Check Engine Light On problems of the 2002 Kia Motor Sedona

The contact owns a 2002 kia Sedona. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly stalled. The fuel pump and battery were replaced but the failure continued. The dealer then replaced the air flow sensor. September 2010, the engine was shaking followed by the vehicle stalling again. The check engine light illuminated after the failure. The vehicle was towed to the dealer. The vehicle had not been diagnosed or repaired. The current mileage was 60,735. The failure mileage was 54,084.

Our kia Sedona's engine has been dying when coming to a stop for about 6 months. Kia tried on 8-5-04 to fix and was told it needed new spark plugs. Replaced the plugs. Three weeks later on 9-11-04 van engine dyed again when coming to a stop. Keeped a log of this. On 9-25-04 while driving 70 mph on the interstate, the engine again dyed while in the passing lane. Finally got a check engine light. Had to wait three days to get van into kia, light went out by then. Kia dealership said it has a transmission error code but can't pinpoint the defect to fix. Kia kept the van a week trying to get engine light to reappear in vain. So I now have a van that could stopped running at anytime and place. Not very reassuring or safe. We are very upset and kia corp refuses to do anything to remedy the situation.

Check engine light keeps coming on, every 2000 miles. It is always the same thing, a rich fuel mixture. This problem affects the acceleration of the vehicle. When the driver steps on the gas, the car either bucks and won't go, or just bogs down and won't accelerate. This is dangerous when trying to merge in traffic on busy, congested highways. Everytime this happens, we take it to the dealer and they keep it several days to a week before they can figure out what is wrong. This is the 3rd time since April 2003 for the same issue.