Vehicle Speed Control Problems of Kia Motor Sedona - part 1

We purchased a brand-new 2021 kia Sedona in 2021. Since January, we’ve been experiencing an intermittent but serious issue where the vehicle refuses to accelerate or shift beyond a certain point. This issue has put us in dangerous situations multiple times. One incident occurred while crossing a fast-moving, single-lane road—our vehicle would not accelerate to the appropriate speed, placing us at serious risk. On another occasion, while merging onto a highway, the car failed to accelerate, and we feared being rear-ended due to our inability to keep up with traffic. There are no warning lights or error messages to indicate a problem when this occurs. The only temporary solution has been to pull over, turn the car off, and restart it. After doing this, the vehicle functions normally for a few days, weeks, or even months before the issue reoccurs. We have taken the vehicle to our local kia dealership, but they were unable to replicate the problem or identify any issues. We also brought it to a second kia dealership with the same result—no diagnosis and no resolution. We are extremely concerned for our safety and would appreciate guidance on how to escalate this issue or pursue a resolution. I also have a video of an incident.

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The contact owns a 2012 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while attempting to parallel park and gear in drive, the vehicle independently accelerated violently while lightly depressing the accelerator pedal. No warning light illuminated. The contact crashed the front of the vehicle into the rear of a parked vehicle where it came to a stop. No police report was filed. No injuries were sustained. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer where it was diagnosed however the failure was unable to be replicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The contact's wife mentioned that the failure had occasionally occurred in the past but was able to avoid a collision. The vehicle was taken to the same dealer for the previous incidents where it was confirmed that the vehicle performed as normal. The failure mileage was approximately 213,000.

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My vehicle transmission valve body shift solenoid d has malfunctioning causing my engine overheat and nearly explode.

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Unknown. My vqn caught fire under my hood not sure were it came from.

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While driving, van went to half power with no warning light. Would not go above 15 mph. It had recently had an oil change at a kia dealership, but when we took to the shop, the oil was barely existent and foamy. It is undriveable and 3 different mechanics have said it cannot be fixed without a new engine.

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The vehicle while driving and accelerating at any given time stops accelerating even when you are pressing the accelerator all the way in. Usually occurs when I am on highways or normal roads. No check engine light or indication of failure has come up to retrieve a code and be able to diagnose the issue. I took the car to the kia dealer service center near me, but they weren't able to fix anything, because no code came up for the issue. The not responding to acceleration has occurred multiple times for a while (aprox. 4-5 times over the last 6 months). I am concerned as it may seem the engine is trying to stall or stop working in the middle of the road. The safety of my family and others driving behind me can be at risk because if it stops responding to the acceleration, I may need to pull to the side or may not have sufficient time to do so, causing an accident. I communicated with kia, and they open a case report, but they advised me to submit a report to this agency.

Vehicle break lights, cruze control does not work at all esv light stay on.

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I purchased a 2017 kia Sedona from a kia dealer in queens, NY, in 2017 with 50 miles. I had an engine malfunction at around 65,000 while driving on a highway with a relative and my children on new year's eve 12/31/20. When I initially started the car, I heard a rattling sound, which I thought was due to the cold weather; however, as I drove off and drove further and approached the highway, the car started to decelerate. After the car decelerated, the car cut off while I was driving. In a panic, I started the car again and pulled over to the side. I had to repeat turning the car on, the car shutting off and decelerating, turning the car on, and driving ten miles to return home. The very next day, 1/1/2021 the car was towed to the dealership that handled my lease buyout. The service manager exhibited professionalism and offered exceptional services to ensure that I understood the repair process. He informed of charges that would be incurred if kia did not cover the warranty. Kia will not honor the warranty. The service manager indicated that receipts were required to document oil changes performed on the 2017 kia Sedona. Service receipts from kia dealerships were provided; however, additional receipts were required. I contacted the kia corporate customer service, the customer services representative exhibited professionalism and advised me to get receipts of oil purchases for any oil changes done outside of a service shop. Due to limitations in retrieving receipts within a certain timeframe, I am unable to produce additional receipts. I am without my car for one and a half months, I am renting a car while paying my monthly finance bill, and kia will not honor my warranty because of a lack of receipts of oil changes, although the car was previously car serviced in November 2020 at a kia dealership.

