Power Steering Pump problems of the 2005 Kia Motor Sorento

One problem related to power steering pump has 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.

1 Power Steering Pump problem

Failure Date: 05/20/2013

3/2/13 had timing belt replaced @50,031 miles on my 2005 kia Sorento to manual specs. Drove from phx to nashville. 5/2013 I heard a terrible squeaking sound under my hood,first thought loose belt. Went on to get it check out&as I was trying to make a right turn a few blocks from the house,my steering wheel was almost impossible to turn. Thought my power steering pump had gone out. I almost ran over 2 people crossing the street&almost hit another car. I was turning my steering wheel to the right w/all my might! everyone was honking at me&thought I was probably drunk! I was so upset. Had it towed to kia. My power train still under warranty,am original owner&denied coverage 3x. They tried to sell me a used engine for $5k. Stated they knew they could not get the broken piece of bolt out. I did some research on-line&there is many complaints w/ this problem,some have had it happen 2,3,4 x. Mgr. Told me my model had the new re-designed bolt,&it was brakes plus fault when they put on the timing belt. Mgr. Said that they should have never used the old bolt&that they put on a new bolt when replacing timing belt. I heard a TSB went out regarding the bolts to all service shops to use the new re-design bolt on 03&04 models,but not 05. If I had gotten a copy of that notice,I would have made sure that whoever replaced timing belt,used new bolt. A kia tech wrote:8/10/12 its not the bolt, it is the crank sprocket&balancer, the design of the balancer sticks out to far&weighs to much breaking off the spring guide pin. When there is a repair,we replace them everytime we do a timing belt on one. You take the crack sprocket&balancer&u add 2 more spring pins as well as drill&tap the crank&install a timesert (heavier helicoil) have not had one of these come back,if anyone is doing a timing belt I highly recommend doing this at the same time,but it will not break the bolt or sheer the guide pin.




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