general problems of the 2004 Kia Motor Sedona

My steering in my 2004 kia Sedona lx is tending to bind and nearly lock up around turns. This problem comes and goes.

My van wont steer. It is tight and wont let me go left or right.

While driving in wet conditions the brake and battery light will come on instrument panel and there is a loss of power of steering. When taken to kia dealership to fix problem they told us it is a common complaint among kia cars. They checked all belts, battery and alternater all tests came back normal. While driving it is dangerous to lose power of steering especially in wet conditions.

While making right and left turns the steering becomes very tight. The power steering fluid was fine. No other warnings. This made me very scared to make turns. I did my best to avoid turns only if absolutely necessary for two days. In my 32 years of driving I have never had this happen to me. When I took it to tire choice and total car care they said it was my intermediate steering shaft need to be replaced. I had it replaced that day 9/20/14.

Increased steering effort noted. Researched and found NHTSA action # 10027724, and found it was opened and closed twice. The action appeared to be related the intermediate steering shaft and associated universal joint. Lubricating the intermediate shaft universal joint appeared to slightly lessen steering effort.

The contact owns a 2004 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while attempting a left turn, the steering wheel locked making it difficult for the contact to turn the wheel. The contact tapped on the brakes and then the accelerator in order for the steering wheel to unlock. The dealer was notified of the failure but the vehicle was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 61,000. The consumer also stated the vehicle jerks and the power steering problem has worsened significantly. Updated 07/19/11.

The steering in my 2004 kia Sedona is malfuctioning. When turning the steering wheel it now takes a great amount of effort some of the time. It comes and goes. As you turn the wheel it goes from easy to very difficult and you never know when it will happen. After a turn you must turn the wheel back to go straight or it will continue to turn. These 2 problems are very dangerous as I could cause an accident just by making a turn.

Power steering seems to fade in and out intermittently. I looked online and see that there area a lot of kia sadona owner that are having the same issue however there is no recall. This is a safety concern and this should be taken care of now before some one gets killed.

Power steering seems to fade in and out intermittently.