Mid/rear Seats Assembly Problems of Kia Motor Sorento

The levers on both my middle seats do work, so I can't lay my seats down or get in the third row.

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Rear seat stuck. Rear passenger seat lever has always been a little hard to activate to raise or lower the seat. It took a combination of pulling the lever and giggling the seat to get it to engage. That little trick recently stopped working and my rear passenger side seat is now permanently stuck in the down position. I did an internet search on a way to fix the problem and found multiple complaints which indicates that this is a systemic problem with kia sorrentos. They'll warranty the power train for 100,000 miles but this seat only made it for about 50,000 miles.

Right rear seat is locked in the folded down position. It will not release.

I have had the second passenger side rear seat latch repaired 3x already. It is going in for 4th time next week.

Rear seat latch broke in reclined position ,has been hard to operate since purchased. In driveway when incident occured.

Rear seat latch malfunction. The seat is stuck in an upright position. The latch does not work at all. Very inconvenient when the whole family is in the car. Kids forced to enter and exit through trunk. Annoying!! appointment at dealership next week. Hopefully they will fix it free of charge because clearly its a design flaw.

When out to my kia and I hit the unlock button. Attempted to open the front passenger door. Didn't open, so I hit the unlock again, still wouldn't open. So I walked around and opened the drivers side and reached over, the door opened. This is the first time for this door. But I've had this happen to me to the rear drive side door and had to have the door handle replaced. The kia was sitting in the driveway not running and that door doesn't have near as much use as some of the others. Also the back seat on the passenger side won't go down. I am assuming the cable is broke. Again this was not used much since I got the kia almost 4 years ago. I think I used this feature 2 times and it wouldn't work after that.

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The back seat on the drivers side will not go back to the proper upright position. I put down the seat in order to take some materials needed for my job, when I tried to return back to the upright position it only went so far, now when my son is in his car seat he is leaning forward and a slight angle. If an accident were to happen and I was hit on the drivers side and the airbag were to deploy it would literally hit my son at such an angle as to possibly seriously injure or kill him. I went to get it replaced and because I had gone over my mileage by 1300 miles they stated that it would cost me 550. 00 to correct this issue. I feel this is a serious safety violation and I should not have to pay to get it repaired.

The passenger side retractable rear seat became more difficult to operate since purchasing the vehicle new. Finally it became stuck to the extent that it could not be moved in either direction. This occurred one month after the warranty expired.

Rear seat latches break. 1st occurrence approx 60k miles. Broken again approx 70k miles. Latches very difficult to use. May break and leave seat useless in down position. Currently broken with seat stuck in upright position. Appears to break while vehicle stationary. Kia seems to have issues w latches in general. Am aware warranty extension for door latches (2 of mine have broken). Thank you!!!.

The lever to fold down the second row seat gets stuck. It is so hard to operate sometimes that no matter how much force you use the seat back lever will not release. After servicing it 3 times the dealer has told me they fixed it each time, but the intermittent problem is still present. They say the gear that holds the seat in place has very sharp teeth and was not manufactured properly. They say many kia sorrentos have the same problem. They say you have to wiggle the seat back as you try the release lever. The safety concern is if you have to exit the vehicle in an emergency the second row seat in the up position would prohibit the back seat passengers from escape. The seat in the down position would impeed the two second row passengers from exiting through the passenger door.

I hydroplaned and swerved across the street in the oncoming lane and spun out and went up a ditch and hit a tree. I was ejected from the car (I was wearing my seat belt) and my seat back broke and I was ejected out of the car through the passenger's back seat door - I broke the door with my back going through it. I fractured a vertebrae in my back and had extensive bruises everywhere and a hairline fracture in my left arm. I would not have been so severely hurt had my seat not broke and I was ejected. The side passenger air bag deployed but not the driver's side. I was told I would not have been hurt as severely had I not been ejected. I missed almost 3 weeks of work and now wear a back brace and am in constant pain.

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