Automatic Emergency Braking problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento

Three problems related to automatic emergency braking have been reported for the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento based on all problems reported for the 2012 Sorento.

1 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 02/14/2024

My concern is when will the recall be honored for safety purposes 1st- brake system 2nd- engine causing a fire how soon can I get my car in to get these recalls serviced???.

2 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2023

There was a recall listed online 9/2023 for heuc hydraulic electronic control unit. 23v652000. I called kia in September the day I saw and they said a letter would come out and part would be available for the recall soon. I waited. I called again in November 2023. Still no fix or letter. I called again in January then 4/2024 still no letter or part to remedy the problem. Im tired of waiting and very scared to drive my car. I’m hearing now that the part might not be available until July 2024??!? this is completely unacceptable. That is 11 months driving a car that could catch on fire??!? and obviously it was a problem long before the recall actually happened or else there wouldn’t have been a recall needed. A serious recall and no remedy?!? how many people have to die to make them fix the problem??!! I’m scared to drive my car. Scared to park it because a fire could happen even if you are not driving the car?! no one wants to buy my car since there is a recall and I couldn’t get what it is worth to me either now. This is a serious problem. Now I hear that fixing the fuse is only a bandaid that the real problem is being disguised because it is a more costly repair vs just a fuse. Brake fluid could leak and cause engine fire?! even an o-ring could leak and cause fire. O-rings can rot over time anyway. I can’t believe kia has gotten away with this and for this length of time! unbelievably scary. They said wait until you smell smoke or some light will come on? well my son has no sense of smell so I have to trust that some light will come on and give him enough time to get out in time? that is the remedy of this serious problem??? or go outside and find the car had caught on fire in my yard and then catches the house and all the neighbors houses on fire! how many lawsuits are just waiting??? is this just a numbers game to them??? how many cars have to blow up? how many lives lost?? how many houses catch on fire?!?? geez kia! fix this problem and don’t just bandaid it!.

3 Automatic Emergency Braking problem

Failure Date: 11/10/2020

I was driving and heard a knocking sound. I came to a stop sign and the car stalled. It restarted but had no power. I turned and tried to go a little further had no power. I managed to get the car off road and into the bypass lane. Car would not start again. I had to call for tow truck.


Other Forward Collision Avoidance related problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento

Automatic Emergency Braking problems
3
Adaptive Cruise Control problems
1


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