general problems of the 2008 Kia Motor Sedona

The contact owned a 2008 kia Sedona. The contact stated while the vehicle was parked at a friend’s residence, the contact exited the vehicle and took the baby she was caring for inside the residence of the friend. Upon returning outside, the contact became aware that the vehicle was on fire and the vehicle was engulfed in flames. The fire department arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire. The fire marshall informed the contact that the fire had started in the engine compartment. Additionally, a fire report was filed; however, the information was unavailable. The fire caused damage to the friend residence. The contact stated that the fire melted the aluminum siding on the house. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle was covered under a liability insurance policy. The vehicle was a total loss. The homeowners insurance fire inspector tagged the vehicle and requested that the vehicle remain on the premises. The vehicle was still located at the residence, as per the fire inspector. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 315,465.

Van caught fire in the engine compartment burned the firewall.

The contact owns a 2008 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the check engine warning light illuminated. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic who informed him that the catalytic converter was defective. The contact was referred to NHTSA by the independent mechanic for assistance. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The contact stated that the odometer had been rolled back. The failure mileage was unknown.

Driving down the road and lost all power. We had to pull off the side of the road, turn the van off and wait a few minutes. When we started it back up it ran okay but this happened several times (dates unknown other then Aug 7,2014) driving down a busy road and having loss of power could have been very dangerous. It is the throttle position sensor that is causing this problem.

While driving 70 mph down freeway kia suddenly lost power and would not accelerate had to maneuver across 6 lanes of traffic to get to shoulder. Once I turned van off and restarted, I could once again accelerate. The failure occurred 3 more times within a 5 mile stretch. Finally made it to a gas station where we called for roadside assistance, I had 3 babies in carseats in van at time of failure this could have been a huge tragedy if traffic was any worse than it was. Van is at dealer now waiting for service.

Bad misfire. This misfire started at 14,000 miles. I took it into the dealer to have it look at they cold not get it to misfire. As time went on at 20,000 the misfire became worse, we left the van for pm service with the first dealer for one week,we wear on vacation. They called and said that the van was ready,that was on a Friday,I went to pick up the van from the dealer. When I started it and put it in drive it started to miss. I had the service writer come over and I had him fell the miss and you could hear it in the motor compartment,the service writer had the mec look at the van,the mec said and the service writer said the it was the no 2 coil and that kia had a problem with that motor misfiring,I left the van and pick it up on Saturday. They replaced no 2 coil and one plug,they said they did ? the next day,Sunday we went to west palm beach for a craft show,the van sat for 5hr, coming home it misfire. When it misfires at highway speeds the cruise will go off,the trans shifts hard out of over drive then back into over drive, we have come close to getting hit on 95 when this happens. The misfire became worse,we took it to a 2 dealer out in coral springs,the van now has 53,000. They had it for 8 days, reset the ecm,and put new plugs in it. Got it back, still misfiring. The front brakes wore out st 21,000. Replace the brake pads,turn rotors, they last only 27,000. Very bad on brakes. First set of tires 24,000. Replace them with goodyear 70,000. Be lucky to get 40,000. Very bad on tires. Front end to heavy,eats brakes and tires. Had right front cv axle replace do to bearing&seal defect. Right rear bearing hub replace do to defect. We don't fell safe in this van!.