Body problems of the 2014 Kia Motor Sorento - part 1

Paint peeled off.

Paint is falling off in large sheets could be a safety issue, been reported to the dealership, and no warning. I feel this is a real safety issue because it comes off in large sheets could cause and issue on the highways for flying debris.

Paint has peeled off and continues to peel off from many places on the vehicle. One large spot is on top where no debris from the road hits. Since this has started it has only gotten worse. I believe the entire car will be paint free if this situation is not rectified. Currently there are five different locations where the paint has peeled off. Color of my vehicle is snow white pearl.

My vehicle's snow pearl white paint is flaking off in large chunks on the windshield pillars (both sides), as well as chipping all over the body. The chipping began in 2018 (2 years after purchase) and the large chunks began in 2022. Paint chunks have flown off my car while driving on the highway. Missing paint is now leading to the body of the car rusting. My car is available for inspection. The dealership has inspected the problem and informed me I am not the first person they have encountered with this same problem. It is specifically common with snow pearl white paint. Bubbles are forming under the paint in other spots now, and I am worried about the possibility of it coming off in larger chucks on the hood- which could possibly create a projectile/vision obstruction. I have provided photos to the manufacturer in 2022 and started a case number. I have not heard back since.

I have a 2014 pearl white Sorento sx. After washing my car recently, two area showed up that have started to delaminate. I talked with my insurance company who came out and told me there are known problems with especially the pearl white on kia Sorento so they wouldn't cover anything. Unfortunately those two areas are spreading and three new areas are cropping up. Based on what I've learned since the insurance company informed me of the problem, other pearl white Sorento owners (2014 and other years) are experiencing continuing delamination. It seems highly likely the delamination will only continue to get worse which will severely impacts the value of the car. I spent several thousand getting an extended warranty that is still good through 125000 miles, with the thought that, in addition to providing protection from a significant problem with the car (e. G. , engine, transmission, etc. ) it would also increase the value when I decide to sell. The warranty does not cover paint (I don't believe any extended warranties do). I am sure that I've now lost 25-50% of the value of the car which is very, very upsetting. I haven't contacted the dealer I had been going to because they let me drive my car off the lot after servicing it and they forgot to put oil in. Thank god I had an inspection appointment the next with a local shop who showed me the problem. The paint problem is obviously a latent defect. I believe kia should take responsibility for the problem, but I am fairly sure they won't unless there is a recall. So I am hoping that with enough complaints a recall will be issued. Thank you for your time taking my complaint.

Pearl white paint peeling off with less than 100k miles.

Snow white pearl paint bubbles and has peeled away from body of SUV around window shield. 2014 kia Sorento with 60,000 miles on it.

I left my car outside in a light rainstorm while at work. When I arrived back at my car I noticed something off about my paint, I soon discovered it was a water bubble in my paint, this caused my paint to fall off leaving my vehicle with a large chunk of missing paint.

Paint falling off like paper. Kia used defective paint and knows it. Whole car needs to be repainted with different non defective paint!.

White paint is peeling rapidly and exposing the primer.

Paint is pealing on car this is third time kia gave 1,800. 00 dollars to have previous pealing paint repaired then pealed again on rear of roof now on drivers side pillar about 1 ft strip blew off cant locate date kia reimbursed me 1st time 2nd time 2022 3rd time 11 5 23.

At first, I thought it was due to normal wear on the vehicle. And would need a touch of paint job. I started seeing other vehicle with the same areas of paint issues on the road as mines. 2014 kia Sorento lx - pearl white paint peeling around windshield and off hood. Bubbles started forming form under paint and paint blisters and peels away quickly in large chunks from vehicle. Went to dealership and they told me paint is only under warranty for 36k miles, but after seeing all the complaints online with white Sorento, I realized there is a problem with kia paint. However, they suggested calling kia directly. When calling them they have no recall for this paint issue that has been caused by a defect in the paint that for some reason happens after their 36k miles warranty. Kia neeed to fix this issue.

Paint is peeling off of my kia.

My kia Sorento is severely peeling paint. It comes off in chunks. Since it has starting peeling above the passengers side door, it has not stopped. I saw that several other people have had this complaint and kia has not fixed it yet. Kia will not agree to fix the paint job. My car has a swp color on it and won’t stop peeling.

