Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | |||
| 12/15/2007 | 1500 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 kia sorento. while driving approximately 60 mph, the contact depressed the accelerator pedal but the vehicle would not accelerate. the contact stopped the vehicle on the shoulder, shut off and restarted the vehicle. the contact was able to drive without failure. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing however, the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 1,500. kmj | |||
| 12/15/2007 | 1500 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2005 kia sorento. while driving approximately 60 mph the contact depressed the accelerator pedal but the vehicle would not accelerate. the contact stopped the vehicle on the shoulder of the road. after restarting the vehicle the contact was able to drive without failure. the vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. the technician was unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. the approximate failure mileage was 1,500. da | |||
| 02/04/2007 | 63000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2005 kia sorento. the contact stated while going up a hill and depressing the accelerator pedal or changing gear the vehicle will stall. the vehicle was moved to the side of the road, sit for a couple minutes and then you can depress the accelerator and the vehicle will be drivable. the vehicle was taken to the dealer who cannot duplicate the problem to repair. the manufacturer was contactedand offered no assistance. the vehicle was not repaired. the failure mileage were 63,000...mw | |||
| 04/18/2009 | 29500 | 1 | |
| Twice after driving our 2005 kia sorrento at highway speeds of approx 75 mph, then slowing down and then heading uphill car would not shift into the appropriate gear and could only go about 45 mph. luckily, the first time we were able to get car to side of road - we let it rest a while and then it was ok. the second time we again had the gas pedal all the way to the floor going uphill but it only did about 35- 45. when we reached the top of the hill the car picked up speed and ran normally for the rest of the trip as if nothing happened. both times cruise control was on - but not in active use and the ac was on. both times we immediately turned ac off but it made no difference. we asked local kia dealer to check on it they adjusted the throttle control sensor. the check engine light did not come on, so there was no incident code. they said they couldn't be sure what caused it. we asked if it would ever happen again and they could not guarantee it would not. *tr | |||
| 12/01/2008 | 75000 | 1 | |
| Idler air control valve- bad on 2005 kia sorento, 75, 000 miles repair cost steven kia wichita ks, $570.00 dealer said the valve would need replaced, and pins cleaned.. symptoms, vehicle dies when slowing down wont stay running, car one time idled up on it own at a very high acceleration, scared me, i had to tap the gas pedal it didn't work, then turn off ignition switch to stop car. *tr | |||