Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento

Two problems related to car accelerates on its own 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 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 02/27/2014

The contact owns a 2012 kia Sorento. The contact sated that while reversing from a driveway, the vehicle suddenly accelerated and continued to accelerate with the brake pedal depressed. The contact was able to avoid crashing into a tree. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer to have a diagnostic performed. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure and current mileage was 21,000.

2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 09/01/2011

The contact owns a 2012 kia Sorento sx. The contact stated that the vehicle would accelerate suddenly at any given time without warning. The engine would exhibit an abnormal increase in rpms and the contact would then have to depress the brakes to control the vehicle. The dealer was unable to diagnose a failure. The manufacturer was not contacted and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 450 and the current mileage was 600.


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