general problems of the 2012 Kia Motor Sorento - part 2

The vehicle grossly lost power and came to a near stop which almost caused collision with vehicles traveling at speed limit behind me. While traveling normally at the posted 55 mph speed the vehicle slowed immediately to nearly moving. This happened multiple times which I reported to the kia dealer each time. The dealer did not correctly diagnose the problem until after the third report.

My wife parked car in driveway and open garage door to take trash out to curb. She left the car idling and in park. My driveway has slight incline. It took her about 3 to 5 minutes to bring trash to curb. While approaching the kia Sorento she noticed it started rolling down the driveway. Panicking she tried to reach in and kill the engine. She was hit by door and knocked her onto the drivers floor with her feet outside the car. She tried pressing the brake pedal with no luck slowing down the car. As she got to the end of the driveway the cars speed had increased enough where she couldn't hold on any longer. She was thrown from the car into the street. Take one step back now. When she pulled into the driveway she put the car in park allowing her to get out of the car. When I got there afterwards no one had touched the car yet and the car was in neutral. The Sorento had to slip out of park and into neutral. Reasoning is because 1) if left in any gear other than park door wouldn't of unlocked. 2) if left in gear the car wouldn't of stayed in one place in the driveway hill for 3 to 5 minutes before staring to roll. Trying to see if anyone else has had their kia Sorento slip from park into neutral! please let me know if you have.

I am beyond disappointed in my 2012 kia Sorento. It all started when my Sorento began to vibrate when traveling at interstate speed, then it just led to more complex problems. I can be driving down the interstate at normal interstate speed of 70 or going 50 and it will go crazy making unusual sounds and all the lights start going crazy. Then the whole vehicle shuts off. This is very concerning since I have a 2 year old and 1 year old in my back seat and it always seems to happen when I am in a high traffic area. I purchased the Sorento because it is suppose to be considered a family vehicle. That's isn't it. I can be traveling in town or where ever and when at a yield entrance way I can pull into the main road and what do you know. The Sorento stalls out. It doesn't want to increase speed. This same thing also happens while I am speeding up as well. It gets up to 5rpm before changing gears. I can't let off or I will get rear ended. My Sorento also has a horrible pull to the right. I have put new tires, had numerous alignments and all. Nothing helps it. It has never been in any accident whatsoever, but if these problems keep up there seems to be one in the near future. I have also took it to several delearships to get the other issues checked out but I get the same response. "they never can figure anything out" I have got several other people to drive it as well just to be sure it wasn't the way I drove. I am to the point where I am terrified to drive it and especially allow my children to ride in it. I'm sure all of us with the similar issues are not imaging things. I am so frustrated and to the point I want to consider a lawsuit because I really don't want a fatal wreck resulted from these malfunctions to finally make someone do something about these issues. Not my family, your family, or anyone elses. Please help us! our lives and our children's lives are at risk!.

When I am slowing down to around 20 mph, the car completely shuts down. No power, at all.

I purchased a 2012 kia sorrento with 24 miles on 12/20/11. 10/24/12-I was driving up a hill with a line of cars behind me and students walking behind me my vehicle just stopped. I was forced to back down the hill. I had gone to visit my son in college and as soon as I go there I had to turn around and go home. I was 160 miles from home and didn't want to risk breaking down on the interstate in the dark. I took the vehicle to dealership 11/1/12-transmission was installed-vehicle was kept a week. Our first replacement transmission. 1/1/13-my husband was driving and lost acceleration. We took the vehicle to dealership. Week 1-our 2nd new transmission installed. We called about vehicle and was told that they installed transmission but that it still wasn't working correctly and that they were speaking with the manufacture. They needed to put in a 3rd transmission. Another week past. End of week 2-stopped in to check on vehicle and was told that they needed to put in yet another transmission and this transmission would be coming directly off the manufacture floor. Once completed this will be the 4th new transmission in this vehicle. The dealership has had the vehicle this time for 27 days as of 1/29/12 and it's still not fixed. After the issues with the transmission the first time, I did some research and found that there were issues with transmissions in the 2011 kia sorrento. There is obviously something seriously wrong with this vehicle. The dealership has spoken with the appropriate people at kia to resolve this problem numerous times unsuccessfully and I have lost all confidence in this vehicle. I notified the manufacture and filed complaint. 5 total transmissions and over 30 days in the shop. . It's time for kia to step up and make this right!.

