general problems of the 2005 Kia Motor Sorento

When driving there was a clunking noise and then the steering was hard to steer and the battery light came on & had to have it towed to find out that the harmonic balancer bolt broke. There are hundreds of complaints online about this same issue happening with these engines as this is a poor design. This is a safety hazard and very dangerous since you loose the steering and should be recalled.

The contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. The contact stated while turning left, the steering wheel was very difficult to turn. The contact mentioned that all her strength was needed to turn the steering wheel. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the crankshaft bolt needed to be replace. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Kia had a lawsuit involving the crankshaft bolt. The lawsuit is yvonne robinson vs kia. I bought the vehicle from someone with only 25,000 miles last year 2017. My children were driving back to college on 11 August 2018. The crankshaft bolt broke which causes the vehicle to lose steering. My children were almost in a terrible accident which could have cost them their lives. My sons go to school in atlanta and the crankshaft broke in north carolina. I had my children call our insurance company for roadside assistance and they couldn't fix it obviously because it was the crankshaft bolt. He got them safely to pepboys and they had to spend the night in north carolina and the next day pepboys confirmed it was the crankshaft bolt. I found out there was a lawsuit concerning the crankshaft bolt. Pepboys said it would be $2000 to fix. I called kia on 13 August 18 and they told me they would take care of it and would call in a couple days. They are still giving me the run around. This was something that was involved in a lawsuit and it concerns safety. Please help me hold kia accountable. They know this is a defective product. The vehicle is still in north carolina because I'm waiting to hear back from kia. I'm a retired navy veteran who deserves to be treated fair and not have my loved ones life at risk because of their defective products.

Harmonic balancer is falling off . Have read many reviews where others with the same vehicle and theirs are actually falling off. As well as a lawsuit in February.

The engine caught on fire on Sunday February 26 and today March 1st.

On 07/14/16 I tried to start my vehicle. It did not start so I called a tow truck to give me kick start. The engine started and the battery light came on, this is the first time it had. Two driver told me to take it and get the battery checked out it just didn't seem right to him. So I did and that is when I found out the I had a blown head gasket and upon further investigation they found that the coolant got into the engine and two of the pistons were gone and the interior wall of the engine was scorched badly. This vehicle has been taken care of I loved it and made sure I followed all the requirements bu kia to keep this car running. With such little miles this should of never happened. In my investigation, I found similar reports regarding kia Sorento's and engine problems. I have been in contact with kia but they have not made any gestures to help me. I do not have money to get a new car and this was my transportation to drive about 2hrs to help my 93 1/2 yr old mother. Now I can't do that. I loved this car and can not believe that kia will not help. I have had to rent a car for 2 days, take a taxi and depend on others in my time of need.

While driving a noise comes from engine compartment. Battery and brake warning light come on. Power steering goes out. Have to man ahndle SUV to a safe spot. Crankshaft bolt that hold harmonic balancer broke. Common problem known to kia engines they offer to fix it for $1300. 00 plus more.

Tl- the contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while driving about 35 mph, the vehicle stopped and shut down, without any warning indicator. The vehicle did not restart, so the contact called for a tow truck. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, who diagnosed that the crank shaft bolt broke and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not respond to reimbursement request. The failure mileage was 82,310. Fe.

Broken crank bolt with 100,000 miles.

The kia Sorento has a catastrophic failor do to a single pin on the crank shat timing gear. This gear has broken free twice and caused head damage bent valves and also cost between 2 and 4 thousand dollars to replace the 30 dollar gear that will with out question fail again I'm on my third time of this happening this time the timing gear pin grow slowing only the crank shat himonic balancer to come free braking a 10 dollar bolt but with out a doubt it will cost me again thousands to fix . Each time this has happened it has been a different situation once was while driving on the high way the vechical made a loud bang and the vechical list power and came to a halt once while pulling out of my drive way this time the engine locked up and the vehicle had tobe towed to a shop only to find out they would not work on it because it is a know defect the third time was driving threw town and it sound like I had dropped a saw mille under the hood it damaged the valves and broke the fans and tore up the most thus time.

The contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. The contact stated that when the key was turned to the off position and removed, the vehicle failed to shut off. The contact removed the battery from the vehicle, but the vehicle continued to run. The contact then removed an air mask valve that caused the engine to shut off. The vehicle was unable to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 95,000. The VIN was not provided.

While driving down the interstate the car's engine caught fire. Melted everything in engine. When told I needed a new engine, I sold the car to a junk yard for parts. Now, I hear this recall. So pissed@.

