2006 Kia Sorento Transmission Problems

Your brake lights and interior lights aren't working even though you've replaced all the bulbs and fuses. This is related to recall #SC077 for your 2006 Kia Sorento. The issue likely involves the electrical wiring or connections that control these lights rather than the bulbs themselves.

I WAS DRIVING HEADED TO GET ON THE HI-WAY, HEARD A NOISE AND A WHINE AND THEN MY CAR BEGAN TO RUN BAD. SHAKING AND LIKE NO POWER STEERING OR SOMETHING. AS I WAS TRYING TO STOP AND PULL OVER THERE WAS A RATTLING SOUND. I AM BEING TOLD 2 THINGS. BUT THEY ALL COME DOWN TO A BOLT THAT IS SAID TO HAVE COME LOOSE AND CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE CAMSHAFT AND HARMONIC BALANCER. WHICH I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT AND YOUR COMPANY IS NOT OWNING THIS ISSUE OR ASSISTING TO HAVE THE ISSUE REPAIRED OR RECALLED AND RESEARCH SHOWS YOU ARE WELL AWARE OF THE ISSUE, AS THERE WAS A CLASS ACTION SUIT THAT YOU SETTLED ON IN 2017. HOWEVER, I DID NOT PURCHASE MY CAR OR HAVE ISSUES WITH THE BOLT UNTIL AFTER THEN. WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS FOR PPL WHO ARE NOW EXPERIENCING THIS? I HAVE CHECKED WITH THE PREVIOUS OWNER AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THIS PROBLEM AND THEY HAVE NO RECORD OF BEING A PART OF THE SUIT. I WOULD APPRECIATE SOMEONE CONTACTING ME CONCERNING THIS AND OPTIONS FOR REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT IMMEDIATELY. THANK YOU. I COULD HAVE DIED HAS I ALREADY GOTTEN ON THE HI-WAY OR BEEN GOING MUCH FASTER. ONLY BY THE GRACE OF GOD DID THAT NOT HAPPEN. I PRAY THAT YOUR COMPANY IS READY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP AND OFFER ASSISTANCE TO THOSE WHO BOUGHT AND CONTINUE TO USE YOUR PRODUCTS.

OVERHEATED ON HIGHWAY WOULDNT RUN NEVEMBER 2015 12/23/2015 $3,687.71 ENGINE REPLACEMENT 03/30/2016-05/23/2016 JEFF SMITH AUTO MULTI PT. INSPECTION REPLACE COILS WIRES PLUGS TIMING CRANK AND CAM SENSORS CLEAN TANK AND REPLACE FUEL PUMP $2,995 AND CAR STILL HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE LOCATION IT SITS AT NOW

ON 11/23/15 I WAS DRIVING DOWN 85S WHEN I HIT SOMETHING IN THE ROAD. HAD TO PULL OVER CAUSE IT SOUNDED LIKE THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR FELL OUT. AFTER WAITING 2HRS FOR HELP WE NTICED THAT THE DRIVESHAFT (2PART SHAFT) BROKE OFF, PUNCTURED MY GAS TANK, MY CABLE THAT RUNS TO MY TRANSMISSION AND PUT A GOOD SIZE HOLE IN THE BOTTOM OF MY BACK SEAT. THE SHOP TOLD ME THAT THIS A REOCCURING PROBLEM WITH THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE. AFTER LOOKING MORE CLOSELY WE NOTICED A LOT MORE DAMAGE THAT WAS CAUSED BY THIS. MY CAR IS STILL AT THE SHOP AS OF TODAY SINCE WE ARE WAITING ON INSURANCE. BUT, THIS CAR HAS GIVEN ME MORE TROUBLE THAN ANYTHING IN MY LIFE! I WILL NEVER GET A KIA AGAIN! AND THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS KIA WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS! IN THE PAST MY CAR STARTED TO SHAKE ONCE I GOT OVER 30MPH, MY DASH LIGHTS AND ENGINE LIGHTS DON'T WORK (AND YES WE'VE CHECKED FUSES, THE SHOP HAS LOOKED AND WE DON'T KNOW WHY THEY DON'T WORK.) GUESS THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR BUYING A CAR FROM A CROOK OF A USED CAR LOT!

WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE HOME AFTER BUYING IT, THE CLUTCH PEDAL BEGAN STICKING AFTER IT WAS DEPRESSED AND NOT ENGAGING, LEAVING THE VEHICLE UNPOWERED. I TRIED TAPPING THE PEDAL IN ORDER TO RELEASE IT- SOMETIMES THIS WORKED, SOMETIMES NOT.

