Manufacturer: HYUNDAI-KIA AMERICA TECHNICAL CENTER INC (HATCI)
Manufacturer Id: 1034
Model: Rondo
Model Year: 2008
Plant City: Gwangju
Plant Company Name: Kia Motors Corporation
Plant Country: South Korea
Seat Belts All: Manual
Series: UN
TPMS: Direct
Transmission Speeds: 4
Transmission Style: Automatic
Valve Train Design: Dual Overhead Cam (DOHC)
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
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COMPONENT
Complaint
2007
ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL
THERE WAS A RECALL ON MY KIA RONDO FOR THE ESC SAFETY. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER 3 TIMES TO HAVE THEM REPAIR IT. EVERY TIME THEY SAID THAT IT WAS FIXED AND THEY EVEN TEST DROVE IT FOR A HOUR AND THE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON FOR THEM. THEN EVERY TIME MY DAD AND MY FINANCE WOULD BRING IT TO ME, I WOULD DRIVE IT HOME FROM WORK AND THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. I THEN WENT OUT AFTER DINNER TO SEE IF IT WOULD COME ON AND IT DID. I ALSO HAD IT FOR THE WEEKEND OUT AND EVERY TIME I DROVE IT THE LIGHT WOULD COME ON. EVERY TIME I WOULD SHOW MY FINANCE THE LIGHT BEING ON BECAUSE I WANTED SOMEONE ELSE TO SEE IT. THE DEALER TOOK A PART FROM ANOTHER VEHICLE AND REPLACED MINE BECAUSE THEY DID NOT HAVE ANY PARTS BECAUSE THEY WERE SPENT THE WRONG ONES. *TR
2008
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
ACCELERATOR IS "DRIVE BY WIRE". THE ENGINE EXPERIENCES HESITATION, WHEN TAKING OFF FROM A STOP, ABOUT 50% OF THE TIME, WHEN THE AC IS ON. SOMETIMES THE VEHICLE BEGINS TO ACCELERATE, THEN THE ENGINE DROPS TO IDLE SPEED, EVEN WHEN YOU DEPRESS THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR. THIS CAN CAUSE YOU TO BE STRUCK BY ONCOMING TRAFFIC, WHEN YOU ARE ENTERING A HIGHWAY OR ROADWAY. USUALLY THE VEHICLE WILL THEN TAKE OFF UNEXPECTEDLY SCREECHING THE TIRES, WHEN THIS OCCURS. BUT, SOMETIMES, WHEN IT DOES BEGIN TO ACCELERATE AFTER ONE OF THESE OCCURRENCES, IT WILL VERY SLOWLY BEGIN TO PICK UP SPEED, AS IF IT IS STARVING FOR GAS. THIS COULD ALSO PUT YOU IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THESE OCCURRENCES ARE WORSE, WHEN THE AIR CONDITIONING IS ON. SOMETIMES, WHEN YOU ARE TAKING OFF FROM A STOP AND PUTTING VERY LITTLE PRESSURE ON THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL, THE CAR TAKES OFF ABRUPTLY, SQUEALING THE TIRES AS IF YOU HAD DEPRESSED THE PEDAL TO THE FLOOR SUDDENLY. WHEN THE PAVEMENT IS WET, THIS WILL CAUSE THE TIRES TO SPIN AND THEN THE ENGINE WILL DROP TO AN IDLE, LEAVING YOU SUSCEPTIBLE TO BEING STRUCK FROM ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE DEALER HAS TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE, EVEN AFTER THE "MECHANIC" RODE WITH ME AND SAID HE COULD FEEL IT ACCELERATING IN STEPS. THESE OCCURRENCES OF DROPPING TO IDLE SPEED, UNEXPECTEDLY, MAY OCCUR ONLY ONCE IN TWO MONTHS OR THEY MAY OCCUR TWO OR THREE TIMES IN ONE WEEK. HOTTER OUTSIDE AIR TEMPERATURE SEEMS TO CAUSE THE PROBLEM TO WORSEN. *KB