Power ports keep blowing fuses, rear hatch quit opening, engine surging, speedometer bouncing, temperature gauge sometimes bounces, white cloud of exhaust sometimes, A/C don't blow cold even when charged

- Rigby, ID, USA

The car was running perfectly fine never had an issue with it. It randomly started knocking/ making a loud noise from the engine and shut off as I was D with my two kids. When I tried to start it back up it continually shut off, it would not stay running. It was running at normal temperature when I pulled over and turned the car off then turned the ignition back on then it showed hot on the temperature gauge. This all started in san bernardino California. I did not understand what the problem was, so I started looking up problems with a Kia Sorento and found this form. [xxx] information redacted pursuant to the Freedom Of Information Act (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).'

- Highland, CA, USA

On Saturday 9/28 - I happen to notice some leaking near the front of my Sorento near the right wheel... I opened the hood and notice a leak all over that side of the car... took the car to mechanic on 9/29 and the mechanic stated oil is mixing into antifreeze... went to 2 mechanics and both directed me to go to dealer as this repair should be covered under warranty since it is a serious and possibly costly defect...

- Briarwood, NY, USA

Intermittent door lock & tailgate issues... sometimes they function properly and sometimes not. Problem is I spend the entire day at the dealers and the problem of course does not happen... so they can't diagnose or fix the problem ! they tell me to bring it back when it happens again ! so it happens again and repeat the previous scenario. Wtf... I want this issue fixed ! this issue happens when stopped, parked, day, night, sunny, rainy it does not matter ! why can't the dealers computer find this intermittent problem?

- Miami, FL, USA

This past Saturday my children and I were driving back home to Utah county from Idaho and while on the freeway 3/4mile from the provo center street exit going 75mph we all of a sudden heard a very loud boom! it sounded like a bomb went off in our car, I was so confused and my kids were scared. There was wind coming in from somewhere, but I didn't realize immediately that it was the from the sunroof. I looked back where my children were seated and could see little black shards of something coming in through the sides of the fabric sunroof cover. While I was slowing down to pull over I asked my oldest son what the black stuff was, he said 'mom, it is glass.' I had my kids cover their bodies with their blankets that they had with them for protection against the flying glass, until I could slow down completely.once pulled off the side of the freeway I stood up on the outside of my driver door jam and could see that my sunroof had a giant hole in it and what little glass remained was shattered into thousands of pieces. There was not a semi or large truck in front of me that could have kicked something up onto my car. I don't recall ever running over anything or seeing anything flip up. I literally have no clue what happened. Now we are stuck with a huge bill and filing a claim on our insurance for something that I can't explain. For something that wasn't my fault nor another vehicles fault. I spoke with my local Kia dealership and they pretty much told me that I was sol because I am past the 5 year or 60,000 warranty. Windows are not just supposed to explode! this is not okay!

- Springville, UT, USA

Vehicle was in motion when strange odor detected then smoke from engine area was noticed. Pulled car into parking lot and shut down engine because thought may be overheating. None of guages reflected this, however, there was no other logical explanation. Was goin to open hood when noticed flames. In matter of minutes, vehicle was completely engulfed in flames. Was a total loss.

- Albuquerque, NM, USA

While driving car in motion and without any warning lights on dashboard, car lost complete power. No steering, very hard braking and then all warning lights started flashing I had to struggle to get car off the road. I had just turn off the thruway going 60mph and in about 1.5 miles going appox 40 mph the incident happened. Something simular like this happened once before when the car was parked and I went to start it when all the dash warning lights started flashing and car would not start.I had it towed to dealer and they did not find what was wrong but car was ok until this recent incident.

- Clarence, NY, USA

Takara recall - while in the middle of driving at federal way wa, the entire engin shut off while I was middle of the road at havey traffic and the steering wheel was lock so I couldn't turn or move. And, I almost had an accident, so I took my car to dealership but, they couldn't find a problem and said come back again if same problem coming back later, but I am not feel safety to drive this car.

- Tacoma, WA, USA

The engine blew after a few days when warrenty expired after a dealer sent the car home saying unless we could prove or show a maintenance history of the car they would not do warrenty work. The car was bought used so we could not provide a long repair or maintenace record of the car. However we bought a extenended warranty that was not entered correctly in the system and the car was still sent cleared as being ok to drive even though the engine blew within a few days of dealer service in offallon il.every sorrento other than this year has been recalled for engine problems so why not ours.

