general problems of the 2007 Kia Motor Rondo

I was driving down the freeway at 70 mph when my check engine light illuminated and I immediately lost speed control. My speed began a quick decent to 25 mph. The car would not pick up at all. I made it to the side of the road and turned off the car. I called my husband, he asked a bunch of questions and had me restart the car. The check engine light was still on, but the car accelerated normally so I headed toward home. It happened again. I pulled over, waited and restarted the car. My husband had me go to the auto parts store to have the code read. I have attached pictures of the printouts that include the codes and definitions. I looked up the issue and see across car repair forums that this is a widespread issue with kia vehicles. It's time for NHTSA to force a recall. Corporations would rather pay a wrongful death/injury fine than voluntarily make widespread repairs to mechanisms they know are faulty. Protect our interests; the safety of drivers, our loved ones, the roads and our livelihoods- if I can't get to work reliably, I won't have a job. Why should I have to pay for expensive repairs when the product is faulty across the board. Force a recall.

I was in an accident caused by unexplained and unexpected acceleration. While braking, and turning into a parking spot behind my offce building, the car accelerated so quickly and unexpectedly the car jumped the park curbs and hit the building with enough force to break through the cinder block wall while only traveling approximately 10 feet. I went from coasting in with my foot on the brake at about 3-5 mph, to an open throttie full forward thrust, all the time I was derpressing the brake. At some point the accelerator pedal broke entirely off. I can only assume that the broken accelerator caused the car to open throttle like it did.

On several occasions in the past month while driving, my kia Rondo stops responding as I attempt to accelerate. It has caused me to block traffic and could cause a serious accident. I took it to a local repair shop and they were unable to diagnose the problem. At this point I am afraid to drive the car as I am afraid of causing an accident. There is another problem which has been occurring for several months- driving through a puddle or any standing water causes th car to screech and make a loud grinding noise and causes a total loss of steering. This happens every time the roads are wet. It is so unsafe that I never drive in less than dry road conditions.

The contact owns a 2007 kia Rondo. The contact stated that the engine would become resistant to acceleration attempts and enter into limp mode. The failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who performed a diagnostic and located the failure at the throttle body position sensor, as well as the accelerator sensor pump control module. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and the vehicle was repaired. The throttle control and the accelerator sensor pump control module were replaced. The failure and the current mileage was 63,212. Updated 07/13/12 updated 07/18/12.