Two problems related to engine shut off without warning 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.
I was leaving a patient's home when I got around the corner from their home, my car just shut off on me. All the lights were on in the vehicle but it would not move. After waiting for about two hours for someone to come help me in my situation. I had to have my car towed all the way from west haven to amity, where I had the car checked out by the mechanic that fixed the crankshaft bolt and other things costing me a total of $1100. The car was still under the warranty for being fixed again when the mechanic told me after having my car their for a couple of weeks that the bolt broke again and it messed up the whole bottom half of my engine. I am still making monthly payments on this car and I am completely lost as in what to do with it. Kia doesn't want anything but money and the other mechanic is calling this a recurring defect and doesn't see the point in fixing it when the car needs a new engine. I'm ready to scream my head off because I don't have money to keep throwing away on something I cant even use.
I have a 2005 kia sorrento and it has 123000 miles. I was driving with my wife and I lost control of the steering,breaks and the engine shut down. I had it towed to my repair center and they told me that my engine was blown and I would need a new engine. The crank shaft bolt snapped and it was a defect in the manufacturing process but kia is not taking responabilty for this matter. Kia is claiming that there was a service document reguarding this but no recall notice was ever sent out to the owners of this model car. Kia is trying to wash their hands of this problem. I have spoken to many people and they are saying that even though they have the extended warranty that kia wants nothing to do with the issue and are refussing to repair this defect. I have filed a class action suite against kia but they are trying to have this case thrown out of court refusing to fix to issue.