Front Air Bag Sensor Control problems of the 2009 Kia Motor Sorento

First noticed in the sept. Time period that the passenger airbag off light remained illuminated even after my wife sat down, and even if she tried shifting around to activate the seat sensor. My wife weighs more than 120 lbs. About 10% of the time the system senses her presence from her first sitting down, while that rises to about 75% if she shifts around to activate the sensor. Communication on the web and the austin dealership service representative noted that kia has had problems with activation of the front passenger seat sensor. In particular, kia had a safely recall SC 076 a (covering 2007-2008 kia Sorentos) which had symptoms identical to what we now are experiencing. The dealership service representative and the kia telephone help line claim my vehicle is not covered by that recall.

Kia installed four passenger seat sensor pads in my 2009 and a new air bag module. While it was all covered by warranty work, now I paid $133. 54 to have it checked again, and they want me to pay an estimate of $2535. 34 plus tax to have the new sensor installed. I talked to a manager for kia and they said it was not there problem. It is a problem between me and the dealer where I bought the car, it seems to me that the dealer replaced the parts as long as it was under warranty but they never fixed the problem. ( what do I do}.

Air bag is off light comes on the dash for the passenger side even if an adult is in the seat. I took it to the dealer 2 times while under warranty and the first time they said the computer just needed to be reset. The second time they said we were not sitting in the seat correctly. I told him I weighed 190 lbs that the whole seat was covered with my bottom. They said nothing was wrong with the sensor. I showed them pictures of my phone showing we were driving down the road and the light came on. They didn't seam to care. It still malfunctions about 80%, the warranty ran out a while ago. The light will come on while your sitting still and it will come on in the middle of driving. The only way to get it back off is to stop the vehicle and get out and sit down again, but it will usually deactivates again.

2009 kia Sorento. Consumer states vehicle does not protect the front passenger if the weight is less than 120 pounds. The consumer stated the panel read passenger air bag off.

After numerous attempts to have problem fixed, kia states that it is normal that the passenger air bag sensor does not always detect person on seat. What bs!!! numerous complaints on this issue. What does it take to get a recall? someone dying? or multiple?.

Vehicle has has repeated issues with passenger air bag sensor not recognizing 120 lb. Female passenger. Took vehicle to dealer (fisher kia in boulder, CO) and was told air bag had a "gray area" between 80-120 lbs where it may not activate properly. I find this completely unacceptable and feel unsafe driving the vehicle with passenger airbag deactivated with my wife in passenger seat.

The contact owns a 2009 kia Sorento. The contact stated the passenger air bag off light illuminated on the console with the passenger seat occupied. The failure was intermittent. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the air bag sensor was defective. The dealer made repairs to the sensor yet the failure persisted sporadically. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer where an investigator from the manufacturer examined the vehicle and stated the vehicle was operating as normal. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure continued to recur intermittently. The failure mileage was 2,000 and the current mileage was 6,920.