At a stop light, I heard and felt a shudder throughout the vehicle. The brake and battery light came on immediately after the shudder. The engine continued to run normally. Proceeding through the intersection, I experienced the loss of power steering making the car very difficult to control. Managed to get the vehicle to a nearby parking lot where I called for a tow to the kia dealer. Dealer confirmed a sheared crank shaft bolt. Incident occurred on a busy state highway during rush hour. Speed limit is 45 mph on this stretch of road and very busy at rush hour. Had the vehicle been in motion at the time of the part failure there would have been an accident.

While leaving our home to run errands, I lost power steering and several dashboard lights came on. We purchased the kia Sorento in 2005 new and have had very few problems with it until now. It has less than 70k miles and has been serviced by the dealer every 3k miles. I had the vehicle towed to the dealer, who rather quickly diagnosed the problem as a broken crank bolt and estimated repairs would cost about $1300. The dealer checked with kia on whether our 100k warranty would cover the repairs. Kia said this problem was not covered. At the time I didn't realize this is a fairly common problem with the kia sorrentos. Checking the comments from other sorrento owners, I have concluded this certainly appears to be a design defect. Our concern is that this could have happened in traffic at 70 mph and the loss of the ability to steer could certainly become a very serious problem, with potential fatal consequences. I am especially concerned about the number of situations that the bolt failed a second and sometimes a third time after the initial repair was made. Request serious consideration of kia issuing a recall to remedy this design defect.

On 8/23/2014 my family a I were in chicago we traveled there on Friday 8/22/2014 from virginia in the 2005 kia Sorento that I just purchased in July 2014 from pearson Hyundai. While driving to my family reunion in the forest reserves the vehicle brake light and other warning lights came on, and a rattle could be heard coming from the engine, the vehicle became hard to steer and the noise from the engine became louder. I stopped the vehicle and had it towed to my families mechanic, after checking the vehicle it was found to have the pin on the crank gear broken off, and the crank bolt came loose, replaced the sprocket (crank gear), the harmonic balancer, and the bolt. I drove the vehicle back to virginia with no problem, then on October 3, 2014 while my wife was driving in richmond, va the exact same thing happened again, (warning lights, no power steering and rattling from the harmonic balancer, I had the car towed to the kia dealership on Friday, they finally got back with me wed, October 8, 2014 and told me that I needed a motor cause the crank shaft is blown, prior to having it towed, I saw that the harmonic balancer was doing the exact same thing it had did in chicago and turning it I can tell that the same pin has came off the sprocket. The kia dealership wants to sell me a used engine, same as the one that is in the kia I have, I am reluctant to pay $5000. 00 to replace the engine to have the same problem, that I and after further investigation a lot of kia Sorento owners have suffered.

The engine developed a very loud tick/knock in the motor.

Daughter had cranked vechile after coming into grandmother's after her wedding getting food. She said the sterring was working properly and the motor seemed to be having alot of problems so I told her to park it and not to drive it again that I would have it towed to be looked at. My nephew looked at it said it seemed to be the bolt coming out of harmonic balancer. I bought it used but it was purchased at kia in huntersville,n. C. From the person I purchased it from. After taking it back there to be looked at they did unauthorized work breaking the bolt off then telling me I had to be the one to replace the motor. I even went to kia in gastonia,n. C. They didn't seemed to be concerned at all and said they would not even take it as a trade in so I started doing research as to any problems with this particular vechile.

I was stopped waiting to turn into a fast food place when I let off the brakes to turn in ,the SUV took off from 0 to 60 in a split second. When I tried to mash the brakes it would'nt go down and I couldn't stop. I ended up hitting a tree,the air bags did come out. The SUV was totaled. I contacted kia's office and they had the SUV towed to a lot for investigation. As of this date I havent heard form kia as to what they found out. This was the second time the kia took off on it's own with me . I would like this accedent off my record and info as to what went wrong with the kia.

I recently had to have the crank shaft sensor replaced on my 2005 kia Sorento. This morning, driving my young son to school, I lost the steering on my vehicle. Additionally, the engine light and brake light came on. As I understand it, this is an ongoing defective issue with kia's. This is a dangerous problem for the public as well as consumers.

During my trip home from a local outing I noticed my battery light flashing intermittently. As I got closer to home the light became more steady steering became more difficult. I had a good guess what the problem was due to the fact that I've had this same issue twice in the last eight months. I made it home safely and had my vehicle towed a few days later to a repair shop. I was not at all surprised when the mechanic told me I had a crank shaft problem. This is something kia has known about for years and should have scheduled a recall to repair this issue. I might not be here today if I was traveling on the highway at a faster speed.

As I was driving my 2005 kia Sorento at 40mph it started bucking and when you go to accelerate you can hold the pedal to the floor and it does not pick up speed. Took it to my mechanic and his software shows a recall for this and kia is saying there is no recall on my vehicle. His software says recalls campaign-sc073 icv replacement.