WE WERE JUST TURNING AROUND A BEND AND ALL OF THE SUDDEN, WE LOST POWER STEERING AND THE CAR LOST POWER. THEN WE MANAGED TO PULL IT OVER TO A PARKING LOT. THEN WE NEEDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED. WE HAVE ALREADY CONTACTED KIA TO SEE IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON IT. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WASN'T THAT PARTICULAR RECALL ON THAT MODEL. IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS MODEL SHOULD HAVE BIN INCLUDED IN THE RECALL LIST. *TR

ON 09/18/2014 ARRIVING HOME I STARTED TO HEAR LOUD RUMBLE NOISES COMING FROM THE ENGINE, TOOK IT TO A LOCAL SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT MIGHT BE THE PULLEYS, HOWEVER, IT WAS DETERMINED THE NEXT DAY - DIFFERENT SHOP THAT COULD MAKE THE REPAIRS, THE CRANKSHAFT PIN SHEARED OFF (THIS WORK WAS PREVIOUSLY DONE ON MARCH 2014 AT A TOTAL OF 1,800+ AND HERE IT IS AGAIN!). MECHANIC AT THE SHOP WAS THE ONE THAT SAVED ME $$ THIS TIME AS HE NOTICED THE WORK AS VERY RECENT, AND SUGGESTED I TAKE IT BACK TO WHERE THE REPAIR HAD BEEN DONE IN MARCH. ONE WEEK LATER - 09/26/2014 I HAD MY CAR BACK. HOWEVER, I SUSPECT THIS WILL HAPPEN AGAIN, SINCE THERE ARE SO MANY OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS, AND HOW MANY OTHER REPAIR SHOPS CONTINUE TO ORDER THE SAME PART OVER AND OVER. REALLY? HELLO KIA, THEY NEED TO STEP UP TO THIS SITUATION, BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. I AM SO GLAD I LISTEN TO MY SUV AND TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICING, AS THIS COULD HAVE HAD DISASTROUS RESULTS IF I WERE ON THE HIGHWAY GOING AT A HIGHER SPEED. THE BEST THING HERE WAS THE HONEST MECHANIC! I WILL NEVER GET ANOTHER KIA, AND IF IT DOES HAPPEN AGAIN, THAT'S WHEN I WILL GET ANOTHER VEHICLE. AS I CONTINUE TO DRIVE, I FEEL THAT MY SUV IS JUST NOT THE SAME, THE ENGINE MAY HAVE HAD SOME DAMAGE TO WHICH I HAVE NO IDEA HOW SERIOUS. I LEARNED ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT THE KIA 2006 SUV/SORENTO WE A VERY BAD YEAR FOR THIS MODEL AND IT IS TRUE, THIS IS NOT THE ONLY HIGH COSTING REPAIR I HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR, AND I DO NOT EVEN HAVE 60,000 ON IT YET! WORSE SUV I HAVE EVER BROUGHT! NEVER AGAIN. THIS VEHICLE IS NOT SAFE, YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN AS YOU ARE DRIVING, AND I ALWAYS RENT INSTEAD OF TAKING THIS VEHICLE, I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE AT ALL. *TR

THE CRANKSHAFT BOLT SHEARED OFF, CAUSING THE HARMONIC BALANCER TO FAIL. THE ENGINE STALLED AND I COASTED TO SAFETY. THIS HAPPENED ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH. KIA IS AWARE OF THIS AND SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE. *TR

JUST DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. MADE A TURN ON TO A STREET AND HEARD A LOUD NOISE AND ENGINE CUT OFF AND POWER STEERING HAD QUIT WORKING. IF I WAS GOING FAST WOULD HAVE BEEN A WRECK. I GOT IT STOPPED AND HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED HOME. MY HUSBAND LOOKED UNDER HOOD AND A BELT WAS LOOSE AND THE CRANKSHAFT BOLT WAS LAYING THERE BROKE OFF.CALLED KIA AND THEY SAID IT IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY FOR THAT. I HAVE 92,500 ON MY SUV AND THE POWERTRAIN IS FOR 100,000 MILES BUT THEY SAY A BOLT IS NOT COVERED. I HAVE READ ONLINE - THIS HAS HAPPENED TO SEVERAL PEOPLE. NOW HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE IT FIXED. SHOULD BE A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED... ALSO THEY SHOULD RECALL ABOUT THE HEAD AND TAIL LIGHTS - THEY HAVE TO HAVE A BULB REPLACED AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH AND THE INTERIOR LIGHT DOES NOT WORK. HAS BEEN THIS WAY SINCE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE BRAKE LIGHTS STOPPED ILLUMINATING INTERMITTENTLY. ADDITIONALLY, WHILE ACCELERATING THE VEHICLE JERKED AND DECELERATED SUDDENLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V130000 (EXTERIOR LIGHTING) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 190,000. *TR

