Car Accelerates On Its Own problems of the 2016 Kia Motor Sorento

Two problems related to car accelerates on its own have been reported for the 2016 Kia Motor Sorento. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2016 Kia Motor Sorento based on all problems reported for the 2016 Sorento.

1 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 02/09/2017

The contact owns a 2016 kia Sorento. While the vehicle was idling with the brake pedal depressed, the engine revved up and the vehicle experienced unintended acceleration. The contact stated that the failure was intermittent and occurred without warning. The contact stated that the failure occurred four times. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where it was determined that an engineer from kia would have to investigate the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 29,200.

2 Car Accelerates On Its Own problem

Failure Date: 11/15/2016

Vehicle fails to accelerate properly, especially when accelerating rapidly. Vehicle exhibits exact same problems as in NHTSA recall # 15v-089 and manufacturer recall #sc115. The manufacture date for the automobile on the door sticker is February 16, 2015 -- which is not in the original recall dates for the above mentioned recalls.


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