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While driving at 55mph 2 lane rual road check engine light came on then after min later esc off light came on and all the sudden I lost all throttle and rpm gas petal to floor and would only cost at 20mph and less on incline almost rear ended due to loss of throttle with no notice to traffic behind me . . Turned on emergency flashers found a place 10 miles down the road to pull off . . No cell service in rual area cranked veh back up and all lights were off started and throttled right for about a mile their was no rain snow just sunny day . . Have called kia they said they have never heard of such since we have the covid . . I went online and see alot of complaints about this issue so I have no faith that kia will fix it since all the reviews . . I had a throttle position sensor ordered it thru kia which at first they said they could not sell the sensor only but the whole throttle body. . I had to refer them to a tsa bulletin and guess what they could order one at $40 compared to $350 . . I replaced the part and it is still doing the same thing . . Frustrated with this it should be a recall since this is a ongoing issue with kia and huanda veh till date from what I have read online . . If you wish to look at my veh to see the problem you are welcome to because its unsafe for me to drive 165,000 miles.

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Keeps the engine accelerated.

We were traveling from bloomsburg, PA to myrtle beach, SC on December 26, 2019 and as we were pulling off the road to find a gas station the engine turned off/stopped working and we lost the power steering. Luckily my husband was able to safely pull off the side of the road and stop in a safe area. At that time the engine smoked and we checked all the fluids. The oil appeared to be low but no indicator lights came on prior. We proceeded to get oil and after we put it in and tried to drive it there was a loud knocking sound so we did not proceed forward. We called for a tow truck to tow us to the closest kia dealership which was koons of woodbridge, va which was 10 minutes away. After we got it there they were able to start it and move it into the garage. We told them what happened and that we filled the oil, that there were no sensor alerts before the engine just shut off. After they looked into the vehicle they told us that they couldn't find any oil leaks but to diagnosis it they'd have to tear the engine down. They advised that the diagnostics and repair might be covered by kia's power train warranty but if any sludge was found it would void the warranty. They estimated the diagnosis and repair to the engine to be $10,000 dollars. They believed they knew what the problem was and two key parts would need to be replaced. We opted to trade the vehicle in to koons kia in woodbridge and purchased a 2018 sorento left over due to the time it would take to diagnosis the engine failure and possible costs. This was the first day of our vacation.

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While vehicle is in drive, once brakes are applied, it randomly refuses to move into park. Must keep foot on brake while fighting with vehicle to try to get it into park. This happens frequently but randomly. It would be easy to run over a person or object in front of the car while fighting the car to move it into park. This failure also happens while in park -- it will randomly refuse to move into reverse. Without warning, from one time to the next it works properly then later in the same day it will not work properly -- sometimes just minutes apart. It has occurred over the last two days and is on-going today. I nearly hit the car in front of me today at a gas pump while trying to get the transmission to move into park.

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Something is wrong with my engine or transmission whichever which one it is I do not know I've taken it to the dealer 5 or more times they cannot duplicate the problem or the or they say it's operating as assigned how's the car operating as designed when the vehicle soon as you push the accelerator at bucks it jerks it hesitates to go and that one that goes it takes offit also does the same thing when slowing down in a buck little jerk and then downshift very hard this is very dangerous when driving during certain conditions.

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Tl the contact owns a 2011 kia Sedona. While driving at an unknown speed, the vehicle accelerated independently. The contact was able to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to community kia of bloomington (2200 s walnut st, bloomington, in 47401), but the failure could not be duplicated. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 64,000.

If you remove pressure from the accelerator when the transmission wants to shift sometimes there is a loss of acceleration and the vehicle will start slowing down with the engine running with no engine warning light coming on. This intermittent problem has happened when the transmission shifts at approx. 2, 9, 19, 25, 40, 55 and 62 mph. When this happens the accelerator becomes disabled, the vehicle starts to slow. Tapping the brake will slow the vehicle faster and the accelerator is ok/enabled.

