Front Suspension Coil Spring Problems of Kia Motor Sedona

We heard a loud bang while going over a bump at the intersection of two city streets. The bang continued to be heard when hitting bumps/potholes. Mechanic found that the right front coil spring had broken. Vehicle is a 2007 kia Sedona with no open recalls. The 2006 kia Sedona vehicles were recalled in March 2012 with SC 095 for vehicles produced from December 20, 2005 to March 20, 2006. Our 2007 kia Sedona was produced in September 2006 and was driven in illinois, a heavy salt use state, until June 2014. Since the 2006 and 2007 kia Sedonas are nearly identical vehicles, should the 2006 kia Sedona coil spring recall be extended to 2007 kia Sedona vehicles.

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Mechanic was rotating tires and observed that right front coil spring was broken and left front was close to broken. Opened ticket with kia consumer affairs. During my investigation, I found that there was a recall (bulletin SC-095) for 2006 model year for this specific issue. Kia stated that recall was applicable to '06 only. We live and operate the vehicle in IL, one of the states listed in the recall. My assumption is that the conditions causing the issue dealt with in the original recall continued to exist in later model years. I feel that this could potentially be a significant safety issue. Had my wife had to make a sudden stop or sudden evasive maneuver, with one broken spring and another likely to break, there could possibly have been a catastrophic failure. There are likely a fairly significant number of cars still on the road with this issue.

I took my kia into the dealer for a recall check on my control arms. The dealer found out my front left coil spring was in pieces along with the bearing. There was a recall on this but I never recieved one. I read where the van had to be made between Dec. 20, 2005 and March 20, 2006. If my van was made later then that then they still did not fix the corrosion problem. I had to pay for all repairs. I can't be the only one that this has happened to on a later made van.

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The contact owns a 2007 kia Sedona. The contact stated while traveling approximately 30 mph, the front driver's side of the vehicle collapsed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer who confirmed that the coil springs caused the failure to occur. The vehicle was being repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 54,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The contact owns a 2007 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while traveling approximately 30 mph, the front driver's side of the vehicle collapsed. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was found that the coil springs failed. The vehicle was being repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 54,000. The VIN was unavailable.

The left front coil spring broke after I had parked the van at work. Later when I went out to go somewhere, I found a piece of metal about 8" long lying on the ground behind the left front tire. I thought that I sure hoped it had not come off of my car! when I got in and put the car in reverse, it would not move. I shifted to drive and it went forward, so I shifted back into reverse and tried to back up. There was a loud bang and the front end on the car dropped hard to the left. When I got out of the car, the tire was completely flat and I could actually see a flap sticking up from the inside wall of the tire. I later discovered that the coil spring had broken - that was the piece of metal I had found on the ground - and had stabbed the tire. It was corroded. After checking online I learned that there had been an issue with the front coil springs on 2006 kia Sedonas, that the finish would get corroded by road salt and water and the springs would break. A recall had been issued in 21 states, including michigan. When I contacted the dealer, I was told that the recall covered vehicles made from December 2005 to March 20, 2012. My van was made on April 18, 2012, and therefore was not covered by the recall because the 'issue had been resolved. ' why then did the spring break?.