Three problems related to car stall have been reported for the 2005 Kia Motor Sorento. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Kia Motor Sorento based on all problems reported for the 2005 Sorento.
My 2005 Sorento started stalling & shutting down while driving down the hwy at 65 mph (happens at any speed). Code comes up for bad crank shaft sensor, this will be the 3rd time in 4 years I will have replaced it. This has caused some "close calls" while on the hwy, avoiding other vehicles & nearly being rear ended several times.
The contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. The contact stated that all of the instrument panel light illuminated as the vehicle stalled. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and was told that the crankshaft position sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The failure and the current mileage was 110,522. Updated 1/29/13 updated 2/6/2013.
The main crank shaft pully bolt stripped out and caused the crank shaft to start to work its way out of the motor block I talked to kia customer service center and they said that it was not covered as a recall even though it was a main failure in the previous two years of 2003 and 2004 they said that they had fixed the problem by installing a different bolt in the 2005 model but in my opinion that is a false statement do to the fact it has failed in my 2005 Sorento telling me the problem has not been solved.