Engine Belts And Pulleys problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento

Two problems related to engine belts and pulleys 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 Engine Belts And Pulleys problem

Failure Date: 05/01/2020

Driving on the thru-way going 65 mph when my vehicle jerked forward suddenly. I was able to pull over, vehicle lost control of steering and brakes and completely just 'shut off' on me with no fore-warning. Called aaa, tech. Could visibly see a belt which had ripped out of engine and was dangling under vehicle. I then had vehicle repaired- a new belt was installed , a brand new alternator, new brakes, oil change. 3 weeks after this event, I was again driving on the thru- way in almost the same exact location and this happened again. . My vehicle just went dead, this time slowing down and dying. Called aaa , they serviced me off the thru-way (thru-way division) and upon having vehicle looked at my choice shop. . I was told that my vehicle had completely seized (was now totally dead) and was non- repairable without a new engine. Also told that my vehicle had little oil even though I had only 3 weeks prior gotten an oil change and car repairman could not report any physical issues with oil connections, ie. Gasket leak, drain plug, seal issues. Due to the amount of monies I have spent from day 1 on this vehicle, my experiences and the lemon the vehicle has proven to be, I find this incredibly unsettling and know that there were issues going on with this vehicle prior to it going onto the road that should have been repaired and were not due to no fault of my own. Aside from these issues, in past there were several other problems related to the locks and windows locking on there own while vehicle in motion and fuses related to this as well as the vehicle shocking me when opening drivers side door handle which is incredibly unsafe! I request that someone please look into the recall withholding which has come to light with kia and my vehicle qualifying for these recalls as kia has told me that they are unwilling to assist me financially as well as west herr.

2 Engine Belts And Pulleys problem

Failure Date: 03/05/2018

I had a few problems with my car, one of them is that my car made a big rattle noise while driving at about 45mph in the street, I call kia made an appointment took the car and when they got back to me they said it was the throttle need it to be replace ($500) then the started ($600) I have replace this 2 times already, then the drive belt idler pulley and the brake lights go off very often, and so on. Make story short my car was in the safety recall, my car as showed all the signs, rattle noise, the oil light goes on and off the dashboard I have spend a lot of money in this car but they refuse to replace the engine. I received a second safety recall number 17v224 on October 17, 2017. And then another notice from kia saying they extended the warranty on my car to 120,000 miles. On my point of view that doesn't fix the problem.




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