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When the car accelerate the gas pedal gets stock, this happened to me twice already and three months.

Transmission shifts slowly from 1st to 2nd gear and rpms at 25mph and 45mph are ar 1000 or less causing car to vibrate under load when accelerating due to low rpm.

The contact owns a 2008 kia Sedona. While driving 35 mph, the contact's vehicle accelerated without warning and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The air bags did not deploy. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 128,000.

Rented a car from the airport in denver and it was the last 4 cars on there lot. I was driving the car lost in denver car was pulling to the center of the caron both sides. I said there is something wrong with this car. I was looking for street signs about 20 mph and the car took off and hit 2 cars the air bags went off I let go of streeing wheel and the car was towed to the salvage lot in 20 days rental place never contacted me put money back in my acct and never gave me my things in travel. Now I have to get a lawyer to defend me. And I am bless I have a broken screw in my fusion and I could of been paralyzed this car should not be on the road.

While driving my husbands kia it picks up speed if going over 40 mph it will shut off and we get no power to the gas peddle it holds alot of heat from the motor the side doors open and close when they want . . But my biggest issue is the gas peddle and the shutting off while driving.

While driving at interstate speeds the accelerator stops working. There is a mild popping sensation and the gas pedal no longer has any effect. The car continues to run, but slows down naturally and will eventually slow to about 10mph. If you turn the vehicle off and restart it, it runs normally until the next time it randomly does this at 70mph. I have only had it happen on the interstate while going about 70mph. It is not like going into neutral. . . The engine does not respond to the gas pedal at all. . . Not revving. . . Nothing. It can go days without doing this and then do it 4 times in one trip on the highway.

While pulling into my driveway going between 5-10 mph I applied the brake and the vehicle lunged forward into my garage door which was closed and damaged another car parked in the garage. If the other car was not there to stop it I may have been killed. I reported this to kia and the investigation only showed a blown fuse when they connected it to the tester. There are two other accidents that I know of with similar circumstances, please check into this before someone is killed or loses money due to something that was not their fault. By the way I was turning right into my driveway and my husband was backing out in his car when this took place and he saw the whole thing.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Sedona. The contact stated that the vehicle jerked and hesitated to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The esc warning light randomly flashed. The dealer was notified of the failure, but the vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was not available.

Tl- the contact owns a 2006 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20 mph the contact pressed the brake however, the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact placed an abnormal amount of pressure on the brake pedal and the vehicle accelerated forward and than came to an abrupt stop. The failure recurred and the vehicle began to smoke with an abnormal odor from the hood of the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer and diagnosed. The vehicle is inoperable. The manufacuturer was not made aware of the failure. 12/26/2015 the approximately failure mileage was unknown. Gl.

Tl-the contact owns a 2007 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 25 mph, the vehicle acceleration independently, the brakes was depressed but the vehicle continued to accelerate. The contact stated in order to stop the vehicle, he had to restart the vehicle. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 61,000. Ak.

The contact owns a 2008 kia Sedona. While driving 50 mph, the vehicle decelerated independently and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed that the throttle sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 45,000.

The contact owns a 2014 kia Sedona. While driving at various speeds, the vehicle accelerated and decelerated independently without warning. The vehicle was taken to the dealer, but was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 6,000. Updated 09/03/lj.

The contact owns a 2004 kia Sedona. While driving approximately 40 mph, the speedometer fluctuated and seized intermittently. In addition, the vehicle would accelerate independently. In order to prevent the failure, the contact had to drive at a slower speed. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 05v329000 (vehicle speed control). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 96,000.

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The contact owns a 2014 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while coming to a complete stop, the vehicle surged when the brake pedal was depressed and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. A rapid increase in the rpms also occurred during the malfunction. There were no injuries reported. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the fuel injector was cleaned however, the failure recurred. The vehicle had not been repaired for the most recent failure. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 3,500. Updated 8/19/cn.