Crank shaft bolt broke three separate times (2nd time Jan. 21, 2015; 3rd time July 3, 2015) after repairs made. The last time, the car was considered irreparable due to the inevitability of failure due to faulty design of the factory made crank shaft bolt. Whole new engine needed for complete repair.

The contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while traveling 64 mph, the bolt on the crank shaft sensor fractured and detached, causing damage to the engine and motor. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. While driving approximately 30 mph, the power steering failed without warning and the vehicle became increasingly difficult to control. The dealer stated that the camshaft needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 117,000.

Engine light came on and had no passing gear when you accelerate. Code p0122 tps.

My whole family was in the car driving home going approximately 40-45mph when without warning all the dash lights started coming on and all power was lost on the vehicle. We were able to move out of traffic and restart the vehicle and make it home. Vehicle was towed to dealer where we were eventually advised the crank shaft bolt shredded into our engine, and that along with some other components would have to be replaced to the tune of over $5000 dollars. We were told that because this was an outside component of the engine that this was not covered under the power train 10 year/100,000 mile warranty. I called their consumer assistance line and was very disappointed with them. This same bolt I was advised was an issue in the 2004 models, but they assured me ours was manufactured outside the faulty bolt dates (tell that to my failed bolt). I was incredibly disappointed with the lack of responsibility they are willing to take to ensure that no one is injured or worse by simply fixing a bolt. We ended up trading in the vehicle and losing a tremendous amount of money in the process.

Stripped crank shaft.

I was backing up out of a parking spot when the power steering stopped working, I couldn't react fast enough and ended up hitting a cement pole. When I had the car towed to my mechanic I was informed that the bolt for the crankshaft had broken. ( the car has only 43,500 miles on it) when talking with kia dealer and doing some online research I learned that this is a pretty common failure. I was told that kia was well aware of the problem but left the dealers to fend for themselves. I don¿t understand why there hasn't been a recall, do they need someone to be killed in an accident before they consider it a problem? the NHTSA has the power to intervene and I urge you step up and address this ongoing problem.

The contact owns a 2005 kia Sorento. The contact was driving approximately 60 -65 mph when the battery and parking brake warning lights illuminated momentarily. The contact stated that the power steering failed suddenly and caused extreme difficulty in steering capabilities. The vehicle was then inspected by an independent mechanic and they advised that the failure was the harmonic balancer bolt and that the entire engine would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was approximately 75,000.

December 18, 2010 Kia Motors America, inc. Dear kia this letter is to complain about an internet posted and known defect in your 2005 kia Sorento. I recently broke down because ¿the crankshaft bolt broke off inside the engine¿. It cost me $85. 00 to get it towed and now will run an additional $1,200+/- to repair it. From what I¿m reading on the internet when the problem is fixed there is no way of guaranteeing it won¿t happen repeatedly. Through no fault of Sorento owners as told by your service mechanic (scott) of kia of dutchess county (NY). ¿just a bad part¿. Apparently, this bolt shears off and falls inside the engine causing additional damage. Your fix supposedly, is to torque the bolt properly, well that bolt is factory torqued! I have no complaints with scott as he is courteous and trying to fix it. The issue is that this very costly factory defect in either the bolt or the engineering of the bolt specifications is and should be the responsibility of Kia Motors. ¿ as an owner, I am disappointed that you have turned away from your responsibility to address the factory problems as they are noted through use of your vehicles. Additionally, when the bolt breaks, and I have firsthand knowledge, the brake and battery lights appear on the dashboard and loss of power steering occurs. The sudden loss of power steering almost caused me to veer into a curb on the side of the road but could have been a lot worse. I have added (below) some of the many internet posted complaints of people with the same nightmare. And even after it¿s fixed there is no guarantee it won¿t continue to happen. How about some good old fashioned owning up to the responsibility of providing safe and reliable cars for people who pay thousands of dollars to purchase one of the most expensive things we will ever own!!! needless to say, I am quite frustrated and when I pick up the car totally out of money.

Crankshaft position sensor has to be replaced every 2 years with no explanation and headlights being replaced every 3-4 months and dome light just quit and no explanation from kia or dlr.

2005 kia Sorento ex developed problems with the power steering. ** answer required***. Within a few days of owning the vehicle, the consumer noticed the clock was not working properly, there was a noise while the vehicle was cold, while turning right or backing and pulling forward, a shudder in the brake pedal, a cut in the leather passenger seat. On 4 occasions the passenger air bag sensor light dash light did not engage properly with 3 different people of different weights/heights were sitting in the seat. The power steering failed 3 times. The consumer was told the shudder in the brake pedal was normal and was a part of the abs.