general problems of the 2007 Kia Motor Sedona

Car stopped working on highway, took to dealer where we got it used a year prior. Shop said these engines are notorious for failure. They said the engine was needing to be replaced due to malfunction of vehicle.

The contact owns a 2007 kia Sedona. The contact stated that he initially received a recall notice for his vehicle for NHTSA campaign number: 20v088000(electrical system, service brakes, hydraulic). A year after the recall was serviced, the contact stated that while his wife was driving at 55 mph, a grayish smoke began to emit from the hood of the vehicle. As she pulled over, the abs warning light illuminated on the instrument panel as both front brake calipers had locked up. His wife let the vehicle cool down for some time and was able to restart the vehicle and drive home without incident. The contact, who is a mechanic, then drove the vehicle to his dealer for an inspection and discovered that water had enter the ebcm(electronic brake control module) which cause the module to corrode. He also discovered that both fuses in under hood fuse block had blown which caused the smoke to emit from the vehicle. Upon replacing the fuses, the same initially failure had occurred where the vehicle began smoking and both replacement fused had blown in the engine. The contact then spoke with the dealer where the recall was performed and they gave him a diagnostic fee to inspect the vehicle. The contact then reached out to the manufacturer where he was given a case number but had yet to receive a follow up call from the manufacturer. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was 135,701.

Our 2007 low mileage kia had been parked for over 24 hrs. While sitting in our driveway not running, no keys in ignition, caught fire and burned to the ground. The fire travelled to my storage building. We lost everything in our storage and our vehicle. Kia assumes no fault. Attached is fire department report and pics of the damage.

The contact owned a 2007 kia Sedona. While the vehicle was parked, the engine compartment caught fire. The fire department was able to extinguish the fire. A police report was filed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 80,000.

The contact owns a 2007 kia Sedona. When driving various speeds up to 35 mph, the vehicle unexpectedly lost power and decreased speed. The contact was able to drive to the emergency lane and shut the engine off; however, the failure recurred. On four occasions the dealer has unsuccessfully attempted to repair the vehicle. The mechanic replaced the oxygen tube, oxygen sensors, and tightened the wires; however, the failure continued to occur. The contact is aware of the safety risk and the insist that the failure is related to a manufacturer's defect. The failure mileage was 25,200 and the current mileage was 26,000.