2013 Kia Sorento Engine

THE VEHICLE LOST POWER WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON.. I WAS LUCKY TO STOP THE CAR ON THE ROAD SIDE. TURNED THE VEHICLE OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR BUT THE CHECK ENGINE LINE SAID NOT GO OFF.DROVE THE CAR FOR ABOUT A MILE AND LOST POWER AGAIN. REPEATED THE SAME STEP AND RESTARTED. REACHED HOME . THIS VEHICLE HAS HAD SEVERAL PROBLEMS, PURCHASED THE VEHICLE NEW WITH 10 MILES. LAST MONTH THE FAN WAS NOT TURNING OFF EVEN AFTER TURNING OFF THE VEHICLE. TODAY'S INCIDENT COULD RESULT IN AN ACCIDENT IF I WAS ON THE LEFT LAN. *TR

MY 2013 KIA SORENTO ENGINE SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ABOUT 20 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE SAFELY. I WAS ABLE TO START THE CAR AND DRIVE OFF. MY HUSBAND DROVE THE CAR ABOUT A WEEK AGO TO PICK ME UP FROM WORK AND THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AGAIN. HE WAS ON THE FREEWAY BUT HE WAS ONLY DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH IN TRAFFIC. HE PULLED OVER SHUT THE CAR OFF. HE TURNED THE CAR BACK ON PUT IT IN GEAR, BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT GO. YESTERDAY AND TODAY IT HAPPEN TWICE. *TR

I HAD JUST PURCHASED THE VEHICLE ABOUT 2 WEEKS AGO. IT WAS USED BUT ONLY HAD 29875 MILES. AS I WAS DRIVING ON THE ROAD PREPARING TO STOP AT A LIGHT THE ENGINE SHUT OFF AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHTS TURNED ON. I LOST POWER STEERING, LUCKILY I WAS NEXT TO A BURGER KING AND WAS ABLE TO COAST INTO THE PARKING LOT. AS SOON AS I STOPPED I PUT THE VEHICLE INTO PARK AND WAS ABLE TO START IT UP AGAIN. I HAD BROUGHT IT INTO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY KEPT IT FOR THE DAY, BUT TOLD ME THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND THE DIAGNOSTIC REVEALED THERE WAS NO ISSUE. I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN JUST A RARE OCCURRENCE, BUT A WEEK LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. BOTH TIMES MY 4 MONTH OLD SON WAS IN THE VEHICLE. I HAVE BROUGHT IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM TO KEEP IT AS LONG AS THEY NEED TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I DON'T WANT IT BACK UNTIL IT IS FIXED. I HOPE KIA DOES THE RIGHT THING AND RECALLS THE VEHICLE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED. *TR

