Tank Assembly Problems of Kia Motor Sorento

Tl the contact owns a 2011 kia Sorento. The contact stated that while operating the vehicle, the check engine warning light remained illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer west herr kia located at 3565 southwestern blvd, orchard park, NY 14127 who diagnosed the vehicle with a fuel vapor leak and that the fuel tank needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 83,000.

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The contact owned a 2014 kia Sorento. After the vehicle was parked for five hours, the fuel tank caught fire without warning. The vehicle was destroyed. No injuries were reported. The fire department confirmed that the fuel tank caused the fire. The failure mileage was 21,000.

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The contact owns a 2003 kia Sorento. While driving 70 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate. The contact moved the vehicle off the roadway and the engine rpms increased as the vehicle began to perform normally. The contact also stated that once the fuel tank was below 3/4 full, the engine would lose power and began to idle. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was inspected but was neither diagnosed nor repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue but provided no assistance. The approximate failure mileage was 26,000.

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When putting gas in the tank, the gas blew back out with a force like shaking a soda can and opening it. Today was the 3rd and worst time. It started about 2 weeks ago with the fuel just spilling out, but tonight it blew back out at me with such a force as to spray gas all over the front of me up to my neck. My shirt was soaked, the gas was all over my pants and shoes. By the time I was able to drive home and shower, burns from the gas on my skin started appearing on my chest.

I purchased a new kia Sorento on December 14, 2011. After driving it for couple days, I noticed my airbag light. It had continued to stay on so I had notified the dealer I had purchased it from. They told me that it's probably because a passenger was not sitting there and once someone sits there and buckles their seat belt, the light will go off. It was not true at all because I have had passengers sitting there and the light was still on. So after finding some time, I took my car in to a dealership near my house and found out that the airbag cushion was missing in the passenger seat. The worker was very worried and did not want me driving the car around until they had installed the airbag cushion. I also started to have some problems with my fuel system. The first time it ever happened, the tank overfilled and started leaking from the bottom of my car. I did not know that my tank was full because the gas pump never clicked off and kept on going. Then the next few times I went to put gas in, the pump kept stopping as if the tank was full. Several times I had to manually stop the pump, or hold it so the pump would keep going. After finding some time (again), I took my car in. The service did not know what was wrong with the system so I had to take them to a gas station and show them what was happening. After seeing the problem, he was able to figure out what was exactly wrong with it and was able to fix it. Unfortunately, the problem is back and I have to hold the pump when I am putting in gas. I need to take my car in for the third time; not to mention the first couple of times I took my car in, it was not fixed in one day, and I even had to rent a car. I had notified the kia customer service about my problems, but they were not informative and told me to contact the service at my dealership, and not contact them.

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The contact owns a 2003 kia Sorento. The contact stated that the smell of fuel was emitted inside and outside of the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where they confirmed a fuel leak from the fueltank. The manufacturer was contacted, but the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 102,500 and the current mileage was 102,700.

2003 kia Sorento. Consumer writes in regards to gasoline tank defect. Consumer requests reimbursement the consumer stated she received a voluntary service campaign letter from Kia Motors regarding the replacement of the fuel tank ai filter. The consumer stated she experienced the failure in September 2011. However, when she contacted kia regarding reimbursement, she was informed there was no recall of that nature. Kia informed the consumer she would not be reimbursement for the defect. The consumer stated her vehicle was not operable, due to the fact, she could not get more than one gallon of gasoline into the tank without it spraying back out of the tank. The mechanic found the charcoal canister falling apart and blocking the air flow in close valve, vent filter and roll over valve. The fuel pump assembly was removed and the charcoal cleaned out of the fuel tank and roll over valve.

Whenever I attempt to put gas in my truck, the gas always comes back out. I tried to have it fixed but no one ever heard of a gas tank doing this unless it's full all ready which I know. I mean the gas would just flow out really bad. Some gas stations won't even allow me to use their station in fear of a fire.