The body of vehicle has paint chipping away in large pieces for no apparent reason. The color is a pearl white.

I have not had my car a year and the seatbelt light came on 2 days ago. I am keeping the services up and all of these things were supposedly passed during the inspection before I purchased my car. Also, the paint is peeling off the car. There are so many cars that has peeling paint when passing. Paint should not peel like that. I've never had this problem with any car I have purchased.

Paint peeling on hood. Does not look like it came from a stone chip.

Paint is delaminated and pealing off. Paint type pearl snow white. After researching online it seems this is happening to hundreds of 2014 kia Sorentos.

My 2014 kia Sorento ex was purchased brand new, one owner, and started losing paint in several areas on the outside of the car and is horrible. So many 2014 kias have this issue. It is a bad paint job. This should never happen and I’ll never buy another kia. Kia should fix these issues immediately. My kia is in great shape except for the horrible paint.

The paint peeling is seriously dominate in pearl white and that needs to be addressed!! we have seen peeling in other colors as well. We want this to lead to a investigation.

I have a problem with the paint on the car; it keeps falling off by itself, and I tried to contact the kia dealer for this issue, but they said to report here to you.

I have the pearl white color and it is peeling off everywhere! my hood is almost completely gone and it’s now starting to chip on the side near the drivers door. It started off as little chips but now it is in clumps. Somebody told me it was delaminating and a ton of other pearl white kia drivers are reporting this.

Paint chipping delamination on the pillar of the SUV! I painted once on the driver side now the passenger side is peeling. Defective.

The paint is delaminating . It is peeling off down to the primer. This is a know problem with kia. The kia service manager stated kia would not make good for the repair stating it has been more the 36 months and the warranty has expired. A heavy rain furthers the peeling. Under the right circumstance in the rain with the peeling sticking to the windshield could cause limited vision during driving and could be hazardous.

We have a 2014 kia Sorento slx pearl white and the paint first started coming off in the front on the hood and bumper cover which we had repaired for a ridiculous amount of money. The body shop said it would be cheaper to just order a new bumper cover and paint it instead of stripping away all the paint on the old one and then painting due to the amount of labor hours required to do so. I have the bill. Then it started coming off around the door/pillar area on the driver side which we then paid again to have repaired. Now as of this week a large piece of pain has just peaked away around the size of a dollar bill on the passenger side pillar above where the door closes into. This is ridiculous that for no reason the paint is just coming off in large sections without any manipulation at all. If it's not fixed( whole vehicle being painted) the paint is just going to keep coming off until their is nothing but bare metal. I should not have to keep having all these place repaired and matched up each time more comes off. Kia should be responsible for getting this repaired.

Began in August as a minor paint chip to rain. Has continued to progress and flake off more, to now triple the size within three months on the drive side door panel. Chipping has now began on the hood as well. Was informed that this is paint delamination due to poor adhesion of paint.

The paint has chipped off in spots all over the vehicle.

I have a pearl white 2014 kia sorrento that I bought used with approximately 50,000 miles from rick case kia in sunrise, florida. It has 117,000 miles on it today and multiple parts of the paint that is peeling on the hood and roof. I noticed the first paint defect when I bought it, which was on the roof (this is where to largest peel is now). I didn't think too much about it because it was small. I have had lots of trouble with this vehicle like engine failure and wheel hub failure. Then at around 65,000 miles, I noticed that the roof paint had peeled more to be 2 to 3 inches in size. I then called wallace kia in stuart, FL to request a covered repair and they told me that my paint warranty had expired. Since then the paint has continued to peel with exposed rusted metal with some paint defects to be the size of my hand.

Paint is sliding off vehicle pearle white drivers side, side window frame & top above window. I see many others have made complaints on those issues. Yes this vehicle is 8 years old, but is kept in a garage in the winter, I have never had a problem with other vehicles like this & have them beyond 10 years.

Paint is chipped and peeling. Snow white pearl.

Vehicle is experiencing paint adhesion failure.

Paint peeling.

2014 pearl white kia sorrento is peeling paint everywhere. It shouldn’t be doing that and it’s an inferior paint that seems to be a major problem.

Pearl white paint is peeling on the hood, roof just above windshield and side molding next to the windshield. Small chips quickly turn into large areas from rain. All areas were small when I purchased the vehicle in summer of 2021.

Paint is peeling off of door.