general problems of the 2015 Kia Motor Sedona - part 2

We were driving and pulled over to a grocery store and noticed that the dash lights were going crazy and then the cabin started to fill with a little smoke and then the car shut off. The doors would not open and the car had no power at all. We were finally to get us and our kids out. I popped the hood and noticed a small fire next to the ground wire. The engine had caught fire. I put out the fire. There is another set of recalls on kia's about the engines and the car catching on fire. The kia dealer said that there is not a recall on this car.

The car odometer was about 120,000 highway miles. After run with the cruise control for about a 386 miles I stop the car in angola service station and been there for about 12 minutes with the car off the car got on fire. The electric system shut down immediately and the hood didn't open at all, rear doors didn't open electrical way just manually and the back door get completely sealed.

July 2021 family of 6 driving on vacation. 3 hours from home car started losing power. Dash lights were coming on and no lights were on at anytime before this. Vehicle had 68,000 miles at the time. Lost power would not accelerate for several minutes and car started smoking under the hood. Coolant was spraying everywhere. Family stuck on side of highway in middle of pennsylvania and no exit for 15 miles. Had to walk to an unknown home to ask them to fill several bottles of water. Put water in the car. It would run about 5 minutes and overheat again. Finally got to a rest stop. Took to o'reilly auto parts where we had new thermostat, coolant and fluid and other minor parts installed spending about $700. Drove 15 minutes car broke down again overheating. Trucker mechanic stopped to help but no luck. This was on a Sunday where everything was closed. We could not get a ride or a rental. Continued driving about 3 minutes at a time and constantly adding fluids made it to a hotel. Had to store the van for the week at the hotel. They agreed to keep it while we rented a van and went to virginia beach. Van had to be towed home. Took to a garage near home where the mechanic said the heads needed replaced. Replaced head gaskets, head bolts. New thermostat, spark plugs, heli coil, coolant,oil and labor. They gave us a discounted rate of $2087. 00. Drove home worked for few days and needed towed. Broke down again overheating on a main 3 lane busy road near home. This time repair shop said it would need a while new engine. While we paid $700 in parts on way to vacation. Had $1200 in car rental fees. $2100 in head gaskets shop repair fees. $600 in towing fees. And they were wanting $6000 for a new engine. I sat the van in my driveway for months paying the payments and eventually had to voluntarily repo at 70k miles. Car had 1 owner before us and car was regularly serviced. We had free service and oil for the first year we owned. Now being sued for the balance. Help!!!.

Around January of last year, with no warning at all, no lights on the dash. Suddenly while driving on my way home (luckily I had just gotten off the highway) my van started making a knocking noise and I decided I was going to try and pull over safely once I heard the noise, when all of a sudden the engine just stops. There was no power at all, I barely got out of the way of other traffic as there was no shoulder on this street. This was very scary and I had my child in the car. I took my car to the kia dealer and even though my car only had about 90k miles on it and was taken care of very well, they refused to replace the engine. I paid 8k to have an engine placed because I still owe the bank money on this car. So many people are having issue with kia and its not right that they wont help.

My family and I were coming back from vacation and the engine threw a rod and shut off going 70mph down the road. I had the car towed to a kia dealer near my house. They indicated I need a new engine at a cost of $8,400. The van is worth approximately $11k. I called kia consumer support and opened a case to see if they would give goodwill since it is timed out of warranty. It is three months out of warranty but 10k under the mileage portion warranty. Since I am the second owner the 10 year/100,000 mile powertrain warranty decreased to 5 year/60,000 miles. Kia asked for all my receipts which I provided indicating I have changed the oil, put new tires on, and replaced the brakes. This is all that has been required since we only have 50k miles. Kia stated that after reviewing my case they would not be able to offer any goodwill because my records aren't up do date. I told them I kept my own records, which I gave to them, but they weren't willing to listen to me. I was very surprised how rude they were to me during this whole process.

The engine dies while driving. Bought the minivan with 97 miles. Drives back home and parked there for about 1 week. (new year holidays). Then started to drive the van. The first day (with almost full gas tank) the engine dies while driving 3 times, all on city streets with low speed. 2 out of 3 time there is little uphill, the other time it is in flat grocery parking lot. After that I scheduled service appointment and begin to use the van for commute as well to test more. For one week it is driving ok. But after I fillup the gas tank, the engine dies again, in one of the exact same places near my home it died one week ago. Had the engine died when on highway, it would have more serious impact. The dealer service department said they cannot find anything unusual yet and need to keep the van for longer time for diagnosis.

Tl-the contact owns a 2015 kia Sedona. The contact stated that after entering the vehicle, the vehicle was not starting. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was towed to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the battery needed to be jumped and inform the contact to drive the vehicle more. The vehicle was repaired however, the part to do the repair was unavailable. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The VIN was not provided. The approximate failure mileage was 1,200. Ak.