Two problems related to steering noise 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 went to my doctors appointment the car ran fine well about half way home the car started making a funny noise sounded like a tractor or if u turn your wheel to far the noise it makes like a grinding metal noise so I stop at a light the noise stopped all seemed normal I lightly stepped on the gas and the noise came back well ive got to get home only seconds away from home no light are coming on its not over heating I go to turn a corner and the steering was gone for a second but came but steering came back decided to take it to the shop all the way to the shop the steering and noise was all going at the same time its clear theres problems with this car that needs to be addressed before someone does get killed is that what has to happen to get a recall?.
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.