HELP!! I HAVE TRIED FOR 6 WEEKS NOW TO CONTACT KIA WITH LITTLE SUCCESS, AFTER A MONTH OF TRYING A FACTORY TECH FINALLY CAME OUT TO LOOK AT MY CAR AND DID CONFIRM SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, INCLUDING THE RANDOM ACCELRATION, HE PROMISED TO CONTACT ME WITHIN 4 DAYS AND IT HAS NOW BEEN 3 WEEKS, I HAVE LEFT MESSAGES AND FAXES WITH THEIR CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPT AND AS OF YET HAVE RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. THESE ARE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS I HAVE HAD: TRANSMISSION REPLACED 3 TIMES, 4 TRANS HAS PROBLEMS, REAR SHOCKS BROKEN - MANUF. REFUSES TO REPAIR, SEATBELT RANDOMLY DISENGAGED, FRONT RIGHT DOOR CONTINUALLY JAMMED, CATALYTIC CONVERTER CAME LOOSE, ENGINE RANDOMLY REVES AND ACCELERATES, ENGINE WOULD NOT IDLE AT ALL, ENGINE IDLES ROUGHLY, MOTOR FAN BROKE LOOSE AND EMBEDDED IN RADIATOR, POWER MIRRORS SWITCH DEFECTIVE, DOME LIGHT INOPERATIVE, LEFT REAR DOOR VERY STIFF, HUB CAPS FALLING OFF, WIND SHIELD MOTOR DEFECTIVE, ANTILOCK BRAKE SENSOR DEFECTIVE, RIGHT REAR WINDOW DEFECTIVE, ECT....
2011
POWER TRAIN
WE HAVE HAD OUR CAR IN TO BE SERVICED FIVE TIMES AND THE PROBLEMS ARE STILL NOT FIXED. THE FIRST PROBLEM WAS THAT IT WAS RANDOMLY HESITATING AND THERE WERE A FEW TIMES WE ALMOST WERE IN AN ACCIDENT BECAUSE THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. ON ONE OCCASION THE CAR WOULD NOT GO PAST 40MPH WITH THE GAS PEDAL FLOORED, WE TOOK IT IN AND WERE EVENTUALLY TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS FIXED, AFTER MY HUSBAND PROVIDED A FEW SERVICE BULLETINS TO THE ALOHA KIA SERVICE DEPT. (ON OUR SECOND TRIP IN) EACH TIME WE HAVE HAD OUR CAR "FIXED" THE PROBLEMS HAVE RETURNED WITH MORE PROBLEMS SOMETIMES IMMEDIATELY AFTER, SOMETIMES IN A DAY OR TWO. WE HAVE YET TO BE TOLD WHAT IS WRONG. THE FOLLOWING ARE PROBLEMS WE ARE EXPERIENCING: RANDOMLY NOT ACCELERATING, THE VEHICLE LOCKING UP IN PARK, LOSS OF POWER, A ROLLING FEELING WHILE DRIVING, WHINING NOISE, GRATING FEELING IN STEERING AND GAS PEDAL, SHIFTING IS REALLY LOUD AND TAKES LONGER THAN IT SHOULD, BRAKES ARE NOT RELIABLE SOMETIMES THERE IS LITTLE RESISTANCE IN THE PEDAL, WE ARE GETTING 200 MILES TO THE TANK, YOU CAN FEEL A PATTERN OF BUMPS WHILE DRIVING IT IS LIKE SMOOTH BUMP SMOOTH BUMP BUMP SMOOTH BUMP ETC... ( I DO NOT KNOW HOW ELSE TO DESCRIBE IT AND WE HAVE NOT BEEN TOLD WHAT IS WRONG) ON THE LAST OCCASION MY CAR WAS SERVICED I WAS TOLD EVERYTHING WAS FIXED AND ALL OF THE PROBLEMS TIED INTO THE BRAKE SYSTEM, THE COMPUTER HAD TO "RE-LEARN" WHAT IT SHOULD KNOW. I DROVE FOR THREE MILES BEFORE EXPERIENCING THE PROBLEMS AGAIN, AND THEY ARE GETTING WORSE. I FEEL THE SERVICE DEPT. DOES NOT WANT TO ADDRESS THE REAL PROBLEM, THERE IS A TERRIBLE DEFECT WITH A MAJOR COMPONENT(S) OF THIS CAR. I HAVE TAKEN VIDEO OF MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WHILE DRIVING TO REFLECT THE IRREGULAR SHIFTING. *TR