WHILE DRIVING IN BUSY CITY TRAFFIC, HEARD A LOUD CLUNKY NOISE, LOSS OF POWER STEERING CAPABILITIES IMMEDIATELY ALONG WITH BRAKE AND BATTERY LIGHTS APPEARING ON DASH. VEHICLE TAKEN TO LOCAL DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT "CRANK BOLT BROKEN OFF THE CRANKSHAFT, REMOVED CRANK BOLT WITH EASY OUT, REPLACED DAMAGED CRANK SPROCKET, DAMPER PULLEY, AND CRANK BOLT." NOW TEN (10) MONTHS LATER AND 7000 MILES (APPROXIMATELY) WE HAVE THE SAME ISSUE IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL. AM CURRENTLY WAITING FOR RESOLUTION FROM DEALERSHIP WHERE THE VEHICLE WAS PURCHASED AND SERVICED. IT IS CURRENTLY THERE WAITING REPAIR OR REPLACEMENT. SEEMS THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT IS NOT FIXED BY SIMPLY REPAIRING OR REPLACING THE CRANK BOLT AS IT HAS HAPPENED TWICE WITH MY VEHICLE, LEADING ME TO BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A STRESSOR ELSEWHERE! MORE THAN LIKELY A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT OF THE ENGINE BLOCK SOMEWHERE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING HEARD A LOUD NOISE FROM ENGINE CAUSING LOSS OF POWER STEERING. CAR TOWED TO MECHANIC. DIAGNOSIS: CRANK BOLT BROKEN AND LAYING IN SKID PLATE; PART OF BROKEN CRANK BOLT IN CRANKSHAFT. CRANK PULLEY SHEARED PIN AND MOVED FORWARD CAUSING POWER STEERING BELT TO COME OFF AND OTHER BELT MISALIGNMENT. UPON REMOVAL OF BROKEN CRANKSHAFT BOLT, DAMAGE WAS FOUND TO CRANK GEAR AND BALANCER PULLEY. THE TIMING BELT, TENSIONER AND CRANKSHAFT BOLT HAD ALL BEEN REPLACED AT 91,000. LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AFTER REPLACING THE CRANKSHAFT BOLT, IT SHEARED OFF CAUSING MAJOR DAMAGE. LOSING POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT TO KIA THAT HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED CAUSING A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE TO ALL MOTOR VEHICLE DRIVERS AND PASSENGERS. IN ADDITION, THIS IS A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR ISSUE. *TR

DRIVING 65MPH ON TURNPIKE HEARD A LOUD SCREECHING NOISE BRAKES WERE HARD TO APPLY STEERING WAS DIFFICULT AND DASH BOARD LITE UP PULL TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WAS TOWED TO THE NEAREST KIA DEALERSHIP TO BE TOLD THAT CRANK SHAFT BOLT BROKE. AT 60000 MILES WE DID THE REQUIRED MAINTENANCE TO THE TUNE OF 663.65 AND HAD THE TIMING BELT REPLACED. THERE WAS ALSO A MEMO TO THE DEALERSHIPS TO REPLACE THE BOLT WHEN REPLACING THE TIMING BELT. ACCORDING TO MY ITEMIZED STATEMENT THE BOLT WAS NOT REPLACED. I FEEL THIS SHOULD BE COVERED SINCE I FOLLOWED THE RULES AND GOT THE REQUIRED SERVICE THEY WERE NEGLIGENT NOT REPLACING THE BOLT. HOWEVER THEY REFUSE TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THERE MISTAKE. NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CONSIDERABLE BILL. *TR

AT 60,000 MILES TOOK MY 2006 SORENTO IN FOR MANUFACTURER'S RECOMMENDED SERVICE - CHANGE TIMING BELT AND NEW PLUGS, ETC., NEVER HAD A PROBLEM BEFORE THEN. GOT THE SUV BACK FROM MECHANIC AND THE FOLLOWING DAY, THE BELTS CAME OFF, LOST POWER, OVERHEATED. CRANK SHAFT BOLT CAME LOOSE. NOW AT 82,290 MILES, BOLT BROKE, HARMONIC BALANCER CAME LOOSE AND CHEWED UP THE END OF THE CRANKSHAFT. $3200 FIX. SUV HAS BEEN IN SHOP FOR 5 WEEKS AND WILL REMAIN THERE FOR AT LEAST 5 MORE UNTIL I CAN GET THE MONEY TO FIX IT. KIA SHOULD RECALL THIS MODEL AS WELL, THEY ALREADY RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM IN 2003 AND 2004 MODELS. I AM A SINGLE MOM, RAISING BOYS WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF CHILD SUPPORT OR ANY OTHER HELP. KIA SHOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR WORKMANSHIP!

THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT SHEARED OFF ON MY 2006 KIA SORENTO AT 70,000 MILES. THIS CAUSED EXTENSIVE DAMAGE THE HARMONIC BALANCER WHICH CAUSED MY BELT TO FALL OFF ITS TRACK. KIA HAS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED A RECALL ON OLDER MODELS FOR THIS EXACT SAME PART DUE TO A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE SINCE THIS HAS ALSO CAUSED THE STEERING TO LOCK AND DRIVERS CAN LOOSE CONTROL. THEIR ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO THIS ISSUE ON THE SAME YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. I AM CURRENTLY IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLAINING TO KIA & THE BBB REGARDING THE REPAIR SINCE THEY DON'T FEEL RESPONSIBLE. THE REPAIR WOULD CONSIST OF A NEW ENGINE ACCORDING TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DETERMINE OR EXPLAIN THE CAUSE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THIS DEFECT BE INVESTIGATED SINCE IT SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE FOR SEVERAL KIA MODELS AND YEARS. *TR

IN APRIL 2010 THE CRANKSHAFT PULLEY BOLT AND PIN SHEARED OFF. I LOST ALL POWER STEERING WHILE DRIVING 70 ON THE HIGHWAY. TOWED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP, HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW IN JULY 2011 THE SAME THING HAD HAPPENED. THE PIN IS SHEARED ALLOWING THE PULLEY TO DROP THE BELT, RENDERING MY CAR INOPERABLE. KIA DEALERSHIP SAYS IT IS STILL NOT COVERED BY KIA AND WILL COST ME AGAIN TO FIX IT. *TR

BOLT SHEARED CAUSING THE HARMONIC BALANCER TO FALL OFF CAUSING EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING. VEHICLE BECAME VERY HARD TO STEER. CLEARLY THIS VEHICLE CAN NOT BE SAFE TO DRIVE IF BOLTS THAT HOLD THE ENGINE AND STEERING JUST SHEAR OFF. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS CLUTCH PEDAL DEPRESSES ITSELF AND STICKS TO THE FLOOR. THE FAILURE OCCURS MOSTLY WHEN DRIVING IN SLOW MOVING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE FAILURE OR PROVIDE A REMEDY AS TO WHY THE CLUTCH WAS STICKING. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 20,000. UPDATED 06/27/09 *BF UPDATED 06/23/09.*JB

REPLACED FRONT ROTORS,18,000,26,000 MILES. NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN AT 30,000 MILES. BOTH BRAKE LIGHTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED. REPLACED REAR DRIVE SHAFT AND INSTALLED SHIELDED WIRE FROM TCM TO TRANSMISSION SENSOR. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN SMOKING AND THEN STOPPED MOVING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED FOUR TIMES FOR THIS SAME FAILURE. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE FAILURE WAS DUE TO NORMAL WEAR ON THE CLUTCH. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CLUTCH WEARS ON ONE SIDE AND OCCURS EVERY 14,000 TO 15,000 MILES. THE COMPANY NO LONGER MADE THE 5 SPEED FOR THIS MODEL VEHICLE. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 45,923.

TL*- THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 KIA SORENTO WITH A CURRENT AND FAILURE ODOMETER READING OF 1,200 MILES. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING AT 45 MPH UNDER DRY CONDITIONS WHEN THE GEAR SHIFT CAME OFF. THE CONTACT STATED THAT TWO SCREWS AND A SPRING POPPED OFF, AND NOW THE ONLY WAY THAT SHE CAN SHIFT GEARSWAS BY PUSHING DOWN ON THE METAL BAR THAT STUCK OUT. *AK

2006 KIA SORENTO EX 4WD, CLUNKING SOUND IN THE REAR END WHEN YOU COME TO A COMPLETE STOP AND THEN START AGAIN. REAR DIFFERENTIAL WENT OUT AND WAS REPLACED IN AUG 2005, BUT THE CLUNK IN THE REAR END STILL REMAINS. AS OF OCT 2005 THERE IS ALSO AN INTERMITTENT SOUND IN THE REAR END THAT SOUNDS LIKE THE DIFFERENTIAL IS STICKING OR LOCKING INTO A POSITIVE TRACTION CAUSING ONE TIRE TO SOUND AND FEEL LIKE IT IS SLIDING ON GRAVEL. PREVIOUS OWNER REPORTED SAME PROBLEM "CLUNK" IN THE REAR END NUMEROUS TIMES AS WELL. POSSIBLY A DESIGN FLAW. *NM