12 problems related to body have been reported for the 2004 Kia Motor Sorento. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2004 Kia Motor Sorento based on all problems reported for the 2004 Sorento.
While my daughter was driving on the highway, the brakes failed. The mechanic showed me the brake lines toward the rear suspension rusted through. Also the support for the rearend rusted through making the vehicle dangerous to drive. The brake lines from front to back were changed and I am looking to have the support brackets changed.
2004 kia Sorento ex with extensive rust damage to rear cross-members #2 and #3. Discovered during tire rotation in Nov 2018, but is obvious the damage has existed for a substantial amount of time. Cross-member #2 is just in front and above the rear axle and has the mounting brackets for the axle struts, which keep the axle in place, it also has a mounting bracket for the fuel tank, as well as a pass through bracket for the rear brake lines, and a muffler hanger. The car is not safe to be driven due to the imminent danger of a full failure. Cross-member #2 is about 70% rusted through on the fuel tank side and perforated in several other places as well. Crossmember #3 which is behind the rear axle contains no mounts, but a torsion bar does connect where the cross-member passes through the left frame rail. Strut mount connectors on axle are also severely rusted. Backing plate for rear disc brakes on both sides is rusted so severely they crumble like an eggshell. Contacted kia and they said they will not cover repair of the defect, case #12944853 opened. It only takes a quick search online to find there are many cases of this with particularly 2004 models.
Whole driving down road started to loose control. Upon bringing to a service station found out rear frame of vehicle is completely rotted away leaving suspension hanging and not drivable.
The contact owns a 2004 kia Sorento. While the vehicle was stationary, the rear frame that connected the rotary bar was severely rusted and corroded. The failure caused the vehicle to become unstable. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage was approximately 78,000.
Purchased used, was driving to grandson's ball game, when car started making funny noise and acted as the the rear end was going to fall out, we pulled over in grocery store parking lot, got out and looked, could not see anything, had daughter follow us home, just in case, took it to friend who noticed the rear bracket arms are completely rusted out , looks like it is what holds the rear end in place. I'm not sure what to do, I paid over $5000 used and I can't just park it, I think kia should be responsible for this mishap, it is not like it can just be fixed, it needs replaced, so I'm thinking it would be a major job, I've read many many other forums after finding this out about mine and researching, I"m sure this could potentially be a serious or even life threatening problem, I'm not sure I would want to sell it to someone else, if it is dangerous, I would really like to know the seriousness of this problem, is this a minor or major problem, is there more holding that rear end in place then just those rusted out arms or brackets? would you want your daughter driving this?, I don't know if the previous owner was aware of not, if so we were not notified, I would hate to think I could be driving down the road with myself and grandbabies and something horrible happen. Please help, I"m really concerned about this, especially after all the trouble with the crankshaft bolt I" reading about. I'm scared to death to drive this thing, if it had never went up on a rack we would be none the wiser and would still be driving daily just as if we did not know, but now that I know, I don't know what to do. . This is a real safety issue, there is to much nonsense car dealers get away with anyway for us consumers to worry about our lives or someone else's while driving. Will the rear end fall out? is it safe to drive? you tell me? would you drive it?.
The contact owns a 2004 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while in park, the contact noticed that the rear sub frame had corroded. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 82,000.
A section of the main frame rail is rotted completely through, where the rear sway control arm which attaches to the rear drivetrain. The vehicle is unsafe to drive as the rear drivetrain is at risk of detaching from the vehicle.
My son was driving this car when he heard a loud bang and lost control of vehicle while driving in a roundabout in taunton mass and nearly crashed this vehicle due to losing the ability of stabilizing it, but was able to pull off to side of road thankfully because of the speed of travel at the time, thankfully he was not on the highway or I may be telling a different story. Upon driving vehicle home, my husband looked over vehicle to see where the problem was and noted frame near right rear tire had rusted totally through where it attaches to an arm of some sorts maybe a stabilizing arm(not sure). We purchased this vehicle March 2014-7 months ago and it passed inspection at the time, but I don't believe that it should have as they are supposed to check the frame as listed on inspection report and there is absolutely no way it rusted through that badly in 7 months time with roughly 6,000 miles put on it. This particular problem has been reported on many blog sites as well as on this site, their should be a recall as it seems to be a known problem, and consumers should not have to pay possibly their life for such a defect. I have pictures of this issue, and will also be notifying kia about this as well.
Was driving vehicle when frame broke and almost crashed it found out from a body shop that the frame had corroded and broke and we owe money on this piece of junk and the kia corporation has never heard of this happening.
The contact owns a 2004 kia Sorento. The contact stated that the brakes were being serviced by a personal mechanic when he noticed that the bracket that held the control arm to the vehicle was rusted. The manufacturer had not been notified. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 131,000.
The contact owns a 2004 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while having an annual inspection performed, the technician determined that the upper control arm hangers were completely corroded. As a result, the entire rear end of the vehicle needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 114,000.
On the above mentioned date the vehicle was taken to ntb for a 90,000 mile check and to replace a bolt that had broken loose it was located near the rear axle when put up on the lift a very dangerous situation was revealed. The frame above the rear axle had completely rotted which caused the bolt to break and the resulting loss of integrity caused weakening and and bouncing causing the gas tank to be punctured. The car was deemed undrivable. I have written to kia with no response the car had been reliable and was taken care of this put us in a tough financial situation having to buy another car in our area alone there are two kia,s that had rotting frames one the same year and make as ours his had 106,000 miles the rotting was not near as bad as ours but the same bolt broke off another was a different model but he had to get the front axle replaced because of rotting our family was put in a very dangerous situation we could have been killed the frame of the car is about the last thing you would expect to fail kia is saying that it is antiperforation and not covered antiperforation has nothing to do with the frame anything you can do to helpwould be appreciated I am filing this on behalf of my daughter.