ON 6/3/2013, PULLING INTO A GAS STATION THE CAR ENGINE JUST SHUT OFF. COULDN'T STEER THE CAR OR BREAK. PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED. ON 6/18/2013, SLOWING DOWN FOR A PEDESTRIAN AND COMING TO A STOP THE ENGINE SHUT OFF. PUT IT IN PARK AND RESTARTED. WHEN I RESTARTED IT MY SEAT COOLER TURNED ON AUTOMATICALLY. CAR IS AT THE DEALER RIGHT NOW, OVER NIGHT BECAUSE THEY CANNOT DIAGNOSE IT WITHOUT IT HAPPENING TO THEM. I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW CAR SO I WOULDN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE MECHANIC, NOW I DON'T EVEN WANT THE CAR IF I HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF OTHERS EVERY TIME I DRIVE IT. I HOPE KIA MAKES THIS RIGHT AND FINDS THE PROBLEM OR RECALLS THE CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM A WEEKEND VACATION, WITH ROUGHLY 130 MILES REMAINING OF THE TRIP, RUNNING AT 70-80 MPH ON EXPRESSWAY, THE CAR LOST RPM, STALLED, AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. THIS HAPPENED AT ROUGHLY 2:15PM. I HAD TO PULL OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, CROSSING OVER 2 LANES OF EXPRESSWAY TRAFFIC, WHILE COASTING, WITH MY WIFE A 3YR OLD CHILD IN HIS CAR SEAT. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTARTED THE CAR IN WHICH RPM'S WERE BACK AND CAR WAS RUNNING. WE STOPPED AT MY WIFE'S PARENTS AND LOOKED UP ENGINE STALLING ISSUES ON THE 2013 KIA SORENTO. I WAS SHOCKED AT WHAT I SAW. THERE ARE MULTIPLE ENTRIES, WITH INDIVIDUALS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. IN REVIEWING THEIR CLAIMS, IT APPEARS THAT MECHANICS ARE HAVING ISSUES IDENTIFYING AND FIXING THE PROBLEM. ARE OUR WAY BACK FROM PARENTS, THIS HAPPENED AGAIN AT 4:45PM, AND A THIRD TIME AT 5:06PM. WE STAYED IN THE FURTHEST RIGHT LANE AND SAFELY PULLED OFF. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. SINCE IT IS SUNDAY, AND THE DEALER ISN'T OPEN, THE CAR WILL BE BROUGHT TO THE DEALERSHIP FIRST THING IN THE MORNING TOMORROW. THIS CAR WAS JUST BROUGHT TO THE KIA DEALERSHIP LAST WEEK TO HAVE FRONT SUSPENSION WORK DONE, DUE TO JERKING AND CLICKING EFFECTS, FOR NO ACCIDENT REASON, NOR ANY REASON AT ALL, AS WELL AS A FAULTY VOLUME CONTROL ON THE STEERING WHEEL. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN KIA AND THIS VEHICLE, AND WE WILL BE TAKING ACTION TO HAVE THIS SITUATION RECTIFIED. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY VEHICLE AT ABOUT 10 MPH ON THE EXPRESSWAY/STREET, MY CAR JUST SHUT OFF FOR NO REASON AND THE ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON. I HAD TO RESTART MY VEHICLE. SOMETIMES, WHEN AT A STANCE, THE VECHICLE SHAKES A LITTLE AS IF IT WANTS TO SHUT OFF. I'LL RESTART IT AND IT SEEMS TO HELP A LITTLE BIT. I AM EXTREMELY CONCERNED AS THE CAR HAS SHUT OFF ON ME AT LEAST 5 SEPARATE TIMES. I FEEL THIS IS A HAZARD FOR MY FOUR YEAR OLD SON AND I. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS SERIOUS MATTER. THANK YOU! *TR

I BOUGHT 2 BRAND NEW KIA'S AND ONE BEING A 2013 SORENTO IN NOVEMBER 2012. YESTERDAY, ON THE FWY DURING RUSH HOUR I WAS IN THE FAST LANE WHEN MY EMISSION LIGHT WENT ON AND I WAS LOSING SPEED (GOING UP HILL). LUCKILY I WAS ABLE TO MAKE IT TO THE SHOULDER. I TURNED THE CAR OFF, SAT FOR A FEW AND STARTED THE CAR. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE OFF THE FWY AND PULL OVER. I WAS ABLE TO USE THE NAVIGATION SYSTEM TO FIND A LOCAL KIA DEALER THAT WAS 2 MILES AWAY. IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THEY NEEDED TO REPLACE MY THROTTLE AND WAS TOLD THAT THIS SHOULDN'T HAPPEN TILL AFTER THE CAR IS OVER 100K. I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT THE MECHANIC STAYED TO FIX MY CAR AS IT WAS 4:45P AND THEY LEAVE AT 5P AND I WAS STILL 40 MILES FROM HOME. THIS IS THE ONLY ISSUE I'VE HAD WITH MY CAR OTHER THAN EITHER MY KEY FOB NOT WORKING PROPERLY OR THE REAR TRUNK DOOR HAS A MALFUNCTION; I'M UNABLE TO USE THE KEY FOB TO ELECTRONICALLY OPEN THE REAR DOOR. IT HAS NEVER WORKED SINCE PURCHASING THE VEHICLE, I JUST HAVEN'T HAD THE TIME TO DROP THE CAR OFF AND BE WITHOUT A VEHICLE FOR THE DAY ON SOMETHING THAT IS MINOR. *TR