I am writing this complaint against Kia Motors who willingly knows of issues with its fuel systems in all 2004 kia Sorentos. Even looking online you see thousands of kia owners who have had the sensor go out on this model car after the cars 100000 warranty, and then kia claims it is past the warranty they have and there is nothing they can do. This causes the gas to always read incorrectly even with a full tank the car reads "e" and continuously every day have to place more gas in car for fear that the "e" may come on and like several days ago I was left on the side of the road from this. When you reach out to kia they offer no help stating there are no documented cases and when you tell them to look online, they claim those could just be angry customers placing false information. Then they want to hang behind the "as is" clause stating that I should have had a mechanic check the car out, which unless they are a kia dealer and are aware of this issue which did not show up to several days later after the car was purchased. This is known defect in manufacturing as evidenced online and feel that something should be done to make kia fix these problems without customers having to fork over more and more money over something kia itself is responsible for and will not rectify.

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I have a 2003 kia Sorento and about 3 months ago when I went to put gas in my car the gas was spewing out on my car, the ground, and on me. And it happens every time I put gas in it now. I have to pump very slowly so it don't shoot out at me. But that takes twenty min to pump half a tank of gas. The kia dealership says their not sure what's wrong but will cost around $600. 00-%$800. 00 to fix it.

The contact owns a 2003 kia Sorento. The contact stated that the fuel tank was dispensing the gasoline back out towards her as she added gasoline. When the contact entered the vehicle the fuel gauge reads full when it was not completely full. The dealer was contacted and informed her that there were no recalls in reference to the fuel system. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 107,500.

Approximately 6 months ago, I noticed that I cannot fill up my fuel tank in my 2003 kia Sorento without the fuel backing up and kicking back out the tank. I have to fill the tank very slowly and it takes a long time. It just started to occur one day and happens every time I refill.

When fueling the vehicle fuel has been spraying back out of the fuel filler neck if the fuel is pumped at a normal rate. This has occurred since well before the 1st incident date. The only way to keep the fuel from spraying out is to pump the fuel very slowly and stop. Fuel would spray all over me, my wife and the vehicle. While traveling on the interstate and the fuel gauge registers 3/4 full and when the vehicle is going uphill the vehicle rpm's will drop, the throttle becomes unresponsive and the vehicle losses speed. The vehicle will recover after reaching level ground. The vehicle was taken to kia and no problems were found. Again while traveling for the holidays on 11/24/10 and 11/28/10 this incident occurred again when the fuel gauge registered 3/4 full and in heavy traffic on I-65 almost causing vehicles to run over me due to my speed dropping abruptly. I reached the nearest fuel station and filled the tank up. This does not happen when the vehicle is above 3/4 full. This does not happen while driving around town. The problem with fueling the vehicle is all the time.

The contact owns a 2003 kia Sorento. The contact stated when attempting to fill the fuel tank, there was a restriction that only allowed the fuel to enter the filler neck slowly. The fuel would also come back out (fuel expulsion). The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired at the time of the complaint. The contact had not spoken with the manufacturer at the time of the complaint. The current mileage was approximately 70,000. The failure mileage was approximately 69,000.

2003 kia Sorento has fuel tank that does not read gas right. It will tell you empty when it is not empty this gage has never worked right and needs to be recalled to fix this thing before some one get hurt badly.

This is the third time this incident happened. During this last time, the gas gauge showed that the tank have less than 1/8 full. When I started to pump gasoline to the vehicle's tank, the gas pump abruptly stopped as if the vehicle's gas tank is already full and gasoline splashed back out of the tank. Gasoline sprayed all over including myself. I cautiously started to pump gas to the vehicle again and the same thing happened. I smelled like gasoline and ruined my clothes.

I have a 2003 kia Sorento,bought in January,2003. During the summer of 2009 I found everytime I filled the gas tank,fuel would "blow-back" at first I could sometime remove the nozzle and re-start the fill and it would stop. I also I had to deliver the gas very slowly. Since last year I find I can never fill without "blow-back" and it seems I must listen for the rush of fuel to spit back. I usually find I am covered with fuel and the paint on the rear panel is beginning to show damage from the fuel. I have not been to the dealer as just as this problem began, the kia dealer in daytona beach closed.