First the check engine light would come on and the van would jerk then I had no control over the gas 6/19/2014 I had to pull over turn the van off wait about five mins then turn it back on a go till it happened again took it to the dearship got it fixed then two days later 6/21/2014 same problem occured and this time the gas would go down on its own so I took it back on Thursday 6/26/2014 they looked at it came out told me it was a throttle issue and he wasnt going to let me drive it they put me in a rental and I got my van back on 7/02/2014 and about three to four hours or so after getting it back the throttle started doing it again so now I have to call them back again and let them know the throttle is doing it again. I have four daughter's that drive around in the van with me when im not at work I can't take the chance of something happening while there in the van with me and I cant keep taking the time to drive the van from lehigh to cape coral to get it fixed. When I took it the first time I hadto pull over about 12 times before I got there.

My vehicle shakes badly. . . Kia, where I purchase my 2006 told me, it is the sub frame which causes my van to shake. The salt in pennsylvania causes the frame of this van to rust away. I well not be able to drive it! there is no recall. . . This will cost me $2,000. 00. I believe if you live. . . Where it snows. The vehicles should be made for states which have snow. . . . . And use salt on the roads. Why should I have to paid for this. The sub frame needs to be recall by kia manufacturer. The mileage on my van is 63,553. Also, kia stated that it will not pass inspection. There was a recall on lower control arms. They fixed that, but still it shakes. It's the sub frame. Guest what! they inspected my van on Jan 8, 2014,. Kia, passed my van for good condition and my van was inspected after they corrected the control arms. Again, it still shakes. . . . It is the sub frame. How did kia pass the van for inspection. "the sub frame is still rotten". So, are they waiting for a accident to happen or someone is killed. Kia you need a recall on sub frame!.

My grandchildren and I were coming home from the lake on a highway at about 60 mph. I depressed the accelerator to pass another car when it became stuck. We were accelerating at a rapid speed and I could not slow the vehicle down I was standing on the break and was still doing 80mpi. I had to put the car into neutral to coast the the side of the road but the engine was still revving at high speed. After stopping the vehicle I had to manually pull the accelerator pedal up with my hand. There was nothing for it to have gotten stuck on. The floor matts were not touching the pedal in any way. This was not only scary but to say the least very dangerious.

The contact owns a 2006 kia Sedona. The contact stated that while sitting in traffic, she depressed the brake pedal and the vehicle crashed into the rear of another vehicle. The contact stated that the vehicle was not destroyed and there were no injuries. The vehicle was able to be driven to her house and was not taken to a dealer for inspection or repairs. The manufacturer was notified and stated that they would file a complaint on the contact's behalf. The failure mileage was 90,000.

I have reported to the kia dealership and filed a complaint with Kia Motors customer service about the accelerator pedal being unusually sensitive to foot pressure. This is a constant issue that causes me to accelerate more than I wish to. I have never experienced an issue with an accelerator pedal in my decades of driving experience. From a stop, I have to concentrate on pressing down extremely gently or else I can spin my wheels and lurch forward unintentionally. While driving I cannot help but speed up more than I want to do. It is dangerous and wastes fuel to be continually backing off foot pressure after the overly sensitive (loose feeling) gas pedal speeds up the engine. I asked to take the dealership service director with me. He had me drive another kia Sedona, which is when I discovered the accelerator pedal felt and acted similarly to mine. Therefore, this is a general safety problem that so far Kia Motors has confronted. My dealership did check out my gas pedal and thought there was nothing extraordinary about how it performed. There was no fix for my problem. The kia Sedona has a pedal that acts differently than other kia vehicles. I have a friend who owns a 2012 kia SUV that I have no problem with, at all.

Driving approx 35 mph when kia van lost power and had to coast to side of road. No forward movement with gas pedal pressed down. Sat for 10 minutes and was able to drive at normal speed for about 30 minutes when I slowed down to turn corner, lost power again. Coasted to side of road, sat for another 10/15 minutes then drove to auto mechanic. Replaced throttle position sensor for 2nd time. Vehicle computer also reset. Serious safety risk as vehicle loses power in middle of traffic without warning and very limited time to make decision where to coast to as you do not have any driving control.