THIS CONTACT IS REPORTING ABOUT 2013 KIA SORENTO. I WAS DRIVING SLOWLY AND I HEARD A NOISE. IT SOUNDED LIKE A RUBBING OR POPPING NOSE. I CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT. I ALSO COMPLAINED ABOUT THE STALLING I FELT WHEN I WAS DRIVING 20-30 MILES AN HOUR. THE MECHANIC STATED YES I NOTICED THAT BUT I THINK IT IS THE ECO SYSTEM WHICH SAVES GAS. I SAID CANT WE TURN IT OFF? HE STATED HE DID NOT KNOW. HE ORDERED THE PART (STRUT TOP BEARING) FOR THE POPPING SOUND, GAVE ME THE NOTE HE WROTE, AND IT DID NOT SAY A WORD ABOUT THE STALL..HOWEVER, WHEN I DROVE OFF THE LOT AND FIGURED OUT HOW TO TURN OFF THE ECO SYSTEM THE CAR STALLED WORSE, IT FEEL T AS IF THE CAR WAS HAVING ISSUES SHIFTING IN TO GEAR. THIS IS SO AWFUL, I AM PAYING 26,000 DOLLARS FOR THIS CAR AND IT IS MY FIRST CAR AND HERE I AM HAVING ISSUES ALREADY... IT ALSO FEELS LIKE IT IS VEERING TO SIDE TO SIDE WHEN I DRIVE IT, BUT THE MECHANIC STATED HE WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. *TR

WE BOUGHT THE 2013 KIA SORENTO IN SEPTEMBER 2012 WITH 140MILES ON IT. WE'VE HAD NO ISSUES TILL THIS YEAR MY WIFE HAD HER 1ST STALL IN MID JANUARY WHILE AT A STOP SIGN. SHE NEVER MENTIONED IT TO ME UNTIL IT HAPPENED A SECOND TIME IN FEBRUARY. IT FINALLY HAPPENED TO ME DURING THE SECOND WEEK IN MARCH ON A SATURDAY I WAS BRINGING MY SON TO BASEBALL PRACTICE I PULLED OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY DROVE TO THE END OF THE STREET AND STOPPED AT THE CORNER BUT WHEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS THE CAR DIDN'T MOVE. IT TOOK ME A FEW SECONDS TILL I NOTICED IT HAD STALLED IT WAS SO QUICK AND SILENT I DIDN'T HEAR OR FEEL IT STALL. I PUT IT IN PARK THEN STARTED IT AND IT'S BEEN FINE TILL TODAY WHEN MY WIFE WENT TO PICK UP OUR KIDS FROM SCHOOL. SHE WAS DRIVING SLOWLY ON THE SIDE STREETS NEXT TO THE SCHOOL LOOKING FOR A PARKING SPACE WHEN IT JUST DIED. THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF THIS HAPPENS AND CAUSES AN ACCIDENT OR EVEN A FATALITY KIA WILL HAVE A SERIOUS LAW SUIT ON THEIR HANDS. I'M BRINGING MY KIA TO THE DEALER ON APRIL 18, 2013 BUT WHEN I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE GUY ON THE PHONE TODAY HE MENTIONED IF THERE ARE NO CODES THERE'S NOT MUCH TO GO ON TO DETERMINE A PROBLEM. *TR

ENGINE STARTED MAKING A LOUD NOISE, CHECKED OIL TURNED ENGINE OFF AND ON AGAIN AND NOISE CONTINUED. DROVE HOME APPROX 150 MILES FROM VISITING OUR SON AT COLLEGE. AFTER ARRIVING AT HOME ENGINE STILL MADE NOISE. TOOK INTO DEALER THE FOLLOWING DAY AND TODAY WAS INFORMED WE ARE NEEDING A NEW SHORT BLOCK ENGINE AND IT'S ON BACKORDER FOR A WEEK AND A HALF. NOT A HAPPY CUSTOMER, SINCE I AM MAKING CAR PAYMENTS AND DON'T HAVE THE VEHICLE. IT WORRIES ME WHAT IS YET TO COME WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE REASON WE PURCHASED IT TO BEGIN WITH WAS THE WARRANTY, BUT HAD WE KNOWN WE'D BE USING IT 7 MONTHS INTO OWNING THIS KIA I WOULD HAVE NEVER PURCHASED IT TO BEGIN WITH. I DO WANT TO SAY THE DEALERSHIP WE ARE DEALING WITH ARE EXTREMELY HELPFUL WITH A LOANER CAR, ALTHOUGH IT'S A SEDAN AND NOT WHAT I PURCHASED. SO THEY ARE DOING THEIR PART AND I APPRECIATE THAT FACT. *TR