Purchased vehicle used in November 2008 - kia Sorento 2003. I noticed a gasoline smell shortly after the purchase, but didn't think it was from my vehicle. Last week noticed a damp spot under my car, checked it, found gasoline leaking from my tank. Took the car in to the dealership for service. They found a crack along a seam in the gas tank and replaced it.

Gas spews out while trying to refuel, doesn't matter if it's almost empty or half full,gets all over car,ground and me. Have to dribble fuel in tank and takes 15 min. Just to put a 1\4 tank in. I don't like smelling of gas and being a walking fire hazard.

When I attempt to fill the gas tank in my 2003 kia Sorento, the gasoline blows back at me. This happens every time I add gas. If I am not careful it gets on my clothing, shoes, outside of my vehicle and on the ground. The dealership has quoted that a repair would cost between $650. 00 and $850. 00 to fix it although they cannot tell me for sure what the problem is. I cannot afford to have this repaired.

I own a 2006 kia Sorento. Several months ago we noticed an issue with gas spraying back when trying to fill the tank. We went to the kia dealer where we bought our vehicle to learn the dealership had been sold. We notified the new dealer of our need to have warranty work done, explained the problem and was told that no warranty work could be done until they were given "codes" from the parent company. We made many calls over several months and was finally told not to call the dealer, they had our information and would call us. The situation with the gas tank seemed to settle until two week ago when the same problem occurred only to a greater degree, there is a great deal of spray back, and the tank cannot be filled. We returned to the dealer and was told this was a vapor valve issue and since our car now had 70000 miles the warranty would not apply. There is no record of our calls nor is there any record of the "codes". I have initiated a complaint with the parent company, to no avail. After reviewing some of the literature I have noted that kia has had issues similar to this since 1999 with a NHTSA investigation of gas tank leaks in may 2006. I believe that the same defect that was in the kia sportage is in the kia Sorento. There seems to be a growing population of kia owners who are having the same issue. Since my issue seems to be the same as many other kia owners who have had gas tank problems, I do not feel I should have to pay in excess of 500 dollars to correct a problem that kia knew they had. Both the dealership and the parent company refuse to acknowledge this issue even though there is significant documentation of this exact issue being investigated over time. Thank you paul leblanc.

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The contact owns a 2003 kia Sorento. While placing fuel into the vehicle, the fuel spewed back out from the gas pump. The contact stated that it would take ten minutes to place $20 worth of gas into the vehicle. He had to place small quantities of fuel into the vehicle at a time to prevent it from spewing back out. An independent mechanic replaced the fuel tank pressure relief valve at the cost of $191; however, the failure persists. The manufacturer was unable to provide any assistance . The failure mileage was 82,000 and current mileage was 85,000. Updated 10/16/08 updated 10/20/08.

2003 kia Sorento. Gas tank will not fill and when attempting to fill the car will spew gas onto the consumer and all over the car and surrounding area creating a potential fire hazard. According to kia I have to replace the entire gas tank assembly because it's defective. For now I have to pump the gas in extremely slowly and it takes approximately 12 times longer than normal.

Like many 2003 kia Sorento owners the overflow tank in mine developed a crack in the bottom that is only visible when it is pressurized. Although kia knows there is a problem with the overflow tank in most if not all 2003 kia Sorento's and has sent out a TSB to their mechanics over how to replace it. As soon as my car had overheated due to the leak, I had to pay around $100 to buy a new tank from the nearest dealership but alas after over heating my car developed more problems and engine having to be thrown out. This has cost me over $4300 in repairs so far, and have not been able to drive the car I am still making monthly payments on in nine months. None of which are covered to the warranty due to their "10 year 100,000 mile" powertrain warranty not being transferable to those who buy the car used.

2003 kia Sorento gas tank does not register correctly. After about 3/4 full, it drops to read "empty". This started happening after the car was only a year old. I was told it would be very expensive to fix it and to just try to gauge when the car was getting close to empty. I travel quite a bit for my job and have been stranded about 4-5 times at night with an empty gas tank. . . . Not the safest of situations.

My 2003 kia Sorento, made 10/12/02, does not take gas well. When you fill it, it pressurized and blows gas back at you. This is an ongoing failure and safety issue. A mechanic says this needs a different fuel tank assembly and valve to correct the problem.