The contact owns a 2012 kia Sorento. The contact was driving 45 mph when the vehicle would no longer accelerate. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and took it to the dealer for diagnosis. The dealer could not diagnose the failure. The manufacturer was contact and stated that if the dealer was unable to diagnose a failure then they would not be able to provide any assistance to the contact. The failure mileage was 6,000 and the current mileage was 96,000.

The contact owns a 2012 kia Sorento. The contact stated that the vehicle was parked in a residential driveway with the engine off when it rolled backward and crashed into a neighboring home. The contact stated that before shutting the vehicle off, he was unable to shift into park and shut off the vehicle while in drive. The vehicle was destroyed. The police were called and a report was filed and available. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 4,500.

I have a 2012 kia Sorento. Bought with 114 miles on it. I have the automatic transmission, ex awd model w/power shifting. I noticed after driving my car shortly after purchasing that the car would not shift when it should. Rpms would reach up to 4000 and the car still would not shift. I have to manual shift the car into the next gear since my automatic transmission has trouble. If I wanted a standard transmission - I would have purchased one.

I own a 2012 4 cylinder kia Sorento. I bought it new in Nov 2011. Had it about 8 months and was driving up a hill with traffic behind me and it just stopped. . . . Had to let traffic around me and then let off brake to coast back down hill until I got to a place I could pull in. Took it to local dealership. . . Transmission issues-had to get new one. . . Dealership kept it over a week. Less than 2 weeks later my husband was driving up a hill and again same type of problems and was told by dealership I needed another transmission. . . . It's been at dealership 1/2 a week and not sure when I'll get it back.

The 2012 kia Sorento lx awd was purchased new with 233 miles on it. The vehicle's automatic transmission regularly hesitates to up-shift during smooth acceleration while under normal driving conditions (flat roads, cruising speeds), causing the engine to hang in the 3500+ rpm range. When the car has finished accelerating and has reached cruising speed, my foot backs off the accelerator pedal and it still does not up-shift or even coast. Instead, the vehicle drastically decelerates as the engine rpms drop because the transmission remains in the same gear when my foot leaves the accelerator, rather than up-shifting to the next gear. I have driven countless automatic transmission vehicles over the years and have never experienced this phenomenon prior to owning this vehicle. I don?t normally make use of the "sportmatic shift" feature of the vehicle's automatic transmission. However, sometimes "manually" up-shifting with the sportmatic shift is the only way to get the car to up-shift properly to 5th or 6th gear once acceleration is complete and cruising speed has been reached. It seems as if either the transmission or the power train control module is ill-informed or just poorly programmed. Aside from the sheer annoyance of this defect from a driver's perspective, it also is ruining the fuel economy of the vehicle. For a vehicle with an epa miles-per-gallon rating of 21 city/28 highway/23 combined, I have never once achieved true calculated fuel economy of over 20 mpg since owning this vehicle. My driving patterns are approximately 40% city and 60% highway driving. The car is driven in a fairly rural area with hardly any stop-and-go traffic. The vehicle is not carrying excess weight and all 4 tires are inflated to the manufacturer?s specification. I've seen online that several other 2012 Sorento drivers are complaining about this same issue.

2012 kia Sorento v-6 awd vehicle surges either forward or reverse during start up as if its partially in gear. Once started it seems to be fine and drives normally. The issue was sporadic at first but is now occuring on a daily basis. The dealership was first contacted on 8/27/11. The vehicle was then taken in on 9/6/11 but was not fixed as the dealership was having computer related issues. I have not been successful in getting a response from the dealer since then! 9/28/11.

When starting vehicle with the start button, there is a loud popping sound and the vehicle either wants to lung forward or backwards in the park position, took the vehicle back to the dealer the first time, I'm told that until they actually hear the noise they cannot detect what is causing it since no check engine light comes on they did nothing since they didn't hear the noise. Took vehicle back second time as now the sound is getting louder and the lunging is more prominent , as the service manager was checking the vehicle in she started vehicle and heard the pop sound, said kia put out an update for a part under the dealership recall number sa087 and that other vehicle that were brought in for the same reason were updated and they had no other vehicles come back after the updates installed. I was relieved to know that finally, something will be done, unfortunately, I received the vehicle back after the update and it is still doing the same thing. It does not do this every time I start the vehicle, however, it is playing on my nerves every time I go to start it I close my eyes and pray it is not going to happen again, it did and still does. I did file a case directly with kia direct whereas they are monitoring it, I saw where there are other people having this same problem. You purchase a brand new vehicle assuming you have peace of mind and I am scared to even get in this vehicle. Called the dealership, and wants to set up yet another appointment, this is a great inconvenience, back and forth only to be told they cannot find anything.