Electrical System Problems of Kia Motor Borrego

I have owned this car since it was new. Anchors kia hung up on me 3x as I tried to get 2 recall items addressed. I then called the kia hotline and got hung up on. All I want is my recalled item taken care of….

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I absolutely love my kia Borrego and have been trying to find a way to give the car back and end payments on it because I can't afford to put parts on it anymore. I'm on disability and can't seem to find the real issue after thousands of dollars in failed attempts. My transmission has not been shifting and if it does shift, it's sudden and aggressive. It will rev up higher than normal and if you continue holding the gas at all it will jerk you as you are driving. It has nearly caused me to swerve or be hit by anyone following. It feels like someone hits the car from behind very hard. Not only is it scary, it is aggressive and could cause whiplash or harm to my children. On 3 occasions I have been driving and my seat belt has randomly popped off on the driver seat and twice in the passenger seat. It's awful I have to plan where I will park or my route because my car randomly shuts off while driving which is dangerous on the curvy roads where I live and the car mostly doesn't shift at all while driving after all the money I've wasted trying to have it fixed. This car was the best thing that I have ever owned until it became a dangerous, unreliable nightmare.

While driving step on brakes to slow and all warning lights related to brakes lite up and car shifter was stuck in drive or neutral. This has happened many times the lights come on and off . Had car checked and nothing could be found as no check engine light has come on. This is very dangerous as this car is used by wife and children daily. With all things considered we have researched this issue and found that many people have had similar issues and includes abs module,transmission module speed sensor, or the main module which is troubling what do we do take a guess what to replace. Any help would be appreciated. As all of the parts listed have a heavy price to have changed.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 kia Borrego. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 mph the dashboard lights suddenly flashed before the vehicle shut off. The vehicle was taken to the dealer mike shaw kia located in corpus christie TX. Who diagnosed that the battery was faulty. The battery was replaced but the failure reoccurred. The cause of the 2nd failure was not yet diagnosed. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 75,000. Jft.

The electric control arm on the driver seat that lifts and moves the forward and backward comes unhooked causing the seat to drop to lowest position while driving. This can b a safety hazard by causing the driver to press the accelerator while driving if the arm should come unhooked and seat fall to lowest position. The picture attached is the head of the arm and bracket it connects to. I currently have a bolt in it to hold it together.

I had just stopped at a red light when all the lights on my dashboard came on. Ecs, abs, break, engine, 4 wheel drive and cruise control error, and the speedometer, odometer, and temperature gauge doesn't work. I pulled into the nearest auto parts place and then discovered I couldn't put the vehicle into park. I had to manually use the shift lock. They ran the computer and it showed a speed sensor error. This has been going on for a year. Sometimes it lasts a week, then acts normal for months or a few hours, then goes off again. This makes it really hard to figure out what's going on. Every time we try to take it in, it seems to work just fine and they can't diagnose the problem. When I called kia they told me there is nothing they can do.

While driving at 60 miles an hour suddenly abs,vehical stability icon,break icon,engine icon,cruise control turned on and speedometer failed and showed speed of zero while I am still going at same speed of 60. Few seconds later all icons disappreared as I prepared to stop so I kept driving till destination. Once car was turned on again at destination, above icons came on, had car towed to kia dealership. Main electronic control module failed and was replaced without charge by kia. Not clear what might have casued total failure of main ecm.

The contact owns a 2009 kia Borrego. The contact stated that while driving 15 mph, the contact activated the headlight and the engine stalled. The contact also stated that every light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for inspection. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 86,000.

Front lamp - headlight components stopped functioning after flicking on and off for over a year due to an electrical issue. When uncovered it was revealed that the interior of the front lamp headlight component had sustained an electrical melt down rendering the unit useless and unable to replace individual wires or single components and in order to correct the problem the only solution was to replace the entire front bumper - bumper components on the r & I front bumper upper cover and r & I front bumper lower cover for a total cost of $468. 43. This situation renders a possible fire hazard situation and over-costs in replacing a simple part by having to purchase an entire section of the vehicle not pertains to the isolated issue.

Tl the contact owns a 2009 kia Borrego. The contact stated that the ecu warning light was illuminated. Additionally, the vehicle was jerking and failed to shift gears as designed. The vehicle was taken to deland kia (2322 s. Woodland blvd, deland, FL 32720, (386) 734-7800) to be diagnosed. The contact was informed that the ecu module and stop lamp needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The contact stated the failure was similar to NHTSA campaign number 13v114000 (exterior lighting). The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 25,000.

The contact owns a 2009 kia Borrego. The contact stated she was unable to start the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to the dealer six times and they were unable to diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 8,200 and the current mileage was 12,115.