2017 Kia Sorento: pulls to one side

Filed May 27, 2023 · Engine · TX

Driving on Interstate Highway at speed limit 70 mph, car starts slowing down rapidly. Looked at dash engine light flashing, put the hazard lights on and pulled to left temporary emergency pullout lane coasting at 20 mph. Had to wait for big gap in traffick to get to right hand side of Interstate, hoping engine didn't seize up in middle of highway. Was able to find area wide enough to be clear of oncoming traffick. Called for roadside service. Car was pulled up on wrecker, taken to Kia dealership. I was told they would inspect car asap.The service advisor called the next day late. Told me they would be replacing the engine in car with a remanufactured engine.

Filed Apr 14, 2020 · Steering · 35,000 miles · PA

Steering becomes notchy when going straight. At highway speeds and around town. Problem is occasional, maybe once a week, but is very distressing when it happens. The car starts to wander to one side or the other and when I try to smoothly correct, the steering wheel feels 'stuck'. With a little effort, it releases and over corrects. Now I'm heading off the other side of the road. Effort - over correct - effort - overcorrect and so on. Not sure if this is related, but when turning corners in town, the front end seems to jump several times when gassing out of the turn - most notable when going uphill and on right turns. Sometimes can feel the jump ( or maybe a slip ) when accelerating straight from a stop. Feels like something binding in the front - like if you drive a 4wd truck on dry pavement with the front axle engaged. Car only has 41,000 mi on it and has been doing both for over a year. Have appt tomorrow at kia dealer, but not too confident they will be able to replicate the notchy steering, but should be able to feel the front end jump.

Filed Dec 28, 2019 · Steering · IN

The truck steering sticks at highway speeds. It resists moving then lets go all at once. This causes over correction forcing the truck to wander side to side in the lane. I've had it back to the dealer twice with no solution. It's an irritation at best and unsafe at worst.

Filed Feb 27, 2019 · Steering · 1,000 miles · AZ

Purchased new in 2018, the 2017 sorento awd vehicles steering from the showroom floor was fine. After roughly 1000 miles, the steering hangs as I'm driving into a 12:00 position. As speeds increase on highway, the level of effort to pull the steering wheel past this locking position increases somewhat. Also at highways speeds the car wanders all over the road regardless of the type of road surface. Understandably grooved concrete pavement can can this to some degree but the sorento does it even on flat smooth, brand new blacktop roads. This is extremely dangerous as you have to pull the steering wheel strongly in the direction of the road and then it unlocks so to speak and over steers the car in the intended direction. I've tried everything to try to correct the issue. 1). Turned off steering wheel centering function in the vehicle software. 2). Under inflated the tires approx 5 lbs. 3). Over inflated the tires by 2-3 pounds. 4). Changed steering wheel tilt angle. I am very afraid of this vehicle now. Particularly when my grandkids are in it. We bought this 3rd row seated car for them. When my wife is driving the car alone I'm particularly concerned she may have a serious accident! This automobile was not an inexpensive model. I can't afford to take a huge loss selling the car because this information is widely distributed across the internet and no one is likely to buy it anyway. Please, help us on this issue. I love the car in general but I've owned old junkers that steered better and this start at only 1000 miles. It's bad enough that there will be serious accidents because of these issues. Thank you for allowing us to post our converens here

Filed Dec 17, 2018 · Steering · NY

Shortly after buying the kia it developed a problem where the steering wheel would stick when attempting to turn left or right. It takes a little extra effort to move the wheel past these sticking points mostly at 12 o'clock position and it gradually becomes more difficult the faster the car travels. At highway speeds this is quite troublesome and dangerous as the problem is amplified. While traveling in traffic at higher speeds,windy conditions,searching your mirror to change lanes,etc., if the car wanders sometimes it causes me to over correct which in turn causes another over correction to return to the lane . I have had these problems on the highway and cannot find a way to adjust. This seems to be an intermittent problem but if it happens it stays for the duration of the drive, it may or may not be there next time. A recent incident has caused me to notify kia and the federal safety agency. There was no accident no one was hurt but over correcting caused an incident that shook up my wife and I as I could have easily lost control on that highway, in traffic at that speed at night. We ended up taking back roads. I have been to the dealer where I bought the car but they found nothing. A technician told me today that I probably need to get used to the electric power steering. After a year now? He apparently knew something and has answered similar questions as I believe that not all kia's have electric power steering. It amy also be weather related since it seemed to return as the weather has gotten colder. I have searched on line and have found others with similar problems with hyundai as well. I'm leaving the car with a kia dealer 12/26.