- Smithton, IL, USA

Backup camera malfunction. Lines show up on screen but visual is black. This issue is mentioned on many Kia forums as well.

- Fort Loudon, PA, USA

Exterior lighting safety issue! last night as I was driving my low beam head lamps stopped working. The led lights above the head lamps work fine, my running lower lights and my high beams all work properly. Just my low beams no longer come on. Had to drive with hazards on. They do not come on after trying multiple times to restart car and turning them on both while driving and while being parked. Such a dangerous situation. I have read many complaints about the same issues happening! how do I fix this? I cannot believe Kia has not made this a recall yet for obvious safety issues - absolutely baffling

- Sandy Springs, GA, USA

I'm worried about this model of car because are burning, in my car I had being experiencing some smell like something is heating or burning when I accelerate in passing gear mode then I feel like a bad smell inside the car then it disappear, the thing is that I've being seeing some issues about this model that they start with spontaneous combustion on the road. Can you please verify if my car doesn't had an electrical part report.

- Kenner, LA, USA

I was in my car around 5:45 am on Dec. 23,2018, in the driveway of our place in the country (400 0akwood drive huntsville tx 77320) the car was running and in park. I was checking messages and emails for maybe 7 to 10 minutes when a flash of light made me look up. Thats when I seen flames coming from the front of the car. I turned the engine off and tryed to leave the car but the door didn't open. It was locked and the electric door unlock button was no longer working. I pulled on the manuel unlock and was able to get out of car. My neighbor was out side coming to help but I asked him to call fire dept. He informed me that was already done. I ran a got my garden hose and poured water on the fire but fire was way to big and hot for a garden hose so I sprayed the grass around the car and put out the fires that stared when parts of the hot car exploded and landed away from the car.

- Houston, TX, USA

On January 6 2019 our panoramic sun roof suddenly shattered on our 2014 Kia Sorento. This happened while traveling at highway speed on interstate 20 in Alabama.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

Hello I bought this car last year ago I have an issue with the motor, you need to fill 2 liters on a week I need to know what's going on regard is not normal 2 by 4 liter equal 8 in a month is too much please give me more dental about it thank you so much

- Fort Worth, TX, USA

Acceleration. When I accelerate it hesitates to pick up. Very dangerous as I was trying to merge into the highway or merge into a different lane it did not accelerate quickly enough and the vehicles in that lane had to brake hard as I entered that lane almost rear ending my vehicle. Even if I press the gas pedal hard it does the same thing, it hesitates before speeding up. Another issue is the door lock button from both driver and passenger sides work sometimes and doesn't work sometimes. Even when I'm driving the doors would not lock with the auto door lock feature on when vehicle gets in motion. I have to manually push the lock button for each door and when I manually lock the doors that is when the door lock/unlock buttons will work properly. Had children in the back seat and while I tried to lock the door it would not lock. Had to pull the vehicle over to hand lock each door. But very dangerous either way because I can't control what kids will do in the back in middle of the highway and if I try to lock the door I won't be able to.

- Bronx, NY, USA

While sitting in our 2014 Kia Sorento LX AWD, 2.4L 4cyclider gdi; the car was idling in our driveway when he noticed flames coming from under the hood of the car. He was bearly able to get out of the car before it was totally engulfed in flames and consequently burned till there was nothing left but the frame.

- Houston, TX, USA

Car stopped operating while driving down interstate, and won't restart

- Lake Alfred, FL, USA

Driving at approx 70 mph on the highway the engine began making a faint knocking sound which very quickly turned into a more rapid hectic knocking sound. As I was exiting the freeway the sound continued to intensify and the engine knocking then became extremely loud almost completely disabling the vehicle on the highway. This happened very quickly leaving me very little time to react to the problem. This was due to a connecting rod bearing failure.

- Simi Valley, CA, USA

Engine recall my vehicle is in the dealership for the engine recall I also had to have the steering wheel replaced 2 times due to wiring or button malfunctions. Along with the usb port on the stereo. The issue happened again after the warranty coverage ended for that part and they refuse to fix it again after warranty even though it has been a known issue. The usb port comes loose constantly and will not work- they want me to buy a whole new radio to correct this. The volume button on the steering wheel has had issues in the past and now no longer works... again they want me to get a new steering wheel to correct this...

- Omaha, NE, USA