Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 08/02/2010 | 47000 | ||
| Vehicle: 2004 kia sedona at 47k miles roaring noise coming from rear-end. notified kia since there was a recall on certain 2004 models but they said my vehicle was not part of the recall...go figure. i had my local auto repair shop replace both inner and outer wheel bearings on the rear axle. they showed me the old bearings which were rusty and had pits. it appears that all 2004 models should have been included in this recall. | |||
| 01/04/2007 | 17000 | 3 | 08/24/2004 |
| 5/05 noticed humming on occasion from rear wheels at highway speeds 6/30/05 received recall notice that rear hub assembly/or bearings may need replacing. 7/05 brought car to dealer for recall repair, dealer ordered part 8/12/15 part in to dealer, bearing scored and replaced both outer wheel bearings noticed loud humming noise worse since recall repair 8/30/05 both rear hub assemblies needing replacement 3/22/06 at 22,000 miles both rotors and brake drums warped and need replacing at owners expense 8/29/06 vibration coming from rear of van, tires rotated and rebalanced, vibration still noted in rear end 8/31/06 ac compressor and radio brakes both replaced 9/29/06 radio breaks again and is replaced 11/1/06 unable to remove key from engine, shift lock cable binding 11/9/06 loud humming noise again noted in rear of car, rear valve replaced 11/29/06 loud humming noise continues rear hub assembly found to be coming apart, right rear hub assembly replaced, vibration in rear continues 1/4/07 low screeching sound intermittently when applying brakes since replacing rear hub assembly, bolts in rear drums found to be missing , brake pad too tight readjusted. *jb | |||
| 08/01/2005 | 28000 | 1 | 12/17/2003 |
| Dt: there is a problem with heavy corrosion on the front wheels. the contact noticed the problem in august 2005, but it had been going on before then. he had taken it to the dealer to have two recall repairs performed. the recalls were for the rear wheels and throttle cable. the recalls were esc-051 and sc-049. the contact asked the dealership to look at the front wheels also. he told him that any vehicle would have that same problem. the repairs have yet to be done. *ak updated 11/29/05. *jb | |||
| WHEELS - CAP/COVER/HUB | |||
| 03/22/2008 | 84000 | 1 | 02/21/2004 |
| I have a 2004 kia sedona ex, and was returning home from a family vacation, was driving along and heard a loud noise come from the back passenger side, the van started shaking as if i had a flat tire, i started applying my brakes to pull over, then i heard a loud pop, the back corner went down. out my rear passenger side window i looked and saw my entire wheel flying through the trees on fire. i had literally no stopping power, luckily i got my vehicle stopped safely because i had my family and mother in law with me at the time. i see there was a recall about this situation, but i don't remember any notification about it, and now i have to pay $2500 to have it fixed, the same amount i paid to go on vacation. *tr | |||
| WHEELS - LUGS/NUTS/BOLTS | |||
| 01/04/2007 | 17000 | 3 | 08/24/2004 |
| 5/05 noticed humming on occasion from rear wheels at highway speeds 6/30/05 received recall notice that rear hub assembly/or bearings may need replacing. 7/05 brought car to dealer for recall repair, dealer ordered part 8/12/15 part in to dealer, bearing scored and replaced both outer wheel bearings noticed loud humming noise worse since recall repair 8/30/05 both rear hub assemblies needing replacement 3/22/06 at 22,000 miles both rotors and brake drums warped and need replacing at owners expense 8/29/06 vibration coming from rear of van, tires rotated and rebalanced, vibration still noted in rear end 8/31/06 ac compressor and radio brakes both replaced 9/29/06 radio breaks again and is replaced 11/1/06 unable to remove key from engine, shift lock cable binding 11/9/06 loud humming noise again noted in rear of car, rear valve replaced 11/29/06 loud humming noise continues rear hub assembly found to be coming apart, right rear hub assembly replaced, vibration in rear continues 1/4/07 low screeching sound intermittently when applying brakes since replacing rear hub assembly, bolts in rear drums found to be missing , brake pad too tight readjusted. *jb | |||