2006 Kia Sedona Latches & Locks Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE THE CONTACT'S WIFE WAS DRIVING 55 MPH, THE HOOD SUDDENLY OPENED. THE HOOD STRUCK AND DAMAGED THE WINDSHIELD AND ROOF. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO GRIFFIN MOTORS COMPANY (11031 PERRY HWY, MEADVILLE, PA 16335 814-336-2161) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CORRODED LATCH THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS NOT INFORMED OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED DUE TO THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER STATING THAT THE REPAIR COST EXCEEDED THE VALUE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 133,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT RECEIVED NOTIFICATION OF NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBERS: 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES) AND 16V389000 (LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES); HOWEVER, THE PARTS FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS WERE UNAVAILABLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER EXCEEDED A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME FOR THE RECALL REPAIRS. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY OPENED AND SMASHED THE WINDSHIELD. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE WINDSHIELD AND THE HOOD NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 163,000. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. PARTS DISTRIBUTION DISCONNECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE HOOD LATCH MALFUNCTIONED AND CAUSED THE HOOD TO OPEN AND SEPARATE FROM THE VEHICLE. DURING THE INCIDENT, THE FRONT WINDSHIELD WAS SHATTERED, AND THE FENDERS AND BODY WERE DAMAGED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 268,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE DOOR DID NOT CLOSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE LOCK WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THEY STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED ON A VOLUNTARY RECALL AND HE WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE PARTS TO BE AVAILABLE SINCE IT WAS ON BACK ORDER. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE TRIED TO CONTACT THE MANUFACTURER BUT WAS UNABLE TO SPEAK TO ANYONE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 54,300 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,600.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH, THE FRONT HOOD UNLATCHED AND FELL FROM OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT SHE MUST HAVE LEFT THE HOOD OPEN IN ORDER FOR THE FAILURE TO OCCUR. THE HOOD WAS REPLACED BY THE DEALER. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 105,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING AT 55 MPH, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR SUDDENLY OPENED INVOLUNTARILY. HE PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND IT TOOK TWO PEOPLE TO CLOSE THE DOOR. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN REPAIRED FOUR TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE. THE LATEST REPAIR WAS MAY 13, 2010 BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 20,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.

THE FOLLOWING IS COPY OF A COMPLAINT I FILED ON 3/13 WITH KIA REGARDING MY 2006 KIA SEDONA MINIVAN, WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW ON JAN. 11, 2007. "THIS PAST WEEK I WAS HAVING TROUBLE WITH MY VAN SLIDING DOORS CLOSING ALL THE WAY. ON 3/9 THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN WHEN I MADE A SHARP TURN WHILE MY SONS WERE SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEATS. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST A FLUKE BUT ON 3/12 AS I WAS DRIVING DURING RUSH HOUR ON THE HIGH WAY AND HIT A BUMP, THE DRIVER SIDE DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE MY SON WAS SITTING IN THE MIDDLE SEAT. I FREAKED OUT COMPLETELY AT THE HORROR OF IT AND THEN PULLED OVER, SHUT THE DOOR, AND HELD IT AS I DROVE STRAIGHT TO MY KIA DEALER. I WAS RELIEVED THE NIGHTMARE WAS OVER AND THAT WE MADE IT SAFELY UNTIL I WAS TOLD THAT MY WARRANTY EXPIRED AT 60,000 MILES (I AM AT 71,000) AND THAT IT WOULD COST ME 423.67$ TO HAVE MY VAN SAFE FOR MY CHILDREN AGAIN. I EXPRESSED MY ANGER TO THE SERVICE MANAGER WHO EXPLAINED THAT HIS HANDS WERE TIED BY THE WARRANTY. I TRIED TO CALL KIA CUSTOMER SERVICE BUT IT WAS CLOSED. I AM ABSOLUTELY OUTRAGED THAT INSTEAD OF BEING GRATEFUL THAT WE MADE IT SAFELY AND THAT I AM NOT SUING KIA IF THE UNTHINKABLE HAD HAPPENED, THAT KIA HAS TAKEN THIS OPPORTUNITY TO CHARGE ME TO FIX THEIR MISTAKE. IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THE LATCH IS FAULTY BECAUSE LATCHES DON'T JUST WEAR AFTER 3 YEARS, AND THE MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE WEAR AND TEAR OF THE LATCH. IT IS A CHEAP AND FAULTY LATCH, AND KIA MADE ME PAY FOR THEIR INCOMPETENCE. FURTHERMORE, I JUST CO-SIGNED FOR MY SON TO BUY HIS 1ST NEW VEHICLE FROM THIS SAME KIA DEALERSHIP AND I AM NOW HOPING AGAINST HOPE THAT I DIDN'T SIGN HIM INTO A DEATH TRAP! IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD THAT A CUSTOMER WITH A BARELY OVER 3-YEAR-OLD VEHICLE SHOULD HAVE THIS ISSUE. I HAVE HAD OTHER MINIVANS WITH 100,000 MILES AND NEVER DID A DOOR FLY OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SEDONA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH AND PROCEEDING TO TURN LEFT, THE AUTOMATIC PASSENGER AND DRIVER SLIDING DOORS RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY WITHOUT ASSISTANCE. THE LATCH DETACHED AND WOULD NOT PROPERLY SECURE THE DOORS. THE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL WHEN THE DOORS RELEASED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS RELATED TO A MALFUNCTION WITH THE LATCH. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED OF THE SAFETY RISK INVOLVED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 48,300. UPDATED 10/14/08 *BF UPDATED 10/24/08. *JB