WE PURCHASED 2 KIA VEHICLES ON 12-8-2013, ONE BEING THE 2013 KIA SORENTO AWD 4-CYL-GDI. WE TOOK DELIVERY OF THE VEHICLE AND HAD TO RETURN ON MONDAY TO TURN IN THE OTHER TRADE. WE QUESTIONED THE SALESMAN ABOUT THE ROUGH IDLE AND LOUD NOISE THAT IT MADE AT STOPS BUT HE SAID IT WAS NORMAL AND IT WOULD WORK ITSELF OUT AFTER A BREAK-IN PERIOD. THE NEXT DAY WHEN WE WERE STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE AND THE LIGHTS STATED TO FLICKER, I TOLD MY WIFE TO GIVE IT GAS AND THEN IT STOPPED..UNTIL SHE LET OFF THE PEDAL. WE SUBMITTED AM INQUIRY TO KIA THROUGH THE WEBSITE AND BY THE NEXT DAY WE WERE CONTACTED BY A REGIONAL REP. WE SCHEDULED AN APPOINTMENT TO BRING IT IN AND THEN I BEGAN RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE...TO WHICH I QUICKLY LOST THAT WARM FUZZY FEELING OF A NEW KIA OWNER! WE LEFT OUR VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP FOR DAYS UNTIL WE HAD ENOUGH, WE WERE FIXING TO HAVE TO PAY A NOTE ON A VEHICLE WE DIDN'T HAVE! WE CALLED AND PICKED OUR VEHICLE BACK UP, WE ARE BEING TOLD THAT THE PARTS ARE ON BACK-ORDER FROM KOREA. WE HAVE BEEN CONTACTED FROM A REP OUT OF GEORGIA NOW AND WE JUST KEEP BEING TOLD TO BE PATIENT. I AM NOT HAPPY AT ALL AS WE PURCHASED TWO NEW VEHICLES AND WE SHOULD NOT BE HAVING TO DEAL WITH THIS. HAD WE LEFT OUR VEHICLE AT THE DEALERSHIP (WHICH IS WHAT THEY WANTED WHILE WE DROVE A NASTY RENTAL) WE BE OUT FOR AT LEAST A MONTH AS THE PARTS AREN'T SCHEDULED TO BE SHIPPED UNTIL THE 21ST OF JANUARY! WE HAVE NO IDEA OF OUR LEGAL RIGHTS IF ANY, AND I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MY WIFE AND CHILDREN IN THIS VEHICLE. KIA OFFERS NOTHING MORE THAN A STINKY RENTAL CAR AND PLEASE BE PATIENT....THE SERVICE MANAGER HOWEVER AT THE DEALERSHIP HAS BEEN WONDERFUL..UNLIKE THE SALES MANAGER! *TR

ENGINE IDLES ROUGHLY. *TR

4 CYL ROUGH IDLE AT STOP LIGHT AND EXCESSIVE VIBRATION. NOTICE WHEN DROVE NEW CAR OFF LOT. ASSUMED IT WAS NORMAL. HAD TO MAKE A LONG TRIP. AFTER RETURNING FROM TRIP HAD CAR SERVICE. I WAS TOLD UPON IT WAS A COMPUTER PROBLEM AND WOULD BE FIXED --NO DEFINITE TIME. SERVICE REP WAS CORNERED AND SAID COULD BE 30-60 DAYS. AFTER MANY ATTEMPTS TO CALL DEALER AND WRITE AN EXTENSIVE NOTE--SEEMED TO GET STONEWALLED BYG BEING TOLD--WORKING ON IT AND WILL LET YOU KNOW. FINALLY ON AUG 16 TOOK CAR IN AND HAD A "COMPUTER ADJUSTMENT FOR ROUGH IDLE". MUCH BETTER, BUT ONLY A FEW MILES SINCE RECALL NOTICE AND FIX. I HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL RECALL NOTICE-- I FEEL THAT KIA CORPORATE INTENTIONALLY DID NOT DIVULGE THIS PROBLEM TO AUTOMOBILE SAFETY OFFICIALS FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONTINUING TO SELL THE 4 CYLINDER SORENTOS-POOR DECISION. *TR

