Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| TIRES | |||
| 08/07/2011 | 179818 | ||
| Kumho 798 tire tread separation. driving at interstate speed, vibration started and got progressively worse. had to change to spare which after 30 minutes was doing the same thing (same brand and model tire). purchased new tires of different manufacturer. | |||
| 01/21/2005 | 5000 | 8 | 08/28/2002 |
| I have had numerous problems with my kia sedona. within a few months of ownership the head gasket blew and it was towed in and replaced. then the windshield broke during the night in the garage with no weather extremes. i replaced that. in 2 years i've had 2 blowouts to the front driver's tire. the only 2 in my whole 30+ years of driving.dealer says its not the car. the front wheel bearings were replaced. in dec 2004 the engine was replaced, the lumbar support was broken and fixed, the driver's doorhandle broke and was fixed by kia. jan18 it was back in because the hood release was not working. it was fixed and we picked up the vehicle 1/19. on 1/21 the gas pedal stuck, i brought it in and they fixed it immediately. the cover had fallen down and they tied it back up. obviously not a good job because it stuck again on the way home at 65mph. i was finally able to stop the car and had it towed back in. i think it is a death trap! | |||
| 08/16/2004 | 2 | ||
| Consumer stated he experienced premature tire wear. he stated he was only getting 18,000 miles from a set of tires. he stated his first set of tires were the original ones and they wore out at about 18,000. now he has sigma 15 rims and now they are wearing out at about the same amount of mileage. *jb | |||
| 11/17/2002 | 19604 | 3 | 03/15/2002 |
| 2002 kia sedona at 19,604 miles took it to the dealership for the floorboard buckles on the driver side when the steering wheel is turned to a full rotation, no problem found at that time , they said they could feel nothing. at 25,000 miles returned to the dealership with the same problem, test drove they could feel the floorboard buckle and was told it is normal. now at 41,000 miles i have the same problem but the insides of the front tires wore down to the cords and i had to have the tires replaced. *la | |||
| TIRES - SIDEWALL | |||
| 11/21/2003 | 2 | ||
| Side wall of original tires have blown out when wheel was turned into curb and made slight contact with curb. this has happened twice and vehicle has only 13,000 miles on it. *la | |||
| 14800 | |||
| All 4 vehicle tires blew out at the side wall over the course of time, caused by a manufacturing failure, per mechanic.*ak | |||
| TIRES - TEMPORARY/EMERGENCY SPARE TIRE | |||
| 09/02/2006 | 71186 | 1 | 09/01/2002 |
| Motor vehicle part defect- spare tire carrier assembly was defective, as i was unable to remove the spare tire from the carrier after having a flat tire on the interstate. the carrier's threads seemed to be defective, as i was unable to lower or raise the carrier assembly. i contacted the kia dealership about the problem, but the service director refused to fix the issue unless i was willing to pay for the replacement of defective parts. i refused since the spare tire assembly has never been used until september 2, 2006, when i had a flat tire on the interstate and discovered this defective part.*ak | |||
| 1 | |||
| The location and the carrying device for the spare tire is causing damage to the tire, making it unusable.*ak | |||
| TIRES - TREAD/BELT | |||
| 11/13/2001 | 0 | ||
| Consumer was traveling about 70mph on highway and heard a noise coming from rear of vehicle. she was able to pull over to shoulders. left rear tire was flat. in second incident left rear tire tread saparted from vehicle. tires are kumho, p215/70r15* dealership is aware of problem. *ak | |||