ON AUGUST 12, 2008 I PICKED MY TO YOUNG CHILDREN UP 8 AND 4 FROM THE BABYSITTERS. BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOORS WOULD NOT CLOSE, IT KEPT OPENING AND SHUTTING ON ITS OWN. THEY FINALLY LATCHED AFTER 5 MINUTES OF TRYING. WHEN I LEFT AND THE FIRST RIGHT I CAME TO, THE DRIVERS SIDE SLIDING DOOR FLEW OPEN WHILE I WAS DRIVING!!!! I INSTANTLY PULLED OVER AND STOPPED TRAFFIC FOR THIS. IT TOOK ME TO TURN THE POWER BUTTON OFF AND SHUT IT MANUALLY, HOWEVER THAT STILL DIDN'T WORK. THE DOOR CONTINUED TO COME OPEN UNTIL I GOT IT HOME. I CALLED KIA THE NEXT MORNING MY CAR WAS TOWED TO KIA, LATER THAT DAY I PICKED MY CAR UP WITH THEM REPLACING THE PASSENGER SIDE SLIDING DOOR, THE OTHER PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. THEN ON SEPTEMBER 3, I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR REPLACED ALONG WITH THE UPKEEP OF MISC. ITEMS TO MY CAR. HERE IT IS ON SEPTEMBER 8TH AND THE DRIVER SIDE SLIDING DOOR WOULD NOT CLOSE AGAIN. I VIDEO RECORDED AND CALLED KIA AGAIN. MY CAR CAN NOT BEE SEEN UNTIL WED. IT IS MONDAY. I BELIEVE KIA NEEDS TO REVIEW THERE POLICY AND PROCEDURES FOR RECALLS ON SAFETY ISSUES. I WORK IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY AND CAN HONESTLY SAY THAT JUST ONE NOTIFICATION OF DOORS OPENING IS 1 TO MANY. I HOPE THE KIA IS NOT WAITING FOR A DEATH TO TAKE PLACE BEFORE THEY CORRECT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. I AM DISGUSTED WITH THIS HAPPENING AGAIN EVEN AFTER THIS PART WAS REPLACED ON 9/3/08 AND IT IS 9/8/08. NOT ONLY AM I FILING THIS COMPLAINT ON THE WEB SITE BUT I WILL BE CONTACTING THE MANUFACTURER AS WELL AS CONTACTING MY LOCAL TV STATION SO THAT THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IS ADDRESSED. *TR

HAVE HAD OUR 2006 KIA SEDONA VAN IN THE SHOP FOR PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR NOT CLOSING...I WILL GO TO CLOSE THE DOOR, AND THE DOOR SLIDES RIGHT BACK OPEN AND DOESN'T EVEN LATCH. THIS HAS HAPPENED TOO MANY TIMES TOO COUNT NOW, AND THIS IS A BRAND NEW VAN. THIS IS VERY SCARY, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW IF IT IS GOING TO FLY OPEN WHEN YOU ARE DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH YOUR KIDS IN THE CAR. THE DEALERSHIP WAS NOT ABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM, HOWEVER, AN HOUR AFTER I LEFT THE DEALERSHIP THAT DAY, I WAS STUCK IN A WAL-MART PARKING LOT WITH MY KIDS IN THE VAN AND TRYING TO GET THE PASSENGER SLIDING DOOR TO SHUT WHILE IT WAS COLD OUTSIDE AGAIN! HUGE SAFETY PROBLEM IF YOU ASK ME AND MY FAMILY! WE WERE JUST OUTSIDE AGAIN TONIGHT IN FREEZING TEMPS WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD GIRLS AND STOOD OUTSIDE IN A PARKING LOT FOR ABOUT A 1/2 HOUR TRYING TO GET THE DOOR TO STAY SHUT. *JB