WHILE ON VACATION (JUNE 15) WE WERE TO STOP BY THE DEALER AND GET OUR NEW TAGS. ON I77 AT MILEAGE MARKER 33 IN VERY HEAVY TRAFFIC, THE ENGINE QUIT RUNNING. I IMMEDIATELY TURNED ON THE EMERGENCY FLASHERS. WE WERE IN THE MIDDLE LANE AND WASN'T ABLE TO GET OVER TO THE RIGHT (NOBODY WOULD LET US GET OUT OF THE LANE WE WERE IN) TO GET TO A SAFE PLACE .WE ALMOST CAUSED MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS. MY WIFE WAS SCREAMING. I THOUGHT THAT WE WERE GOING TO CREATE A MAJOR ACCIDENT. NO MATTER WHAT I DID I WAS NOT ABLE TO GET THE CAR STARTED AND IT CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP. PEOPLE WERE GOING AROUND US ON BOTH SIDES BEEPING THEIR HORNS AND OTHER GESTURES. AFTER FOOLING WITH THE GEAR SHIFTER, I PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK IT STARTED BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN DRIVE IT STARTED TO MISS AND WAS IN THE PROCESS OF STALLING WHEN I PUT IT IN NEUTRAL THE ENGINE STARTED TO RUN FINE. I THEN PUT IT IN LOW GEAR AND IT STARTED TO MOVE FORWARD, ONCE I GOT SOME SPEED (DID NOT LOOK AT THE SPEEDOMETER TO SEE HOW FAST I WAS GOING) I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND EVERYTHING WAS FINE AFTER THAT. ALSO, THE VEHICLE RUNS ROUGH WHEN IN NEUTRAL AND WHILE IDLING WHEN IN GEAR (VARIES WITH NO RHYME OR REASON). THE SERVICE ADVISOR INFORMED ME THAT KIA KNEW OF THE PROBLEM AND WERE WORKING ON IT. THEY SHOULD HAVE AN ANSWER WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IT IS AUGUST 13 AND THAT WAS JUNE 15. ON AUGUST 7 IT HAPPENED AGAIN...HAVING OTHER PROBLEMS AT TIMES, VEHICLE MISSING, STARTING TO STALL....I HAVE CALLED THE DEALERSHIP EACH TIME A PROBLEM HAPPENED...SO FAR ALL I GOT IS LIP SERVICE. CALLED SEVERAL HOURS AGO (TALKED TO THE SALESMAN) SAID HE WAS WITH A CUSTOMER AND WILL GET BACK TO ME. NO RESPONSE FROM HIM SO FAR. I AM AT A LOST AS TO WHAT TO DO MY WIFE IS SCARED AND WILL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. I AM WORRIED THAT I MAY CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE HELP ME GET THIS PROBLEM SOLVED BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT OR EVEN WORST. *TR

DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY IN SLOW TRAFFIC. SUDDENLY THE ENGINE DIED WITH NO WARNING. I HAD TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FREEWAY TO ATTEMPT TO RESTART THE CAR. IT DID NOT IMMEDIATELY START, BUT AFTER A FEW MOMENTS THE ENGINE KICKED OVER. I DROVE IT OFF THE FREEWAY AND HAD IT TOWED THE NEXT DAY TO THE DEALER. AFTER HAVING THE CAR FOR A WEEK THE DEALER SAYS THAT THEY "CAN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM" SO THEY WON'T FIX IT. THEY SAY THERE IS NO "CODE" FOR THE PROBLEM. THIS IS NOT A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE IF THE ENGINE DIES ON THE FREEWAY. IF KIA CAN'T DETERMINE THE PROBLEM THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS CAR. *TR