on it. I thought it was a leaf and realized the paint was peeling off. I touched it and the paint kept peeling. Upon doing research I saw where this problem was happening in kia cars 2014 and others that were the pearly white color. It looks terrible and according to other car owners of the kia pearly white it is going to get worse. It was not due to weather like hail or any particular issue. I called kia local dealers and they had heard of it but said they couldn't do anything so then I called corporate and was rudely talked to stating they knew their was a problem but it was over 36k. I am disabled and don't drive much. This car only has 46,339 miles on it. I am wanting the entire car repainted because what I see on the complaints it is going to get worse.
Started in february 2020. Paint is chipping terribly and starting to rust. Top of windshield and front of car are the worst areas.
Pearl white paint on my 2014 kia sorrento is declaminating or rapidly peeling off in several places. Two spots are on the hood and the biggest is on the support between the driver's door and the windshield. Will come off while driving, particularly on the interstate. Not due to rock or wreck. Have had several estimates about re-painting.
The paint is delaminating and quickly chipping away in multiple areas of the car, but started on the windshield pillar. The body shop informed me they had seen this exact thing on other kia sorentos and suggested I contact kia. They estimated $2,700 to repaint. My body color is pearl white.
The paint has chipped off in a large portion of the hood. It is not a normal paint chipping but rather a large piece/section just came flying off during driving time, approxiamtely 50 miles per hour.
Pearl pain is peeling and chipping. Went thru car wash and it chipped hood car wash paid for it to be repaired. Then on 9/15/20 it was raining and the rain chipped the paint on the door frame. Nothing hit it or damaged it I was driving but the rain peeled my paint. That's when I decided to do some research because there is no reason why my paint should chip like that and found out that the paint is faulty. I also discover there was a recall due to faulty break lines and leaks and I believe I may have a break leak because everytime its time for an oil change the break light comes on and once they put fluid in it it goes off. My upkeep has been immaculate since owning this car and all of these issues I believe are due to factory defect.
The paint on my 2014 kia sorento just started bubbling up and peeling off in large swaths all over the roof, doors, hood, ect. It has now started rusting extremely bad on the roof and around the top of the windshield.
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