Front Seat Power Adjust Problems of Kia Motor Sedona

The contact owns a 2004 kia Sedona. The contact stated that as she exited the vehicle, the front driver power seat independently moved forward and under the steering wheel. The contact was unable to move the seat back in place. The dealer stated that the motor switch had failed. The vehicle was not under recall and any repairs would be at her expense. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was 80,000.

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While driving on the highway the driver's power seat moved back on its own and the controls to move the seat were non-responsive. The driver had to release the seat belts to slide forward on the seat in order to reach the pedals. Had to pull over and turn the vehicle off before the power seat controls would work again. After getting back on the road, the same thing happened again. If this had happened when the driver needed to stop, they would not have been able to reach the brake pedal. Took the vehicle to the dealership the next day. They kept the car all day and were unable to diagnose or reproduce the issue and returned the vehicle to us.

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A recall was performed on this Sedona 2003 on February 12 2006, regarding power seats wiring( NHTSA campaign id number: 05v463000). On July 10, 2006 while driving smoke came out the front dash and suddenly a fire under driver wheel(gear) right next to my wife's left leg. Drivers windows was down because of the heavy smoke prior to the fire starting, so when my wife stopped the Sedona and noticed the flames near her legs she jumped on the drivers seats and since she was unable to unlock the door because of previous power failure due to the fire then she jumped through the windows and got out, somebody else put out the fire quickly with a fire extinguisher but he used the key to open the door because there was not other way to open that door. Also, needed to investigate why the door did not opened at that time when a fire going on. Road assistance came in to pick up the Sedona, then was taken down to motorambar, inc. Authorized kia dealer in puerto rico for inspection and to get a certified diagnostics on how and why this happened. I was told by service advisor supervisor that this was the first Sedona that caught on fire with no electrical installations other than what it came originally when I purchased the unit. They were going to let Kia Motors engineers know about it so they can come down and perform and investigation on why this happened and how the fire start and when that happened, they will contact me so I can be present when they do the inspection and certification, but this never happened, I really don't know if it was a lack of interest from Kia Motors or that Kia Motors were not notified about it. It has been more than six months and the Sedona is still there getting rusty. At this time they do not know why the vehicle caught on fire.

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I have had numerous problems with my kia Sedona. Within a few months of ownership the head gasket blew and it was towed in and replaced. Then the windshield broke during the night in the garage with no weather extremes. I replaced that. In 2 years I've had 2 blowouts to the front driver's tire. The only 2 in my whole 30+ years of driving. Dealer says its not the car. The front wheel bearings were replaced. In Dec 2004 the engine was replaced, the lumbar support was broken and fixed, the driver's doorhandle broke and was fixed by kia. Jan18 it was back in because the hood release was not working. It was fixed and we picked up the vehicle 1/19. On 1/21 the gas pedal stuck, I brought it in and they fixed it immediately. " the cover had fallen down and they tied it back up. " obviously not a good job because it stuck again on the way home at 65mph. I was finally able to stop the car and had it towed back in. I think it is a death trap!.

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